ZAGREB, November 14, 2018 - The Hungarian government wants to increase the number of border crossing points with Croatia and expand transport links with its southern neighbour, a foreign ministry official in Hungary was quoted by MTI news agency as saying.

Hungary and Croatia share a 355-kilometre-long border, but have only seven road border crossing points, deputy state secretary Peter Kiss-Parciu told a conference in the western town of Zalakaros.

The government in Budapest wants to increase the number of border crossing points and public transport links between Hungary and Croatia, he said, adding that the two countries are conducting high-level talks on the matter.

Speaking of the ongoing cross-border projects, Kiss-Parciu cited mine clearance in Baranja county, which the European Union is supporting with a three million grant euro, and the allocation of 10 million euro to Hungarian and Croatian small and medium enterprises.

Marton Szucs, who heads the joint secretariat overseeing Hungarian-Croatian cooperation schemes, said that in the 2014-2020 funding period, Hungarian and Croatian companies can bid for a total of 60.8 million euro in funding. Plans are to invite bids for another 20 million euro for tourism, cultural, education and environmental protection-related projects in January, he said.

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ZAGREB, October 6, 2018 - A new playground for children was opened in the Adica park in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on Friday, the construction of which was financed by the Hungarian government within a project that foresees the construction of five kindergartens in Croatian towns with ethnic Hungarian population.

ZAGREB, September 30, 2018 - In the first nine months of 2018, the number of Hungarian tourists visiting Croatia increased by 8% to 595,000 in comparison to the corresponding period in 2017, and they generated 3.1 million overnight stays, up 6%, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) says.

ZAGREB, September 23, 2018 - Hungarian Days, an event presenting the Hungarian town of Csepel through gastronomy, culture, customs and crafts, is taking place in Rijeka this weekend.

ZAGREB, September 18, 2018 - The Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) and the Civic-Liberal Alliance (GLAS) on Tuesday criticised the government and deputies of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in the European Parliament for voting against a resolution on Hungary.

ZAGREB, September 13, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Pula on Thursday that Croatia shared some concerns about Hungary mentioned in a report on the situation in that country adopted in Strasbourg yesterday, but added that this issue should have been resolved through the European Commission and not the European Parliament, which is why MEPs from the ranks of his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) voted against the report.

ZAGREB, August 11, 2018 - After a European Court in Luxembourg announced that Hungary should not have ignored the European arrest warrant issued for Zsolt Hernadi, CEO of the Hungarian energy company MOL, the Croatian police have once again requested Interpol to extend a Red Notice for the MOL's CEO, according to what the N1 broadcaster reported on Friday.

ZAGREB, August 9, 2018 - The state-owned Plinacro gas transmission company plans to launch construction work on the first compressor station for Croatia's gas transportation system and the project that will allow permanent two-way flow at an existing interconnector between Croatia and Hungary is estimated at 209.5 million kuna, Plinacro said in a press release on Thursday.

ZAGREB, July 29 (Hina) - Laura Valković, Croatian lawyer for MOL CEO Zsolt Hernadi, said that the Court of Justice of the European Union did not say that Hungary had to extradite Hernadi but that a Hungarian court has to decide on Croatia's extradition request.

ZAGREB, July 25, 2018 - The Court of Justice of the European Union said on Wednesday that Hungary should not have ignored an arrest warrant in the case of MOL energy group CEO Zsolt Hernadi only based on a decision of its Public Prosecutor's Office to close a criminal investigation within which he was questioned only as a witness.