Transcarpathia

27/11/2016

Hungary allocates funding to farmers in Transcarpathia

Beregszász (in Ukrainian: Berehove) (MTI) – More than 300 ethnic Hungarian farmers in Transcarpathia (in Hungarian: Kárpátalja) signed contracts on receiving funding worth almost 600 million […]
25/11/2016

Conference and commemoration pay tribute to people deported to Gulag

Budapest, November 25 (MTI) – Preserving the memory of the tragedy of Gulag is a common duty, the deputy state secretary in charge of Hungarian communities […]
24/11/2016

Orbán held talks with Ukrainian prime minister

Budapest, November 24 (MTI) – Hungary supports Ukraine’s aspiration to become a member of the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday. At a […]
09/11/2016

Hungary sends 56 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Budapest, November 9 (MTI) – Hungary put on wheels 56 tonnes of humanitarian aid worth 32 million forints (EUR 105,000) to Transcarpathia and regions further to […]
20/08/2016

Election cttee rejects referendum initiative on Ukraine’s EU accession

Budapest (MTI) – The National Election Committee (NVB) has rejected a referendum initiative on the conditions of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. The referendum question, […]
19/07/2016

Hungary is supporting the survival of Hungarians in Transcarpathia via economic means

“Of the cross-border Hungarian communities, the Hungarians of Transcarpathia are struggling the most tenaciously for survival and the Hungarian Government is supporting this struggle via economic […]
03/07/2016

Hungarian, Ukrainian politicians meet in W Ukraine to discuss bilateral issues

Budapest, July 2 (MTI) – Lawmakers and politicians of Hungary and Ukraine met in Felsőszinevér (Synevyrska Poljana) in western Ukraine on Saturday at an open university […]
21/06/2016

Head of foreign affairs committee: Minsk compliance important for ethnic Hungarians in W Ukraine

Budapest, June 20 (MTI) – Upholding the Minsk agreement is important from the perspective of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine, Zsolt Németh, the head of the […]
14/06/2016

Government organising summer camps in Hungary for children from Ukraine

Budapest, June 14 (MTI) – The government will spend 40 million forints (EUR 127,000) on hosting some 700 children from Ukraine in summer camps at Lake […]
10/06/2016

Hungary signs EUR 96m development accord for Ukraine ethnic Hungarians

Berehove, June 9 (MTI) – A 30 billion forint (EUR 96m) economic development scheme for ethnic Hungarians living in western Ukraine was signed on Thursday. Hungarian […]
05/06/2016

Transcarpathia suffered ‘harshest fate’ with Trianon treaty, says house speaker in Ungvár

Uzhhorod, Ukraine, June 5 (MTI) – Out of all the Hungarian territories that were ceded to neighbouring countries with the signing of the Trianon peace treaty […]
03/06/2016

Jobbik stands for its treatened Trancarpathian organizer

MTI Hungarian News Agency reported on Wednesday that the Secret Service of Ukraine (SBU) officially warned Jobbik’s Transcarpathian organizer Dezső Kovács who was ready to quit […]
29/05/2016

Hungary earmarks EUR 28.7m for infrastructure, economic investments in NE Hungary, Transcarpathia

Budapest (MTI) – The government has earmarked about 9 billion forints (EUR 28.7m) for infrastructure investments and economic development programmes in northeastern Hungary and Transcarpathia for […]
21/04/2016

Hungary is building the road to the Conquest monument in Ukraine

Zsolt Csutora, Deputy State Secretary promised to renovate the road to the monument remembering the Hungarian Conquest trough the Verecke mountain pass, writes szon.hu. He made the […]
13/04/2016

Hungary to promote businesses in western Ukraine with EUR 6.4m

Budapest, April 12 (MTI) – In 2016, the government will ensure a total 2 billion forints (EUR 6.4m) in grants to promote businesses in western Ukraine’s […]
19/03/2016

1956 memorial unveiled in Uzhhorod

Uzhhorod, March 19 (MTI) – Csaba Latorcai, cabinet deputy state secretary for social relations, attended the unveiling ceremony of a memorial to Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution […]
10/02/2016

Hungarian cities grant EUR 370,000 to ethnic kin in Transcarpathia

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s major cities have collected 115 million forints (EUR 370,000) in aid for the ethnic Hungarian community of Ukraine’s Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja). The grant […]
16/12/2015

First Lady pays charity visit to Transcarpathia

Velyka Dobron, Ukraine, December 16 (MTI) – Hungary’s First Lady Anita Herczegh visited Velyka Dobron (Nagydobrony) in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia province and handed over a donation of […]
20/11/2015

Transcarpathian Hungarians remember 1944 deportations

Berehove, November 20 (MTI) – The tens of thousands of Transcarpathian (kárpátaljai) Hungarians and Germans who perished in Soviet forced labour camps after World War Two […]
14/10/2015

Hungary launches new program to support Transcarpathian Hungarians

Minister of State Responsible for National Policy János Árpád Potápi opened a modern physics laboratory at Ungvár National University Hungarian-language department. The Hungarian government will do […]