Transcarpathia

Zakarpattia locals split over Hungary’s support for Oblast's minority

One in five residents of Zakarpattia (21.1%) view Hungary’s current policies in the region, including the distribution of Hungarian passports, as genuinely supportive of the Hungarian minority, while 14.7% see it as laying the groundwork for separatism.

7 November 2025, 12:27 PM

Zelenskyy fires Mukachevo district head Haidai over drone procurement corruption allegations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Serhiy Haidai as head of the Mukachevo district administration in Zakarpattia amid corruption allegations, according to a presidential decree published on Aug. 2.

3 August 2025, 03:51 PM

Three men rescued after wandering the Carpathians for a week to cross border

In Transcarpathia, border guards from the Dilove department and Rakhiv Mountain Search and Rescue found three men who sought help after wandering the mountains for a week while attempting to illegally cross the border, the Western Regional Department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported on Jan. 13.

13 January 2025, 02:59 PM

Nearly 10% of Ukraine’s Carpathian forests cut down over 20 years

In the past 20 years, 4000,000 acres of forest have been cut down in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, amounting to nearly 10% of the total forest cover of the region, Ukrainian outlet NGL.media reported on Oct. 11.

11 October 2024, 11:39 PM

Hungarian Foreign Minister critiques European policy ideas on Ukraine

European politicians are coming up with "increasingly crazy" ideas about Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook on May 27.

27 May 2024, 06:05 PM

Zakarpattya residents block draft office

A group staged a protest near a military registration office, prompting draft office employees to fire a warning shot into the air in Vynohradiv, Zakarpattya Oblast, reported National Police on Facebook on May 4.

4 May 2024, 03:16 PM

From Uzhhorod to Vienna: Ukraine paves way with European standard railway

Uzhhorod is set to become the first regional hub in Ukraine linked directly to Europe by a European standard gauge railway, with the commencement of the Chop-Uzhhorod railway construction in Transcarpathia, announced Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on April 11.

12 April 2024, 12:41 PM

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