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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...