Tag: orban
World 14.11.21 | 10:53

Hungary initiates joint summit between the Turkic Council and V4 countries

Hungary will initiate a summit at the highest level between the Turkic Council and the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) to be hosted in Budapest in the first half of 2022, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced at the summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States held in Istanbul, on...

World 10.11.21 | 17:01

Le Pen to Orban: I support Hungary’s resistance against threats and blackmail from Brussels

In a letter addressed to Hungary’s prime minister, French National Rally President Marine Le Pen assured Orban of her political support. Le Pen spoke out for building a Europe that is not aimed against member states but one that strengthens them through free cooperation, the Hungarian PM’s...

World 03.11.21 | 09:32

Orban: Brussels should reimburse Hungary for its border protection costs

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again called on the European Commission’s president to reimburse the costs of Hungary’s border protection measures. In a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Viktor Orban stated that a new migration crisis was unfolding at the doorstep...

Balkans 19.10.21 | 15:17

Hungary and Serbia begin reconstruction of a 150 years old railway link

Serbia and Hungary began work today on reconstructing the 150 years old railway line linking Subotica and Szeged. Leaders Viktor Orban and Aleksandar Vucic were at the opening ceremony in Horgosh today to mark the beginning of the major infrastructure project. This project is characteristic for all Orban...

World 16.10.21 | 18:42

Orban will receive the third dose of the vaccine, urges others to do so as well

In response to the “alarming” situation in the neighbouring country, Hungarian hospitals near the border have admitted fifty patients from Romania for treatment, the Hungarian prime minister said and pointed out that the difference in the severity of the epidemic situation in the two countries stems...

World 13.10.21 | 18:34

Orban: Enabling Egypt to protect its borders vital for Europe and Hungary

nabling Egypt to protect its land and maritime borders is vital for both Europe and Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday, the V4 news agency reported. At a press briefing held jointly with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,...

World 03.10.21 | 11:12

Orban: Brussels needs servile governments

It is no longer possible to operate the European Union solely with the German-French axis – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Czech conservative paper Lidove Noviny. In the interview, he called Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis one of Europe’s greatest fighters, the V4 news agency reported. While...

World 24.09.21 | 10:37

V4: Hungary hosts the Demographic Summit

Tasks of the state include removing the obstacles to starting a family. Ten years ago, the Hungarian government identified five areas of focus to build the country’s family policy on, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said, and also addressed other issues at the 4th Demographic Summit in Budapest, the...

Macedonia 21.09.21 | 15:27

In meeting with Hristijan Mickoski, Viktor Orban expresses his support for Macedonia’s EU path

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski and his deputy Aleksandar Nikoloski met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, to discuss the Covid pandemic, the migrant crisis in the Balkans and Macedonia’s stalled EU accession process, where Prime Minister Orban expressed strong Hungarian support...

World 16.09.21 | 18:06

Orban: Central European economic area emerging faster from crisis

Countries in the Central European economic area, including Slovenia and Hungary, are emerging more rapidly from the crisis because they have persevered, not dismantled capacities, continued developments and kept people employed throughout last year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Celje,...

World 13.09.21 | 10:00

Orban: I asked Pope Francis not to let Christian Hungary perish

During their meeting in Budapest on Sunday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban asked Pope Francis not to let Christian Hungary perish, the V4 news agency reported. According to Orban’s press office, the Prime Minister handed over to Pope Francis the copy of a letter written by King Bela IV of Hungary...

World 05.09.21 | 15:55

V4: Orban’s popularity up 20 per cent on left-wing’s potential prime ministerial candidate

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has a 20 per cent lead over the current mayor of Budapest, one of the left-wing candidates aspiring to run for the office, in terms of the number of people who would pick him as Hungary’s next prime minister. Hungary will hold parliamentary elections in the spring of...

World 23.08.21 | 09:59

Orban calls for vigilance against a new refugee crisis, will work with Balkan countries to prevent the reopening of the migrant route

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said there are still Hungarians in Afghanistan, including soldiers, and they must be evacuated safely. In his public radio interview, Orban added that Hungary will evacuate those Afghans who may be in danger because they have cooperated with Hungary in the past...

World 24.07.21 | 10:15

Orban says he won’t give up on the minor protection law regardless of the threats and blackmails

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed not to give up over the law that will prevent spreading pornographic materials in schools without parental consent. They will blackmail and they will threaten us, they will launch all sorts of procedures, they will postpone transfers, but we can’t give...

World 16.07.21 | 10:01

Hungary will begin issuing a third booster shot, Orban says

Starting in August, Hungary will begin issuing third booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine, and will make it mandatory for healthcare workers, said Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary leads the EU in vaccinations, thanks to its openness to various sources of the vaccine, and is now among the first...

World 09.07.21 | 19:35

Orban: Europe is fortunate to be led by Jansa as divisions grow between the member states

During the meeting of the Visegrad Group in Ljubljana, convened by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban said that Europe is fortunate to be led by Jansa. Slovenia, which is exceptionally close to the V4, holds the rotating Presidency of the European Council for...

World 08.07.21 | 21:43

Orban: Hungary will not allow LGBT activists in our kindergartens and schools

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reiterated that he will not allow LGBT activists to enter kindergartens and public schools, despite pressure from the European Union. EU officials are pressuring Hungary after it adopted a law that allows parents to determine what kind of sexual education their children...

World 07.07.21 | 22:05

Orban rejects Von der Leyen’s threat

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promptly responded to the threat from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, over the sexual education law. Orban’s office said that the attempts by the European Union to get Hungary to revoke the law will be in vain. “The law will continue to...

World 05.07.21 | 22:42

Jansa warns of EU collapse if it continues to impose “imaginary values” on member states

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, whose country holds the rotating Presidency of the European Council, warned that imposing imaginary European values and violating local traditions is the fastest way to collapse up the Union. The European Union brings together countries with different traditions,...

World 01.07.21 | 15:22

In ads published across Europe, Orban warns of the danger of creating a “European Empire”

In a paid ad published in European newspapers, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban details his views on the European Union. In seven points, Orban warns that the European Union is building a “supra-state” or a “European Empire”, which Hungary opposes. He calls that the goal...

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