Hungary

Orban: Hungary will Return Migrants to Greece

Hungary has no option and does not want to accept migrants who will be returned from Germany. We are ready to help bring them back to Greece. This was said by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

"From the very beginning of the migrant crisis, the Hungarian position was very sincere and open, despite the fact that it seemed quite unpleasant," Orban said.

Leader of migrant smuggling gang arrested in Greece

The smuggler, a Syrian citizen, is said to have been involved in numerous cases along the Balkan route since the beginning of the migrant crisis in 2015.

The suspect was arrested on June 12 in Athens, in a joint operation of Greek and Hungarian police and Europol. He was arrested along with an accomplice who was involved in making forged documents.

Speaker Dragnea: We had several discussions with Orban; Hungary unambiguously supports Romania's candidacy to OECD

Speaker of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies and national leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea said on Thursday he had talked on several occasions with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Romania's candidacy to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the establishment of a Roman Catholic high school in Targu Mures.

Hungarian FM "defending Serbia strongly and vocally"

Speaking at a ceremony to open a new border crossing between the two countries, Dacic said on Tuesday that his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, was "a consistent and vocal advocate of the (EU) enlargement policy and, and sees precisely Serbia as the first next EU member - in which, from our point of view, he is fully right."

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