Ader: Climate change set to be key issue on new US administration’s agenda
Climate change is expected to be among the most important issues on the agenda of the new US administration headed by President Joe Biden, President Janos Ader said on his "Blue Planet" podcast on Monday.
Szijjarto welcomes new US-Russia nuclear arms control pact
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday welcomed an agreement between the United States and Russia to extend a treaty limiting the deployment of nuclear weapons.
Karacsony: Expressing support for Navalny ‘moral obligation’
Expressing support for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is a "moral obligation, just like it is an obligation to protect Russian democracy and the freedom of publicity, based on our common European values", the mayor of Budapest said on Facebook on Wednesday.
The aim is "legal, transparent and controllable operation", minister says
Government preparing regulation of big tech
The justice ministry is preparing draft legislation to regulate the operation of social media giants in Hungary, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook.
Orbán congratulates incoming President
Opposition: Biden presidency ‘end to populism’
The opposition Socialist and Democratic Coalition (DK) parties see the presidency of Joe Biden, starting on Wednesday, as one putting an end to populist policy making in the United States.
Thirtieth anniversary of freedom for Lithuania
Deadly day of protest remembered
Although each January 13 is a day of celebration in Lithuania, it is also a day of sorrow and remembrance for those who fell on that date in 1991 while seeking independence for their country. Thirty years later in Budapest, Ambassador to Hungary Vytautas ...
Justice minister slams tech giants for ‘switching off’ certain users
Judit Varga, the justice minister, has criticised global tech giants for "switching off" certain users. "We can all be turned off," she said in an English-language post on Facebook on Wednesday.
Biden, wife stayed at Lake Balaton in 1977
Honeymoon over for Hungary as Democrats return
United States Presidents of the Democratic persuasion and their ambassadors to Hungary have repeatedly accused the right-wing Fidesz/Orbán governments since 2010 of autocratic tendencies, and the incoming Joe Biden has already stirred the pot. Perhaps, though, the new President may also harbour a soft ...
Twitter blocked 200 of my followers, government spokesman says
Justice minister says she shares concern about Twitter locking Trump’s user account
Justice Minister Judit Varga said that she shared German Chancellor Angela Merkel's view that the locking of US President Donald Trump's user account by Twitter was reason for concern.
Parliamentary Elections-2021 in Kazakhstan
Further step towards democratisation, international cooperation
The election of members of the Mazhilis (lower house) of Kazakhstan’s Parliament will be held on January 10, 2021. At the same time, the elections to the Maslikhats (local representative body elected by the people of the region and district, city of national status ...
