Contents tagged with Hungary
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Hungary refuses to extradite suspected Russian arms dealers to US
Hungary refused to extradite to the US two Russian citizens suspected of arms dealing, the US State Department reported on Tuesday.
The Russians in question are Vladimir Lyubishin Sr. and Vladimir Lyubishin Jr., who were sent by Hungary back to Russia, where it is “unclear if they will face trial”.
“The United States is disappointed in the Hungarian government’s decision to extradite the Lyubishins to Russia,” the State Department spokesperson said, emphasizing that the decision is at odds …
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Hungarian Foreign Minister: issuing Hungarian passports to Ukrainians in Zakarpattia is legal
Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, expressed confidence that the issuance of Hungarian passports to citizens of Ukraine in the Zakarpattia's (Transcarpathian) region is not a violation of the Ukrainian legislation.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, published on Thursday, November 22, the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry stated that "according to Hungarian law, Hungarians who live in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), have the right to dual citizenship. If you look at Ukrainian …
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Monument to victims of Holodomor opened in Hungary
On Friday, November 16th Ukrainian ambassador to Hungary Liuba Nepop wrote on her Facebook page that in Hungary in the city of Szeged a monument to those who died during Holodomor (man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932) was opened.
Nepop noted that the deep symbolic meaning both Hungarian and Ukrainian representative took part the grand opening.
"For me personally it is deeply symbolic that in today 's momentous opening in Szeged remembering those who died in Holodomor in Ukraine 1932-33, …
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Poland asks Hungary not to interfere with Ukraine's integration to NATO
Poland does not agree with Hungary raising the issues it has with Ukraine to the level of cooperation within NATO, said the Polish Ambassador to Ukraine, Jan Pieklo.
“Poland supports Ukraine joining the European Union and NATO. We do not want bilateral issues to be brought to the global level of strategic cooperation within NATO,” he said when asked about the Polish assessment of Hungary’s countering Ukraine’s cooperation with the alliance. The diplomat also added that his statements were not …
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The new Ambassador of Hungary announced his support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar said on Twitter that he received copies of credentials from the new Ambassador of Hungary to Ukraine, István Ijdyarto.
“Today, I received copies of credentials from the new ambassador of Hungary in Ukraine, István Íjgyártó.
We have agreed to work on a positive agenda of bilateral relations. Mr. Ambassador is studying Ukrainian, which will undoubtedly help him in his professional activities,” Bodnar wrote.
The previous Ambassador of …
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Hungary vows not to seize Ukraine's Zakarpattia region
Hungary supports Ukraine on many levels, and does not intend to capture Ukraine’s Zakarpattia province, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó promised in an interview with Gazeta Prawna.
According to the Hungarian diplomat, there is no revisionism in his country’s policy.
“These are unreasonable and false insinuations… I repeat yet again – we are are not revisionists. I dismiss such explicit accusations,” he said.
According to Szijjártó, Hungary supports Ukraine by providing loans for …
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Hungarian Foreign Minister complains about Hungary's poor relations with Ukraine
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó believes that Hungary’s relations with Ukraine have deteriorated so drastically due to Ukraine’s law on education.
“Relations with Ukraine have deteriorated significantly, since nothing has been done to amend the law on education and the new law on language, which deprives members of national minorities of the right to use their native language in culture, media, administration and education,” said Szijjártó in Brussels.
According to him, a country …
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Hungary proposes national minorities protection agreement with Ukraine
The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Péter Szijjártó after a conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum invited Ukraine to conclude an agreement on the protection of national minorities.
Evropeiska Pravda reports, citing the Hungarian government’s press service, that, according to the proposed agreement, both countries should refrain from policies that could lead to the assimilation of national minorities and ethnic structure …
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Anti-Hungarian billboards appear in Zakarpattia
Billboards showed up simultaneously in several regions of Ukraine’s Zakarpattia province with a picture of the leaders of the Zakarpattia Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKS) and the inscription “Let’s stop the separatists”.
Local police are searching for the people behind the provocation, said Hennadiy Moskal, Chairman of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration.
“Law enforcement officers are currently searching for the direct perpetrators of the provocation, but the methods and style …
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Media: Hungary continues issuing passports to Ukrainian citizens
The LB.ua news outlet reports that Hungary did not stop issuing passports to Ukrainian citizens but only moved this solemn ceremony to its territory.
According to LB.ua, Budapest instructed to temporarily suspend citizenship ceremonies in the Transcarpathian region, now they will be held at the local government of the Sabolch-Satmar-Bereg region in Hungary bordering with Ukraine.
In addition, Budapest will investigate the appearance of a scandalous video of the Hungarian passports …