Tag: v4
News 17.03.21 | 10:50

EMA chief ignores V4NA questions

Recently, many questions have emerged in connection with Brussels’ vaccine contracts and, in the past few days, many EU countries have stopped using AstraZeneca’s jab in their vaccination campaigns. V4NA has sent a written inquiry to the European Medicines Agency with regard to the vaccines....

World 16.03.21 | 22:57

V4: Brussels may face ‘Vaccinegate’

There are a growing number of questions with regard to the EU’s joint vaccine procurement. Last week it emerged that the vaccine distribution is not based on a pro-rata population key. V4NA tried to find out who – and serving what interests – has exerted political pressure on behalf...

World 08.03.21 | 10:22

V4: European countries tread their own paths in vaccine procurement

As vaccine procurement coordinated by the EU is still slow, member states have decided to map their own procurement options with many turning towards the Chinese and Russian vaccines, the V4 news agency reports. In the EU Hungary was the first to announce that it wants to procure Chinese and Russian...

News 05.03.21 | 22:47

Covid hospitalizations could reach 15,000-20,000, Orban says

Prime Minister Viktor Orbаn said the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Hungary could reach 15,000-20,000 in a weekly interview on public radio on Friday, according to a report by state news wire MTI. After an early morning meeting of the Operative Corps, the body coordinating Hungary’s...

World 04.03.21 | 18:02

Orban: Long live the democratic right

“Fidesz has left the European People’s Party Group in the European Parliament. It has refused to accept that the rights of Members of the European Parliament – and thus the rights of Hungarian voters – be restricted by an amendment of the Group’s statutes,” Hungarian...

Balkans 25.02.21 | 10:13

V4: Left could hinder Serbia’s accession talks

The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) adopted the 2019 and 2020 reports on Serbia at its session on Wednesday. The report was awaited with heightened interest, because the European Parliament last approved a document on the Western Balkan country in 2018. Unfortunately,...

World 18.02.21 | 20:27

Orban: staying united is key to V4 success

If the V4 bloc wants to achieve results in the next 30 years its members must stay united, because that’s the key to their success, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said at the Visegrad Group Summit held in Krakow on Wednesday, the V4 news agency reported. The prime ministers of the Visegrad countries...

World 08.02.21 | 09:57

V4: Austrian chancellor willing to take the Russian vaccine

Austria is ready to support and manufacture the Russian vaccine. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stressed that the aim was to have as many safe vaccines and as quickly as possible, regardless of the source manufacturer, the V4 news agency reported. Once the eastern vaccines receive licensing, Austria will...

World 05.02.21 | 16:49

V4: Brussels’ vaccine procurement is sluggish, Orban says

The key for Brussels bureaucrats was to procure vaccines cheaper. For us, however, although money is not an insignificant issue, it only comes second when our lives are at stake, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Hungary’s public radio in an interview, the V4 news agency reported. Based...

World 30.01.21 | 11:17

V4: We must make level-headed decisions, Orban says

When everyone is overwhelmed with intense feelings, decision-makers need to remain calm, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio in his Friday morning interview. Decision-makers had to agree with epidemiologists when they decided that restrictive measures would remain in force for another...

World 26.01.21 | 10:14

V4: Brussels is secretive about vaccine procurement contracts

“The EU intends to enforce the contracts signed by the pharmaceutical industry,” the European Council President said on Sunday, reacting to the delays announced by several manufacturers in the delivery of contracted coronavirus vaccines. The V4 news agency has repeatedly contacted the European...

Macedonia 22.01.21 | 15:31

Mickoski: We have friends who are eager to help

Macedonia has friends who support our progress, our stability and our future, but ultimately it is up to us to fight for it, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski after his regional tour. Mickoski met with Prime Ministers Orban, Jansa and Plenkovic during his visit to Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia,...

World 19.01.21 | 17:15

V4: George Soros builds a global media empire – Part 1

The foundation run by US stock market speculator George Soros is not only involved in the financing of human rights and pro-migration organisations, as it also supports a sizable array of media outlets all across the globe, the V4 news agency reports. George Soros realised many years ago that he would...

Balkans 14.01.21 | 12:31

V4: Illegal immigration into Europe decreased only slightly in 2020

Migration remains a serious problem southern Europe because, despite the pandemic-related restrictions, the number of newcomers reaching the continent has only decreased minimally, the V4 news agency reports. The year 2020, for the most part, was about movement restrictions, border closures and the cessation...

World 03.01.21 | 14:51

V4: Hungary already received its second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine

The second delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer arrived in Hungary early Wednesday, according to a report by state news wire MTI. The 70,000 doses of vaccine – enough to inoculate 35,000 people – arrived by air at Liszt Ferenc International in the capital. Hungary...

World 30.12.20 | 14:00

V4: Hungarian Minister announces extension of home subsidies

The Home Purchase Subsidy Scheme for Families (CSOK) will be available for pensioners who work beside meeting the general conditions of the scheme in the future, Minister for Families Katalin Novak said on her Facebook site on Tuesday, according to a report by state news wire MTI. Under CSOK, launched...

Macedonia 19.12.20 | 14:49

Nikoloski: VMRO-DPMNE worked with our V4 friends to prevent having historic interpretation added as a new condition of EU membership

VMRO-DPMNE worked hard with the Visegrad 4 countries to get their help and prevent adding historic issues as criteria of our EU membership, the party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said in a radio interview. Slovakia and the Czech Republic vetoed a demand by Bulgaria that Macedonia’s integration...

World 10.12.20 | 08:53

The fears of George Soros – Part III

Soros is making arrangements to avoid his biggest fear, that his image will sink into oblivion. In a bid to strenghten his personal cult, he wants to maintain the ‘Soros myth’ through his organisations as long as he can. George Soros has considered himself some kind of God since his childhood,...

World 04.12.20 | 16:41

The fears of George Soros – Part I

George Soros has blocked the reply to his revelation, which begs the question: what is it that he is afraid of? It is perhaps worth recalling what George Soros thinks about himself and his activities. The V4 news agency presents his thoughts in their three-part series. George Soros was born in Budapest...

World 10.11.20 | 17:09

V4: Rule of law mechanism “instrument of torture” in EU’s hand

With the rule of law mechanism, the European Union intends to torture member states that do not represent liberal values, Polish MEP Zdzislaw Krasnodebski has said. Members of the Polish delegation have confirmed that Poland is ready to veto any proposal that would tie the disbursement of funds to the...

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