Viktor Orban

Hungary is clearly opposed to the reference in the text of the EU-Turkey agreement on migration, according to which migrants should be transported from Turkey directly to Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.

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In last minute developments Hungary has vetoed the draft plan, according to a tweet posted by the country’s PM Viktor Orban.

The authorities in Bucharest are waiting for more details before they respond to Budapest's announcement that it is to begin installing fences along the border with Romania to prevent refugees and migrants from entering the country.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has given his assessment of relations with neighboring countries in an address to Hungarian diplomats.

He characterized relations with Serbia as "well balanced."

EU's promise "of money and other concession" to Turkey in return for preventing migrants from leaving is an illusion, says Hungarian PM Viktor Orban.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will participate in the meeting of the leaders of the Visegrad Group countries in Prague on Monday.

The meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Visegrad Group, which brings together the countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

Croatia's new Foreign Minister, Miro Kovac, has made his first official visit to neighbouring Hungary, with which Croatia has had troubled relations in the recent past.

Bulgarian Prime Minister called on Friday for an immediate closure of the external borders of the EU in view of the ongoing migrant crisis.

Borisov said this during a joint briefing with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban who arrived on a visit to Bulgaria on Thursday evening.

At a press conference during his visit to Sofia on Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on the EU to offer to Bulgaria membership to the Schengen Area.

Orban assured that Bulgaria is capable of guarding its borders not only against smugglers, but also against migrants.

The Hungarian prime minister said that double standards were applied towards Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who arrived on a visit to Sofia on Thursday evening, exchanged gifts at the official dinner ahead of their meeting on Friday.

Borisov presented Orban with a phiale (libation bowl) of the Bulgarian khans - the medieval rulers of the country.