Fidesz MEP criticises EU report on legal labour migration
Justice minister: Migration should be stopped, not supported and encouraged
The Hungarian government's position remains clear: migration should not be supported and encouraged but stopped, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Wednesday. Varga said in an English-language Facebook post that "while the whole world is busy fighting against the coronavirus, in Brussels the left-wing ...
Menczer: Israel has right to defend itself
Israel is under attack by a terrorist organisation, so it has the right to defend itself, Tamas Menczer, the state secretary for communications and international relations, said on Wednesday after the EU called for a ceasefire.
Orbán: V4 must be stronger, more united to counter EU discrimination
The Visegrad Group countries must stand stronger and more united in order to counter the discrimination they face in the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a "samizdat" letter to Mikulas Dzurinda, Slovakia's former head of government and the chairman of the ...
Szijjarto: V4 could be winners of post-pandemic ‘new world order’
Through their cooperation, the Visegrad Group countries could come become winners of a post-pandemic 'new world order', Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.
Minister hopeful of strong parliamentary representation for Slovakia Hungarians
Szijjarto: Central Europe should excel in approving immunity certificates
Central Europe should excel in approving coronavirus immunity certificates, Hungary's foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting his Austrian, Czech, Slovak and Slovenian counterparts in Bratislava on Thursday.
Jewish organisation leader expresses solidarity with Israel
Andras Heisler, president of Hungary's Jewish federation Mazsihisz, has expressed the Hungarian Jewish community's solidarity with Israel amid the recent escalations of violence in Gaza and Jerusalem.
Ader calls for speeding up Western Balkans EU integration
The European Union should speed up its enlargement in the Western Balkan region, President Janos Ader said after talks with Montenegrin President Milo Dukanovic in Budapest on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint press conference, Ader said that the EU should set "clear criteria and ...
Szijjarto: Competitiveness, environment protection must go hand in hand
Hungary firmly believes that competitiveness and environment protection must go hand in hand and takes it upon itself to preserve a liveable planet for future generations, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during a break in a meeting with his European Union counterparts in Brussels ...
EU commissioner: EU needs to move forward with enlargement
Oliver Varhelyi, the European commissioner for enlargement and neighbourhood policy, said the EU needs to move forward with the bloc's enlargement, it cannot "waste any more time", in an interview published in daily Magyar Nemzet on Monday.
Ader addresses NATO states summit of B9
Hungarian President Janos Ader on Monday addressed an online meeting of the heads of state of the so-called Bucharest Nine (B9), a group of the easternmost members of NATO, the President's Office said.
