
Szijjarto addresses UN economic commission
Hungary is facing a double pressure: while it has so far received 830,000 refugees from the east, it has also prevented 110,000 illegal migrants from entering the country from the south, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in ...

EP calls for strict control of use of recovery funds
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday, calling on member states to cooperate in preventing fraud harming the EU budget, and urging strict control of the EU recovery funds.

Fidesz MEP: Member states need all available funds in current situation
European Union member states, including Hungary and Poland, are in need of all the funds available "in the current challenging situation", Fidesz MEP Balazs Hidveghi said in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Western Balkans integration key for Europe's security, minister says
Szijjarto: Georgia not being granted EU candidate status ‘harmful, wrong’
Georgia should have been granted EU candidate status alongside Ukraine and Moldova, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Tbilisi on Friday. He said the decision was "inexplicable ... and harmful to Europe".

Szijjarto: Hungary, Bavaria agree new three-year cooperation pact
Hungary and the German federal state of Bavaria have signed a new three-year cooperation scheme aimed at preserving their shared economic achievements in the current "challenging period", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.

Orbán-Zelensky talks: Hungary backs Ukraine’s EU aspirations
Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to Viktor Orbán by phone on Tuesday, and their discussion focused on Ukraine's bid to join the European Union and Hungary's welcoming of war refugees, Orbán's press chief told MTI.

Nemeth: EC denying Georgia candidate status ‘regrettable’
Zsolt Nemeth, the head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, has welcomed the European Commission's decision to recommend granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, but said it was "regrettable" that it has recommended that Georgia be denied candidate status.

Hungary, Slovakia benefit a lot from cooperation, foreign minister says
Both Hungary and Slovakia have benefitted a lot from their cooperation in the current rather tense global economic situation in which stable and predictable ties are of high value, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Budapest on Friday, after talks with Ivan Korcok, his ...

Parliamentary committee head expects Slovak answer on Sajo river pollution
The head of parliament's sustainable development committee said on Thursday he expected Slovak authorities to state when they will order a stop to pollution of the River Sajo which flows from the neighbouring country into Hungary.

Szijjarto: ‘Shameful’ that EU enlargement has stalled
It is "shameful" that European enlargement has stalled in the recent period, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, said on Wednesday in Podgorica. European security and economic competitiveness would improve with the integration of the Western Balkans, he added.