Hungary

Globalisation that has showed up at Lithuania's doorstep over these last few days and weeks has caught it utterly unprepared. It is a good thing: a country which still shies away from putting "airport" in English on city buses will have nowhere to hide this time.

The European Commission (EC) is planning to distribute 160,000 refugees across the EU member states. These refugees have currently found shelter in Greece, Italy, and Hungary. According to sources of the Financial Times, Lithuania should take 1.16 percent, or 2,146, migrants.

In a meeting on 2 September with Hungarian Ambassador Zoltan Pecze, who is about to end his term of office in Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, expressed his gratitude for ambassador's contribution to development of bilateral relations and expressed hope that th...

Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has expressed hope that Hungary will continue the practice of sending rotational troops to trainings in Lithuania.

The current refugee and illegal immigration crisis in European Union received multiple opinions and positions. Mismanagement can be easily seen in the current situation. One of the most noticeable parts of it is a clash of interests inside the EU itself. The reluctance of the Eastern part of EU to c...

Establishing an international institution for investigating Communist crimes would be a rather symbolic act, but it will probably would not lead to prosecution of those behind the Communist repressions, says Professor Justinas Žilinskas of the Lithuanian Mykolas Romeris University's Department of In...

Troops of the Hungarian Air Forces are taking over NATO's Baltic air-policing mission for the first time, with an official contingent changeover ceremony involving Lithuanian and the Hungarian defence ministers planned at the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Monday.

Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, currently on a visit in Hungary, has suggested that the country should deploy troops in Lithuania and participate in international NATO exercises organized in the Baltic state.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he does not know how many immigrants Lithuania could accept if the European Commission's plan on migration quotas is implemented. According to the prime minister, immigrants have a huge effect on a country's economy.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Dr. Laurynas Jonavičius, Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Are we witnessing a real possibility of lifting the EU sanctions against Russia, we asked Dr. Jonavičius.

Lithuanian Ambassador to Hungary, Rasa Kairienė, has been appointed as Ambassador to three Balkan countries: Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Vytautas Keršanskas, Junior Policy Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. Hungarian president recently announced that he is not going to support common energy policy of EU, how dangerous are improving Hungarian-Russian relationship for EU and NATO,...

Russia has actively worked to boost its leverage in Central Europe over the past few years, and the crisis in Ukraine has only heightened the Kremlin's interest in the region. Russia aims to use commercial and political ties to undermine Western institutions and to steer Central Europe toward Russia...

This past November, Russia’s Berlin ambassador, Vladimir Grinin, invited two representatives of the surging new party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) for a meeting. According to German news media, Grinin offered the party strategic advice.

The spread of the Ukrainian crisis has aroused strong reactions of the USA and the European Union against Russian interference in Ukrainian politics. Russia is a strategic market for Europe and the close trades and financial links have pushed the European Union in the direction of a more moderate an...

Unless the EU takes a tough stand on Russia's foreign policies, there will re-emerge deep divisions in the continent between a free Europe and a less free Europe, says Jeffrey Gedmin, president of the Legatum Institute in London and former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom and Hungary will set up a fund to finance the participation of EU Eastern Partnership countries in international military missions, exercises and other training events.

Russia’s attacks on Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade have brought to the forefront sharp diversities of opinion within the EU, showing that many member countries have no appetite for confrontation with Russia.

A company of the Hungarian Armed Force will be deployed in Lithuania as part of NATO reinforcement measures on land.

Penktadienį Vengrijoje pasibaigusiame keturių komandų UEFA Regionų taurės (UEFA Regions' Cup) antro atrankos etapo futbolo varžybų 4 grupės turnyre Kėdainių „Nevėžio“ klubas pralaimėjo ir trečias rungtynes ir liko paskutinis. Paskutines grupės turnyro rungtynes „Nevėžio“ futbolininkai 1:3 (1:3) pral...