Friendship between Austria and Hungary has been restored, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a press conference after talks with his Austrian counterpart Karin Kneissl on Thursday. Continue reading “Szijjarto: Austria, Hungary ‘friendly relations restored’”
The Hungarian government is focused on building alliances with its central European peers, as evidenced by last week’s Visegrad Group summit in Budapest and Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s official visit to Vienna earlier this week, the government office chief said on Thursday. Hungary and Serbia’s joint cabinet meeting scheduled for next week is also in line with this strategy, Janos Lazar told a regular weekly … Continue reading Govt focused on building central European alliances
Migration poses the greatest threat to Europe’s future, which should be protected, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Vienna on Tuesday after talks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Continue reading “Orban in Vienna: Europe’s future must be protected”
The construction of two new blocks at Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant will begin in February according to schedule, despite Austria’s recent objection to the plant’s expansion, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. Continue reading “Szijjarto: Paks expansion begins as scheduled”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on 30 January, the Chancellor’s office confirmed to Austrian news agency APA on Tuesday. Continue reading “Sensitive topics on Kurz’s and Orban’s agenda”
Austria’s Ministry for Agriculture and Environment announced on Monday that Austria sues the European Commission for allowing Hungary to expand the Paks atomic plant, Die Presse reports. Continue reading “Paks expansion: Orban trusted the new Austrian government in vain”
Hungary is “in the eleventh hour” to stop the upgrade of the country’s sole nuclear power plant in Paks, a board member of green opposition LMP said on Tuesday. Continue reading “Greens want to stop Paks”
Hungary will start calling down a loan of 10 billion euros from the state of Russia to upgrade the Paks nuclear power plant in days, the state secretary for the investment said at the Portfolio Energy Investment Forum conference on Tuesday. Continue reading “Hungary calls down Paks loan”
The National Election Committee (NVB) rejected on Thursday a submission by green opposition LMP board member Peter Ungar which had sought approval for referendum questions concerning the addition of further reactor blocks to the Paks nuclear plant. Continue reading “LMP’s Paks-referendum initiative rejected”
Based on four different contracts, the Hungarian government paid 500.000 euros (160M huf) to influential German businessman, Klaus Mangold, referred to as “Mr Russland” (“Mr Russia”) in the German media, HirTv claims. Continue reading “Press: Govt pays 500k euro to “Mr Russia””
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