Orban upsets neighbours by call for Hungarian minority self-rule

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Series Details 15.05.14
Publication Date 15/05/2014
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Hungary’s ambassador to Ukraine was summoned by the foreign ministry in Kiev on 13 May 2014 to explain what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meant when he spoke of a special status for Hungarian minorities in the region.

Mr. Orban, who was re-elected for a second term in April 2014, said in his inauguration speech that ethnic Hungarians who live in neighbouring countries in the Carpathian Basin were entitled to special rights.

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