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Visiting Bulgaria on January 21 for meetings with government ministers, Hungarian foreign affairs and trade minister Péter Szijjártó said that he hoped that a new, direct air route would be […]
Eastern European governments were against taking in Muslim refugees before the events in Cologne took place. Now, they feel vindicated in their resistance and have redoubled their opposition. Whether Poland, […]
In 2018 the new modern Belgrade-Budapest railway will be operational, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on December 23. “This is very important for our country. Everything will be over […]
Persecution, conflict and poverty have forced an unprecedented one million people to flee to Europe in 2015, according to estimates by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the International Organization […]
The Czech parliament called on the government to ignore the EU’s labelling guidelines for Israeli products from the West Bank and Golan Heights issued by the EU Commission in November, […]
International agencies are condemning a new public campaign by Hungary they say promotes intolerance and fear, and fuels xenophobia against refugees and migrants. The U.N. refugee agency, the Council of […]
Eastern EU nations that refuse to accept refugees risk funding cuts and legal sanctions, according to two German cabinet ministers. Chancellery chief Peter Altmaier added that no nation can ignore […]
Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Hungarian Ambassador to Slovakia Eva Czimbalmosné Molnár to explain the recent statements made by Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér that Slovakia and the Czech Republic sh ...
A U.S. State Department official says it is “incomprehensible” that Hungary would allow a statue honoring Balint Homan – a World War II government minister who pushed for the slaughter […]
A total of 985 312 migrants, including refugees, have arrived in Europe since January 2015, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This number includes 924 127 who arrived […]
