europeanunion - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:55:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png europeanunion - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 Erasmus to Return to Hungarian Universities https://dteurope.com/education/erasmus-to-return-to-hungarian-universities/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:54:58 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81448 The European Union's Erasmus program will return to Hungarian universities, the minister of education and children's affairs, Judit Lannert said on social media on Friday. The minister emphasized that the Hungarian government had taken all necessary steps by the end of August to ensure the Erasmus program was again available to Hungarian university students. The […]

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]]> Demographic Transition and Human Capital Outflow https://dteurope.com/economy/demographic-transition-and-human-capital-outflow/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:23:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81230 Future cohesion policy should focus on retaining human capital, strengthening local innovation capabilities, and restoring territorial equity rather than on building physical infrastructure, notes Csaba Zalai, a professor at the National University of Public Service (NKE), in a study published by the central bank. Csaba Zalai analyzes the macroeconomic and regional consequences of demographic change […]

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]]> Italy and the Balkans: A Strategic Choice for Europe https://dteurope.com/diplomacy/italy-and-the-balkans-a-strategic-choice-for-europe/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:04:36 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80639 The political strength of our continent in the coming decades depends on the accession of the Balkan countries to the European Union. This is the most important geostrategic investment of our time, because security, competitiveness, and enlargement are now inseparable: without completing its reunification, the European Union will never achieve the scale necessary to compete […]

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]]> EU and China: 50 Years of Diplomatic Relations https://dteurope.com/diplomacy/eu-and-china-50-years-of-diplomatic-relations/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:58:17 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=74429 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union. The Chinese press has remembered the occasion in several articles. According to the Xinhua news agency’s summary, shared by the Chinese Embassy in Budapest, the most valuable experience of the 50-year history of […]

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]]> 787 Free InterRail Tickets for Young Hungarians https://dteurope.com/travel/787-free-interrail-tickets-for-young-hungarians/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:31:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=72304 The European Commission announced on Wednesday that 35,762 young Europeans, including 787 Hungarians, will receive free European train tickets this spring under the European Union's DiscoverEU program. According to the Brussels-based information, the winners of the latest DiscoverEU program, part of the EU's Erasmus+ program, will be able to travel across Europe from March 1, […]

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]]> EU Stance on Hungary's Presidency Sparks Controversy https://dteurope.com/politics/eus-stance-on-hungarys-presidency-sparks-controversy/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:44:55 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70705 The European Union announced its top officials will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary during the country’s EU presidency. This decision follows Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's controversial meetings with foreign leaders about Ukraine, which have angered European partners. Some member states, however, are frowning on Brussels’ unprecedented move. The European Commission, the EU's executive […]

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]]> Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union https://dteurope.com/politics/hungary-is-the-consecutive-president-of-the-european-council/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:13:47 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70603 The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has officially taken over the presidency of the European Council from the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. The handover took place in Brussels on Monday, where Orbán and De Croo held talks to mark the transition. This marks the beginning of Hungary's six-month tenure in the role. During […]

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]]> The 20th Anniversary of Hungary's EU Membership https://dteurope.com/anniversary/the-20th-anniversary-of-hungarys-eu-membership/ Wed, 01 May 2024 09:07:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70134 Following a referendum on accessing the European Union, held on April 12, 2003, Hungary – along with nine other countries – joined the EU twenty years ago, on May 1, 2004. At the referendum, which had a turnout of 45.6%, 83.8% of the voters cast their ballots in favor of EU membership and polls suggest […]

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]]> Spar Challenges Hungarian Government Tax Move https://dteurope.com/news/spar-challenges-hungarian-government-tax-move/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:28:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=69736 The supermarket chain Spar is to complain to the European Union about a special tax in Hungary, a Financial Times (FT) report is quoted by the Hungarian financial portal portfolio.hu. Spar has accused the Hungarian government of breaking EU law and called on Brussels to intervene to mitigate the "devastating" effects on its operations. The […]

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