“Hungary made history when in May 1989 it started dismantling” the border fence. “Now, 25 years later we are trying to dismantle existing obstacles.” it said. The money is for the joint preservation of the natural environment and improving transport links.

In March, a conference was held in Sopron (Ödenburg), in Western Hungary, on developing the railway network between Austria and Hungary by tapping funding from the so-called “Juncker package.

” Levente Magyar, state secretary for the Foreign Ministry, said good relations between the two neighbours would grease the wheels of support for the developments. Governor of Burgenland Hans Niessl told the conference that developments would create some 2,200 jobs near the border as well as bringing other economic advantages to the region.

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Source: hungarytoday.hu

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