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Andriy Yermak, former chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention. His arrest is part of a broader corruption investigation in Ukraine.
Ukraine suffered a massive Russian drone attack, reportedly involving 800 drones, which killed six and injured dozens. In response, Hungary's new Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, condemned the assault and summoned the Russian ambassador, signaling a potential shift in Budapest's stance towards Russia.
The future prime minister believes the meeting would help the situation of Hungarians in Transcarpathia and their remaining in their homeland.
The Hungarian Cultural Association of Transcarpathia (KMKSZ) re-elected László Brenzovics as its president for another three-year term during its general assembly.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reacted to accusations of "treason" from the French Foreign Minister, asserting that Hungarian foreign policy is pragmatic. He also expressed frustration over Zelenskyy's visit to Transcarpathia.
Ukrainian counter-intelligence has identified the alleged Hungarian leader of a Transcarpathian spy network, which the SBU claimed to have uncovered last year, leading to two arrests.
A field report from the St. Michael Children's Home in Rát, Transcarpathia, details the daily lives of 25 children who are trying to start new lives in the war-affected region.
The establishment of a new training center for the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education in Vásárosnamény was hailed as another pillar of Hungary’s future by Balázs Hankó, Minister of Culture and Innovation, on Tuesday. The university in Transcarpathia serves as a unifying and sustaining force for Hungarians. However, since the outbreak […] The post New Training Center for Transcarpathian Hungarian University Opens Near the Ukrainian Border appeared first on...
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the release of two Hungarian prisoners of war from Transcarpathia during talks with Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in Moscow on Wednesday. During a phone call on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán asked Vladimir Putin to release Hungarian citizens held as prisoners by Russia. “During our telephone […] The post Foreign Minister Brings Ethnic Hungarian Prisoners of War Home from Moscow appeared first on Hungary Today.
Péter Magyar promised tangible development and renovation of bumpy roads to the people of Szabolcs, Hungary. He also mentioned that Hungarians from Transcarpathia told him the Hungarian government had abandoned them.
The Metropolitan Court in Hungary ruled that a regulation, which stopped providing accommodation support to Ukrainian refugees from areas not considered war zones by the government, does not violate EU directives, primarily affecting Transcarpathians.
Hungary has summoned the Russian ambassador following recent drone attacks near its border with Ukraine, a move seen as a significant shift in its diplomatic stance towards Moscow. Slovakia also condemned the Russian airstrikes extending close to its border.
Russia has launched a widespread drone attack across Ukraine, targeting the country's energy network, with an unprecedented number of drones reaching Transcarpathia following the end of a Moscow-requested ceasefire.
He wants to meet the Ukrainian president in Berehove due to the situation of Hungarians in Transcarpathia.
A student in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, reportedly opened fire on classmates, allegedly obeying internet blackmailers. The incident resulted in one non-life-threatening injury.
Ukrainian President Zelensky met with representatives of Transcarpathian Hungarians, while reports from DW, cited by Serbian media, raised concerns that Ukrainian Hungarians are being sent to the front against their will, a claim also made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Ukrainian authorities have named a Hungarian intelligence officer as the alleged leader of a spy network uncovered last year in Transcarpathia, stating he previously conducted intelligence activities in Georgia under diplomatic cover.
Ukrainian intelligence services allege that Russian secret services are threatening Hungarians in Transcarpathia via phone calls, posing as Ukrainian nationalist organizations and authorities, aiming to create instability and worsen already tense relations.
The Ukrainian embassy stated that the Hungarian parliament's adoption of an anti-Ukrainian declaration, with the help of former LMP deputies, would surely be applauded in Moscow, accusing Viktor Orbán of closing the EU's door to Transcarpathian Hungarians.
A homeless man from Transcarpathia allegedly kicked another homeless man to death in Klauzál Square, Budapest, over 5,000 forints. The assailant and an acquaintance then went drinking, and the victim died due to lack of care.
Transcarpathia is expected to see the peak of crocus blooming next week, and regional tourism experts predict a surge of visitors over the following weekend.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that Hungary did not stop electricity exports to Ukraine to protect Hungarians in Transcarpathia, despite previously considering it as a last resort.
Outgoing Hungarian government ministers have announced they will donate their severance packages to a children's home located in Transcarpathia. This decision was made public by Gergely Gulyás.
Hungarian politician Peter Magyar has proposed a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in western Ukraine to discuss the rights of Hungarian minorities in Transcarpathia, aiming to reset bilateral relations.
Bilingual signs have been removed in two villages in Ukraine's Transcarpathia region, predominantly inhabited by Hungarians, raising concerns about Ukraine's stance on minority rights.
A high school student shot a classmate in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, prompting the school principal to urge parents to monitor their children's internet habits.
The exposure of Hungarian military intelligence officer André Zoltán, who allegedly coordinated an agent network in Transcarpathia, could have major implications for Ukraine, especially concerning Russian influence.
A minority group residing in Transcarpathia, a region bordering the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, has reportedly become a pawn in Viktor Orbán's political maneuvering, with the area's strategic importance increasing during Russia's war of aggression.
A 42-year-old, seriously ill Hungarian father from Transcarpathia, who has several children, was abducted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian recruiters.
Ukrainian children, even those relocated to safer regions like Transcarpathia, are exhibiting signs of stress and trauma from the ongoing war, reacting to sounds like fighter jets.
Not only is the use of Ukrainian POWs, among them ethnic Hungarians in Russian propaganda messages a violation of the Geneva Convention on the protection of POWs, so is the way Hungarian public television has covered this.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is taking a government decree concerning primarily Transcarpathian refugees to the Curia, arguing that a Hungarian court twisted an EU directive to align with the Hungarian regulation.