Visegrad Group
EU is 'unfairly' criticizing Turkey, Hungarian PM Orban says
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said Turkey is being "unfairly criticized" by the European Union.
"It is necessary to get along with Turkey. We hand over our security to the Turks and criticize, attack and condemn them in unnecessary topics. This is not a smart policy," Orban told the public radio Kossuth on March 17.
EU's security depends on Turkey's stability: Hungarian FM
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has said the security of the European Union depends on Turkey's stability.
Speaking to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency on the eve of the Turkey-Hungary 5th Joint Economic Commission meeting, Szijjarto said Hungary respects Turkey for housing the refugees.
FM requests support for opening of new chapters in December
WARSAW - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic on Tuesday urged Visegrad Group and Western Balkan FMs to support Serbia's efforts to open Chapters 5, 25 and 26 in its EU accession talks in December as that would give a strong impetus to the country's European prospects.
Dacic wants EU to respect status-neutrality of Kosovo
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has warned that his country is not a part of the common EU security policy.
He did so on Tuesday during a meeting of the Visegrad Group, the Western Balkans Six, and their neighbors, held in Warsaw, Poland.
Outgoing PM Borisov To Meet Hungary's Orban
One of the main topics of the meeting between Borisov and Orban scheduled for November 25 in Budapest is finding the right measures to slow down the migrant influx.
For a few hours in Budapest, Borisov and Orban will also discuss topics on the agenda of the EU and how to reduce migration pressure, including strengthened border control.
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Bulgaria Only Took In 6 Migrants from Greece Since September
Bulgaria compares to most other EU member states which have not accepted a big enough share of the 160 000 migrants from Italy and Greece, EU data released on Wednesday shows.
Bulgaria has so far taken in only six people, all from Greece, the same figure that was reported by the State Agency for Refugees early in August.
Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary PMs Discuss Migrant Crisis by Black Sea
The EU Commission should help states on the continent bring their positions closer with regard to the migration crisis, the government quotes the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary as saying.
Boyko Borisov received Aleksandar Vucic and Viktor Orbán in the Black Sea city of Burgas on Tuesday and discussed measures that could be commonly adopted with regard to the crisis.
Visegrad Group supports opening chapters 23,24
Serbia's Minister responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic talked in Belgrade on Monday with the ambassadors of the Visegrad Group.
They "voiced their expectations that chapters 23 and 24 would be opened by the end of the Dutch presidency," Tanjug reported.
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Incumbent Slovak PM Set to Lose Parliamentary Majority
The social-democratic party of incumbent Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico won the general elections held in the country on Saturday, but lost its parliamentary majority.
According to preliminary results based on almost all of the votes counted, Fico's Smer-Social Democracy party won the elections with 28.3 % of the ballots, which translates to 49 seats in the 150-member parliament.
Bulgaria FM Calls for NATO Operation along Border with Turkey
NATO should "have a land operation" along the Bulgaria-Turkey and the Greece-Turkey borders if its recently launched mission in the Aegean proves successful, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said on Tuesday.