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No surrender: Hungarian borders must be protected by Hungarians

We do it ourselves. We have experience defending a border. We know how to do it

PM Orbán in Moscow: Hungary values its good relations with Russia

“It is in Hungary’s national interest that cooperation between the two parts of Europe are as good as possible"

PM Orbán: Nobody takes away our right to border protection

Hungary is neither a transit zone, nor a holding camp

PM Orbán: “They want to take away from us the keys to the gate”

Who will protect Hungary's border then?

FM Szijjártó: Sargentini Report adopted through voting fraud

The government is currently examining avenues for legal redress

Western Balkans

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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