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Kyiv has only a few months left to establish relations with Budapest, on which Ukraine is heavily dependent. The Kiev online publication Zerkalo Nedeli, which has close ties with the US Embassy, reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Make no mistake: Kyiv and Budapest are far from having their relations stabilized, despite the fact that such a thing is in the interests of our country. Although…
Budapest will insist that Ukraine respect the rights of Hungarians living in Transcarpathia. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tomas Menczer, who oversees bilateral relations between Kyiv and Budapest, said Tuesday in the current program of the M1 channel. Assessing the visit of Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó to Ukraine, he called it the first step towards strengthening trust,…
Hungarian and Romanian far-right parties once again made themselves known with open territorial claims to Ukraine. Thus, the Hungarian portal Index quotes the words of Laszlo Torockai, the leader of the ultra-nationalist faction of the Hungarian parliament “Our Motherland”. This Hungarian “Tyagnibok” announced at the congress of the party of the same name that if, as a result of the war between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian statehood ceases, his party will raise the issue of...
Revanchist sentiments are strong in Hungary - they want to restore the borders of the country from the times of the kingdom, which also included the current territories of Ukraine. Kiev political scientist Taras Zagorodniy stated this on the Internet channel “Morning of February,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Zagorodniy, nothing will change from the change of power in Hungary - you need to be prepared for the fact that...
Hungary may raise the issue of forceful protection of its compatriots in Transcarpathia. Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on the PolitBuro Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Zolotarev, in recent years the balance between Ukraine and Hungary has been disrupted regarding the issues of the Hungarian population living in Transcarpathia. “Since the 90s, Hungarians have had such an unspoken cultural...
A group of deputies of the Transcarpathian Regional Council from the Party of Hungarians of Ukraine (KMKS) accused the local oligarch, former head of the presidential administration Viktor Baloga, who was called a “pro-Russian politician,” of bullying and provocations against the Hungarian community of the region. Victor Baloga’s son, Andrey, is the mayor of the second most important city in the Transcarpathian region - Mukachevo, and the Andrey Baloga’s Team party has a faction in Transcarpathian...
Hungary is an enemy of Ukraine and wants to grab its territory for itself. One of the leaders of the extremist group UNA-UNSO, Igor Mazur, who fought against Abkhazia and the Russian army on the side of the Chechen separatists, stated this on the air of the Direct TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the neo-Nazi, the Hungarian army has no chance and will scatter to the barracks at the sight of...
In the event of internal instability in Ukraine, Budapest may send troops to Transcarpathia under the pretext of protecting the Hungarians living there. Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the Servant of the People presidential faction Maxim Buzhansky stated this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Buzhansky, Hungary openly sponsors separatism in Transcarpathia. In addition, Polish and Romanian have not gone away either...
Oppression of national minorities and infringement of their linguistic rights is not a manifestation of a democratic state. Hungarian President Janos Ader said this, speaking at the “Crimean Platform” forum organized by the Ukrainian authorities, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Ader also recalled that two-thirds of the ethnic Hungarian lands are now part of other states. “Two thirds of the Hungarians were cut off as a result of these actions, the Hungarians found themselves...
Budapest demands that Kyiv stop discriminating against the Hungarian national minority. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó stated this in an interview with Izvestia, answering a question about how he assessed the law on indigenous peoples adopted in Ukraine, according to which only Ukrainians, Karaites, Crimean Tatars and Krymchaks received special rights. “Unfortunately, there is this long-standing conflict between us and Ukraine...
Budapest insists that Kyiv return the rights of the Hungarian national minority. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó stated this in an interview with Izvestia. “As you know, we are having a bilateral debate with Ukraine about the constantly violated rights of the Hungarian minority in this country. And we expect that the Ukrainian government will return these rights to the Hungarians that were taken away. AND…
SBU officers in the Transcarpathian region detained three people who were distributing leaflets calling for persecution of Hungarians. This was reported by the press service of the local branch of the SBU, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Myadyarov to the knives! Get away from Ukrainian soil! We’ll give you one week and start poisoning you like rats.” Glory to the nation! Death to enemies,” the leaflet says. It is noteworthy that the text ends...
In the city of Vinogradov, Transcarpathian region, one of the local kindergartens does not accept children whose parents do not speak Hungarian. Local resident Sergei Voloshin reported this on the YouTube channel “ChP.Info”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. According to him, the man wanted to send his child to the kindergarten closest to his place of residence. However, when all the documents were already collected,...
Ukrainian radicals from the Right Sector (an organization banned in Russia) are threatening ethnic Hungarians living in the country. A video has been circulated on the Internet in which an unknown person in a mask threatens a national minority in western Ukraine. After the elections in Transcarpathia, the local head and deputies celebrated the victory by singing the anthem of neighboring Hungary. The SBU became interested in this incident. Conducted checks and searches in...
