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Austria, Hungary and Europol dismantle migrant smuggling ring

July 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

European police agency Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) has supported the Austrian and Hungarian authorities to detect and dismantle

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Brexit fuels Hungary’s anti-EU fire

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Brexit, Hungary

Aftershocks from Britain’s vote to leave the EU have spread to Eastern Europe, where nationalist movements say the British decision

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Hungary’s PM calls for national referendum on migrant quota

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Hungary’s prime minister has called for a national referendum on the European Union’s mandatory quotas for migrants and refugees. Speaking

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Visegrád Group calls for fast action to secure EU border

February 16, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Boiko Borissov, Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

How to handle the refugee crisis and in particular the Western Balkan route used by refugees entering Europe through Greece

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Under pressure, Europe sees return of nation states

February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Hungary, Poland

A European Union founding father, Jean Monnet, once claimed, “Crises are the great unifier.” For Europeans that is not proving

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In Sofia, Hungarian PM Orbán slams EU on migration, ‘double standards’ on Bulgaria and Schengen

January 29, 2016February 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Schengen

During a visit to Sofia, Hungarian prime minister Victor Orbán has sharply critised European Union policies on dealing with the

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Hungary’s Orbán: Autocrat or misunderstood provocateur?

January 27, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Hungary

They endured snow and cold.  A few hundred protesters turned out here in Hungary’s capital in a show of opposition

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European youth turn against immigration

January 25, 2016January 29, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia

Opinions of young Europeans appear to be hardening toward immigration.  Ask them about their lives and talk quickly turns to

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Hungary, Bulgaria hope for new direct Budapest – Sofia flights in 2017

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary

Visiting Bulgaria on January 21 for meetings with government ministers, Hungarian foreign affairs and trade minister Péter Szijjártó said that

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