Péter Szijjártó

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a New Year's greeting card from Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto on Wednesday.

Szijjarto wished Dacic a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

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Hungary will lift its objection to Bulgaria joining Europe's passport-free Schengen zone after the Bulgarian parliament formally confirms its scrapping of an extra tax on Russian gas shipments, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.

"I was informed by my Bulgarian colleague that yesterday the Bulgarian parliament scrapped this law," Szijjarto said in a video on his Facebook page.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Tuesday her ministry had been informed by Bulgaria that the country would lift its new tax on transit of Russian natural gas to Serbia and Hungary.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Friday Serbia had Hungary's support when it comes to natural gas supplies.

Djedovic Handanovic said this after a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto.

GENEVA - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in Geneva on Monday evening his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto had conveyed to him a message from PM Viktor Orban that there were growing demands from those supporting Pristina's calls for imposing sanctions against Serbia but that Hungary would definitely not allow that to happen.

The Hungarian-Serbian joint venture for gas trading on the European market will start operating in September. Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó announced this in a video message on his Facebook page after a meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who was visiting Budapest, TASS reported.

The delegation's findings are unlikely to speed up Hungary's access to the frozen EU funds, with Freund tweeting: "Question: When will Hungary get full access to EU funding again?

Both leaders sent pointed signals. Orban gave Francis a copy of a 1243 letter from Hungary's King Bela IV, asking Pope Innocent IV for help repelling Mongol invaders - a possible dig at the pope's welcoming attitude to migrants.

Chairman of Fidesz Party Viktor Orban (C) takes his oath as Prime Minister of Hungary after he was re-elected for his fourth consecutive term in the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, 16 May 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes

The plans for the two new reactors serve Hungary’s strategic interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said