Hungary, Slovakia open new border crossing

A new border crossing has been opened between Hungary and Slovakia, linking Nagyrozvágy and Velky Hores (Nagygeres), Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday.

Living along borders is always a “special living situation”, whose quality depends on whether that border is one that connects or divides, Szijjártó said at the opening of the 38th border crossing, according to a foreign ministry statement.

Hungary shares its longest border section with Slovakia, the minister said, adding that trade turnover across the 654km border section came to a record EUR 17 billion last year.

That is why it is the “strategic homework” of both governments to ensure that there are as many crossing points as possible along the border, he said.

Whereas in 2010 Hungary and Slovakia had just 22 border crossing points, they now have 38, and the opening of two more bridges over the River Ipoly will bring that number to 40 by year-end, the minister said.