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How Hungary and Ukraine fell out over a passport scandal

Ukraine’s border region of Zakarpattya is home to the country’s Hungarian community – and is now the centre of a diplomatic row. RU

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In the school building in Palad-Komarovtsy. Photo courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

For several weeks now, Ukraine and Hungary have been mired in a diplomatic row. At its centre lies the region of Zakarpattya in western Ukraine, which was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.