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FM: Hungary supports OSCE peacebuilding role
“We Hungarians who live here in the neighborhood of war want peace as soon as possible,” the foreign minister said.
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FM: Hungary and Armenia to restore diplomatic relations
Minister Szijjártó noted that diplomatic relations between the two countries were broken off over ten years ago.
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FM: Hungary “directly and severely impacted” by Ukraine conflict
The foreign minister said Hungary “sends a message from the direct vicinity of the conflict that peace is needed as soon as possible”.
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Case closed: OSCE takes no real issue with the elections
Trust me, they tried hard. But is the OSCE an institution we can even take seriously anymore?
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The OSCE Report is baseless, they don’t even know who Hungary’s president is
The author of this guest post is the director of the Center for Fundamental Rights.
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Foreign Minister hails Orbán-Putin summit
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the summit had triggered a wave of dialogue on the situation in Ukraine between Russia and the West.
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OSCE experts meet heads of election office
The OSCE delegation is paying a visit to Hungary on January 17-21 to gather information in preparation for the country’s general election in the spring.
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FM: Supporting ethnic Hungarians is key focus of Hungary’s foreign policy
Hungary’s government sees ethnic Hungarians as assets and links between Hungary and its neighbors.
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FM urges OSCE to set up permanent presence in Transcarpathia
The foreign minister has urged the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) special Ukraine mission to set up a permanent presence in Transcarpathia.
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The OSCE’s double standards: Because…press freedom
Late last year, the OSCE softened its position on laws against “fake news” proposed by a Socialist government, laws that were being roundly criticized internationally. This week, the OSCE took a stance to express concerns about Hungary’s draft laws against dangerously false information in a state of emergency. If the government is leftist, it seems, laws against fake news are okay. But if not, then not so much. Because…press freedom.
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Hungary highlights the importance of the fight against anti-semitism during Rome visit
Dr. Mikola highlighted the fact that Jewish communities in Hungary are living in safety, and said the Hungarian government is doing everything possible to ensure that this remains the case
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Hungary's FM: OSCE should deploy observers to Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region
Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that Hungary was concerned about Ukraine’s new education law, which curbs the rights of ethnic minorities to education in their mother tongue
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Helping Ukraine remain on the path toward Europe
In his blog post entitled, “Hungarian Leader Should Stop Meddling in Ukrainian Politics,” a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Mike Gonzalez, misunderstands why Hungary has become an outspoken critic of the new Ukrainian education law that limits minority rights