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On 27 June Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gyula Horn, and his Austrian counterpart, Alois Mock, held a symbolic fence-cutting ceremony at the Sopron (Hungary) border crossing. [3] The open border meant that it was easier for Hungarians to cross into Austria for goods and services; many Hungarians availed themselves of this to purchase ...
The border crossing where the Pan-European picnic took place. Otto von Habsburg, who was a key figure in the event.. The Pan-European Picnic (German: Paneuropäisches Picknick; Hungarian: Páneurópai piknik; Slovak: Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austrian-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary on 19 August 1989.
On August 19, 1989, Sopron was the site of the Pan-European Picnic, a protest on the border between Austria and Hungary, which was used by over 600 citizens of East Germany to escape to the West. As the first successful crossing of the border, it helped pave the way for the mass flight of East German citizens that led to the fall of the Berlin ...
In 2015, Hungary built a border barrier on its border with Serbia and Croatia.The fence was constructed during the European migrant crisis (see timeline), with the aim to ensure border security by preventing illegal immigrants from entering, and enabling the option to enter through official checkpoints and claim asylum in Hungary in accordance with international and European law. [4]
The Bridge at Andau looking to Austria from Hungary. The Brücke von Andau (Hungarian: Mosontarcsai híd or Andaui híd) is a small bridge over the Einserkanal [de; hu; it; nl; pl] / Hanság-főcsatorna, a small artificial river which forms part of the border between Austria and Hungary. It is located near to the village of Andau (Burgenland ...
Slovakia began conducting traffic checks on its border with neighboring Hungary on Thursday amid what it says is a dramatic rise in migrants crossing onto its territory. The policy joins a flurry ...
Pages in category "Austria–Hungary border crossings". The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he was confident that the European Commission would reimburse Hungary's costs for protecting the European Union's external border ...