Western Balkans

08/07/2016

Szijjarto at NATO summit: Hungary ‘doing well’ in defence spending

Budapest, July 8 (MTI) – Hungary is doing “exceptionally well” in terms of defence spending, which has increased by 20 percent since the NATO summit in […]
05/07/2016

Hungarian police contingent returns home from Bulgaria

The Hungarian police officers arrested a total of 350 illegal immigrants together with their Bulgarian colleagues along the Serbian-Bulgarian border. The ten police officers were welcomed […]
21/06/2016

Foreign minister urges Albania’s Euro-Atlantic integration

Budapest, June 21 (MTI) – Hungary supports Albania’s Euro-Atlantic integration and has urged the European Commission to make a proposition for accession talks with that country, […]
09/06/2016

Szijjártó discusses ties with Bosnia-Herzegovina minister

Budapest, June 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s foreign minister discussed bilateral relations with Mirko Sarovic, foreign trade and economy minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the sidelines […]
24/05/2016

Hungary sends third police contingent to Greek-Macedonian border – VIDEO

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary on Monday sent off a third police contingent to help patrol the Greek-Macedonian border, the national police said on its website. The […]
19/05/2016

Foreign minister: Montenegro’s NATO accession contributes to Balkans stabilisation

Brussels, May 19 (MTI) – Montenegro signed an accession treaty at the Brussels meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Thursday, and this will greatly contribute to […]
03/05/2016

Defence minister: Hungary supports Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic accession efforts

Budapest, May 3 (MTI) – Hungary continues to support Macedonia’s efforts to join NATO and the European Union, Defence Minister István Simicskó said on Tuesday. The […]
02/05/2016

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa visits Hungary

Budapest, May 2 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday met his Kosovan counterpart, Isa Mustafa, to discuss bilateral relations, the PM’s office said. Orban […]
28/04/2016

Orbán meets Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Budapest, April 28 (MTI) – Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina Husein Kavazovic is in Hungary for a working visit on the invitation of Prime Minister […]
06/04/2016

EU may have to help Albania with migrant crisis, says Áder in Tirana – Photos

Tirana, April 5 (MTI) – The European Union must help Albania if migrants use the country as a transit route, Hungarian President János Áder said in […]
31/03/2016

Hungary’s ambassador in Macedonia: migrants could use new routes to Europe

Budapest, March 31 (MTI) – Migrants could use new routes to travel to Europe and the fight against human smugglers can only be successful if it […]
16/03/2016

Hungarian police start out for Macedonia

Budapest, March 16 (MTI) – A group of twenty Hungarian police officers started out on Wednesday on a mission to help protect the Macedonia-Greece border. National […]
15/03/2016

Official calls for defence of EU’s external borders – Photo gallery from Greece and Macedonia

Brussels, March 15 (MTI) – Europe should send a clear-cut message to migrants as well as to the criminal and human smuggling networks supporting them that […]
03/03/2016

Regular government press conference about Paks project, immigration and quotas – Update

Budapest, March 3 (MTI) – The government has reached an agreement with Brussels on the transparency of the Paks nuclear plant upgrade and a bill on […]
28/02/2016

Migrant presence on Hungary-Serbia border growing

Budapest (MTI) – The number of migrants looking to enter Hungary illegally from Serbia is growing once again with police apprehending 110 a day on average […]
26/02/2016

Hungarian foreign minister meets with his Macedonian counterpart in Budapest

Budapest (MTI) – Countries in the Visegrád cooperation have proposed that the European Union should build closer ties with Macedonia, foreign minister Péter Szijjártó said on […]
16/02/2016

State to sponsor direct flights to Balkans destinations

Budapest, February 16 (MTI) – The government will sponsor the launch of direct flights to five capital cities in the Balkans because operating these flights is […]
16/02/2016

Foreign ministry welcomes Bosnia-Herzegovina application to join EU

Budapest, February 15 (MTI) – Hungary welcomes Bosnia-Herzegovina filing a formal application to join the European Union, the foreign ministry told MTI. In a statement on […]
05/02/2016

Hungary to boost cultural ties with South Europe

Budapest, February 5 (MTI) – The government wants to boost cultural relations with countries in the Western Balkans and the city of Pécs will play a […]
23/01/2016

Budapest-Sofia flight to start next year?

Inforadio.hu reported that Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó agreed on the establishment of a joint economic committee at his Sofia meeting on Thursday. He told MTI (Hungarian […]