News in Brief Hungary contributes to Western Balkans development Mar 18, 2021 The government is supporting projects that can be used to increase the volume of Hungarian investments in the Western Balkans.
News in Brief FM: Hungary will make every effort to advance EU accession of Western Balkan countries Jul 31, 2020 The foreign minister said Hungary will continue to make every effort to advance the EU accession of Western Balkan countries, which is in Hungary’s economic, strategic and security interests.
Blog Commissioner Várhelyi on EU enlargement: We need to speed up accession for the Western Balkans Feb 12, 2020 - Zoltán Kovács Speaking at the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday, Olivér Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, said that in order to maintain its credibility, the EU must “speed up” accession for the Western Balkans and “make it more dynamic.”
News in Brief FM: Hungary is committed to working in support of EU enlargement Oct 25, 2019 The Foreign Minister said the EU’s continued enlargement and the integration of the Western Balkans are in Hungary’s strategic and economic interest.
News in Brief Hungary and Romania support boost to Western Balkans’ European integration Feb 11, 2019 Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the Western Balkans’ European integration lies in the EU’s economic and security interests
News in Brief FM: Western Balkans needs help to fight illegal migration Nov 16, 2018 “Rather than chaotically distributing all kinds of anonymous [pre-paid bank] cards for migrants, help should be provided to Western Balkan countries so they can stop inflows of migrants,” the foreign minister said
News in Brief FM: Migration pressure in the Western Balkans has reached and “at times exceeded” the level seen in 2015 Jul 03, 2018 Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary is ready to stand by Montenegro in its fight against waves of illegal migration
News in Brief President Áder reveals B9 group support NATO integration of Western Balkans Jun 11, 2018 President Áder also said that B9 participants had discussed ways to increase NATO’s budget and enhance security in member states
News in Brief Hungary’s FM: The EU should speed up Western Balkan enlargement process Apr 27, 2018 Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the EU should open all the chapters of the Serbian and Montenegrin accession negotiations before the end of this year
News in Brief Hungary is committed to promoting the Euro-Atlantic integration of the countries of the Western Balkans region, says government official Mar 26, 2018 In addition to the enlargement of the EU, the minister further stressed the importance of NATO accession aspirations
News in Brief V4 stands firmly behind plans to expand the EU to include the countries of the western Balkans Oct 12, 2017 Poland’s head of diplomacy said the V4 backed all EU integration endeavors and an open-door policy
News in Brief Prime Minister PM Orbán and Hungary's foreign minister meet V4 and EU representatives to discuss western Balkans Jul 11, 2017 V4 ministers and representatives from Croatia, Austria and Slovenia were in Budapest to attend a meeting with Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
News in Brief PM Orbán calls for a Western Balkan enlargement of NATO and the EU to improve security measures Mar 24, 2017 Hungary says that the European wing of Europe’s defense system – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – must be strengthened as soon as possible
News in Brief Hungary to send police to Serbia and Macedonia to patrol migration routes Feb 06, 2017 According to Chief Police Commissioner Zsolt Halmosi there will be 15- and 25-person units patrolling in the interests of preventing and discovering attempts to illegally cross the borders
News in Brief Hungary tells Juncker to accept Balkan states into the EU Nov 30, 2016 Several Balkan states have expressed a desire to join the European Union but Brussels does not appear keen to bring any more countries in at the moment
News in Brief The EU hasn't faced this many challenges since World War II Aug 30, 2016 The Visegrad Four (V4) group comprising Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic is the tightest and most effective alliance in Europe and one that can help bring Europe out of its current troubles
News in Brief Hungary is the most obvious route into EU for asylum seekers May 13, 2016 Migrants pay taxi drivers 100 EUR to be smuggled to the Hungarian border