Citizens of Hungary and Slovakia want mutual respect, they want to cooperate, meaning that they would like to be successful together, Prime Minister Viktor Orban stressed after he received Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic in his office in Budapest on Friday. Continue reading “Orban: Hungarians and Slovaks want to be successful together”
“The European Recovery Plan is essentially a concept that is tailored to the requirements of southern member states, the undeclared goal of which is to prevent the economic collapse of these countries, which have been struggling with financial and structural problems for a long time”, Minister of Finance Mihaly Varga said with relation to the European Commission’s package of measures published at the end of May. Continue reading ““Brussels’ recovery plan is unfair towards Hungary””
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban paid his first official visit to Belarus on Friday and held talks with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Kormany.hu reports. Continue reading “Orban visits Minsk”
The Hungarian nation “belongs not only to the past but to the future, too”, President Janos Ader said in Parliament on Thursday, at a commemoration marking the centenary of the post-WW1 Trianon Peace Treaty. Continue reading “Hungary marks Trianon centenary”
“The European Union should lift its restrictions on the state funding of investment projects until the end of this year, because it is only through investments that new workplaces can be created”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on his Facebook page on Wednesday following an online conference of the Visegrad Group countries and the Northern-Baltic-Eight. Continue reading “Szijjarto: The EU must help investment projects”
Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced in a radio interview on Friday the launch of a new public survey carried out by the government dubbed “National Consultation”. Continue reading “Orban announces new national consultation”
Parliament could vote for lifting the state of danger and special legal order introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic within two weeks, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office announced at a press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest. Continue reading “Special legal order to end on 20 June”
The threat of the coronavirus has not gone away, preparedness must be maintained, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’. Continue reading “Orban: Danger has not passed, preparedness must be maintained”
Hungary’s government took action, after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that keeping asylum seekers in the transit zone on the Hungarian-Serbian border constitutes “detention”. Continue reading “Government closes down transit zones”
On Tuesday morning, the V4+Germany summit – which focused on the coronavirus crisis – was held as part of an online conference, Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI. Continue reading “Visegrad Four consulted with Merkel”
