Number of 16-18 year olds registered for vaccination exceeds 84,000
Orbán: Reopening economy depends on successful vaccine drive
Reopening the economy depends on implementing a successful vaccine drive, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video posted on social media after the first day of a European Union Porto Social Summit. Orbán said the summit's main topics were "vaccine, inoculation, and the ...
Equality between women and men should be emphasized rather than equality between the sexes, PM says
Orbán at EU summit: Vaccine procurement must be accelerated
The procurement of Covid-19 vaccines must be accelerated while putting ideological considerations aside, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Porto at an EU summit meeting on Friday. Addressing a panel discussion focusing on the topic of labour in the afternoon, Orbán said the ...
Szijjarto: V4-Japan cooperation could contribute to post-pandemic boom
Cooperation between the Visegrad Group and Japan could contribute to an economic boom in central Europe after the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Warsaw on Friday, during talks with his V4 and Japanese counterparts.
Deutsch: EC appoints ‘left-wing political activist’ as liaison of rule-of-law report
Ruling Fidesz MEPs have sent a letter of protest to the European Commission arguing that Gabor Magyar, appointed as liaison of the delegation preparing this year's rule-of-law report on Hungary, was "an out-and-out left-wing political activist".
Researcher looks into chances of joint Hungarian-Italian-Polish programme
The rebirth of the European right can be a success
Recently, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Matteo Salvini, President of the Italian League, on the future of Europe and possible cooperation between right-wing forces. As a result of the meeting, Fidesz, Morawiecki-led Law and Justice (PiS) ...
Szijjarto calls for united European response to threats in cyberspace
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Monday in Tallinn called for a unified, "definitive" European answer to new types of threats emerging in the digital world, methods that will protect citizens against cybercrime and extremist ideologies.
Justice minister: Hungary, CJEU agree on importance of transparency of NGOs
The Hungarian government agrees with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that transparency is a legitimate, democratic expectation, especially in the case of "non-governmental organisations which ... are capable of exercising a significant influence over public life and public debate," Justice ...
House speaker sends condolences to Knesset speaker over Lag B’Omer stampede
Parliamentary Speaker Laszlo Kover has sent his condolences to Yariv Levin, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, over the stampede that claimed over 45 lives at a religious gathering at Mount Meron, parliament's press office said on Friday.
Hungary-Romania mixed committee on minority issues relaunched
Restarting the work of the Hungarian-Romanian mixed committee on minority issues will open a new chapter in bilateral ties, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, after meeting Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu in Gyula, southeast Hungary.
Szijjarto has talks in Lebanon
Peace and stability in the Middle East is crucial for Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Beirut on Monday. Stability in the region is inconceivable without peace and progress in Lebanon, therefore the European Union "should support rather than criticise that country," Szijjarto ...
