Komarno

Orban: EU incapable of ensuring readmission of illegal migrants

KOMARNO - Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said on Tuesday the EU was incapable of ensuring a readmission of illegal migrants.

Speaking to reporters after a trilateral summit with Slovak PM Robert Fico and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Komarno, Slovakia, Orban said the EU had received eight million asylum requests in 2015, registering 3.8 million attempts of illegal entry.

Vucic: We will always respect rights of migrants but we will protect our country

KOMARNO - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday Serbia would always respect the rights of migrants and their human dignity but that the country would always protect itself as "order must exist."

Vucic was responding to questions from reporters after a trilateral meeting with Slovak and Hungarian PMs Robert Fico and Viktor Orban in Komarno, Slovakia.

Democracy Digest: Slovak Democracy on Trial as Election Looms

'Trial of the year'

After an investigation that opened a Pandora's Box of revelations about high-level corruption, the trial of four people accused of the brutal killing started this month.

In December, Zoltan Andrusko, a restaurant owner from the southern town of Komarno, was sentenced to 15 years for Kuciak's murder in a separate trial.