Interstate relations

A joint press conference held by the Government and the governing party has drawn attention to the fact that according to Fidesz

Brussels and the Soros organisations have launched a fierce attack against Hungary because of the introduction of stricter border security measures and for stopping immigrants.

President Petro Poroshenko stands for increasing the share of the Ukrainian-language content on TV. It was stated by him at the ceremony of presenting Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine.

President Kersti Kaljulaid and Georgi-Rene Maksimovski will today depart for a state visit to the Republic of Finland, accompanied by a representative business delegation.

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, spoke to the media on arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels.

The Prime Minister’s chief advisor for internal security takes the view that the rate of illegal immigration into Italy has reached the limit which must induce European leaders to take action.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Sigmar Gabriel who is on his first visit to Ukraine.

The United States may continue to rely on Hungary in the fight against terrorism and the reinforcement of the European leg of NATO.

On March 2, 2017 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Austria, Alena Kupchyna, presented Credentials to the Federal President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen

The EU Commission is legally obliged to take measures temporarily reintroducing visa requirements for US citizens, given that Washington still does not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries.

The two ministers will hold a series of high-level meetings with President Poroshenko, Prime Minister Groysman, Deputy Prime Minister Klympush-Tsyntsadze and Foreign Minister Klimkin.

On Monday 6 March, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will be visiting for talks with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.

On 27 February, the Speaker Urban Ahlin received the President of the German Parliament (Bundestag) Norbert Lammert at the Riksdag.

The visit’s agenda included discussions on a provisional free trade zone agreement between Iran and the EAEU and a preferential trade agreement with Iran.