Politics

20/11/2024

World Science Forum in Budapest to highlight global cooperation in science, politics, and society

"This is a special week in Budapest since outstanding researchers in the world meet here," the minister for culture and innovation said. #WorldScienceForum #Budapest
20/11/2024

Hungary and Kazakhstan strengthen ties with 7 new agreements in business, agriculture, and science

Hungary and Kazakhstan have signed seven new agreements in the areas of business development, agriculture, digitalisation and science. #Kazakhstan #business #science #agriculture #digitalisation #diplomacy
20/11/2024

Bizarre: Former Hungarian PM Ferenc Gyurcsány launches Minecraft server after viral TikTok video

Former Hungarian PM Ferenc Gyurcsány dives into the virtual world of Minecraft after a viral TikTok bet. Check out our article for more details!
20/11/2024

Orbán warns of risks during Trump transition, advocates for peace in Ukraine at Diaspora Council reception

Orbán said that while the election of Donald Trump had ended progressive-liberal government in the US, the two months until he is inaugurated "will hold a lot of insecurity in the US and Europe, and that may be a source of enormous risks." #Orbán #Trump #Ukraine #US
20/11/2024

Orbán convenes defence council amid escalating Ukraine war and nuclear threats

According to Orbán, the war has entered its most dangerous phase just now. #Orbán #Ukraine #war #Russia
20/11/2024

Hungarian Defence Minister: Diplomacy ‘only solution’ to end war

Diplomacy is the only solution to end the war in Ukraine, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said on Tuesday after a meeting of European Union defence ministers in Brussels. #warinukraine #Ukraine #government #EU
19/11/2024

Orbán cabinet: Relations between Hungary and the UK to further strengthen

Cooperation in agriculture and trade must be further strengthened between Hungary and the UK, the minister of agriculture said in London on Tuesday. #UK #trade #agriculture
19/11/2024

Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó: More people in Europe becoming reasonable about illegal migration

While more and more in Europe are discussing illegal migration with the voice of reason, it is clear that the "Brussels elite" continues to support migration and is trying to put pressure on member states, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said in Copenhagen on Tuesday. #EU #migration #Denmark #foreignaffairs #Szijjártó
19/11/2024

Finance Minister Varga flags continued tax relief

Finance Minister Mihály Varga said tax relief was set to continue next year at a conference organised by the National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) on Tuesday. #tax #government #financeminister
19/11/2024

Fidesz to modify electoral rules in Hungary – Budapest Mayor Karácsony forms harsh judgement

Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, has said ruling Fidesz wanted to boost its own election chances by reducing the number of electoral districts in the capital and thereby diluting the city's voting weight in parliament relative to its population. #election #Budapest #Fidesz #Karácsony
19/11/2024

Hungary hosts European SME Assembly in Budapest

Budapest is hosting the European SME Assembly, a high-level political and professional forum for discussing current challenges and trends. #EU #Budapest #SME #EC #China
19/11/2024

Hungarian government presses for effective steps against imports of fake honey in Brussels

Agriculture Minister István Nagy called for effective measures to counter imports of fake honey after a meeting of his European Union peers in Brussels on Monday. #agriculture #honey #fakehoney
19/11/2024

Hungarian EU enlargement commissioner: Ten years of enlargement advances achieved in a single term

Oliver Várhelyi, the EU enlargement commissioner, said in Brussels on Monday that European Union integration, a priority of the Hungarian presidency, had advanced by ten years in a single term. #EU #EUenlargement #Balkans
19/11/2024

Orbán cabinet: Improving competitiveness cornerstone of Hungary’s EU presidency

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union will continue to make every effort to improve competitiveness, in addition to the results achieved so far with regard to that priority, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said. #EUpresidency #ministryoffinance #EU #competitiveness
18/11/2024

European Commission demands a further EUR 60 million from Hungary

The European Commission is tightening the screws on Hungary for failing to align its asylum laws with EU standards, as daily penalties pile up relentlessly. #EUfund #debt #EuropeanCommission #government
18/11/2024

Hungarian opposition Jobbik urges health-care finance reform

Opposition Jobbik has called for the reform Hungary's health-care financing system with the aim of speeding up access to better quality services. #opposition #Jobbik #healthcare #health #finance
18/11/2024

Hungarian Finance Minister Varga to report on Hungary’s EU presidency to EP committee

Finance Minister Mihály Varga will report on the results of Hungary's presidency of the Council of the European Union at a meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament on Monday. #EP #EUpresidency #EU
18/11/2024

Orbán cabinet: 2025 budget to strengthen families, businesses

Next year's "new economic policy" budget is based on a policy of economic neutrality, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said in an interview with public radio broadcast on Sunday. #budget #finance #economy #family #business
18/11/2024

Hungarian Agriculture Minister: EU farm ministers to discuss internal market, fishing quotas

European Union agriculture ministers will discuss the situation on the internal market and 2025 fishing quotas at a meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on Monday, Agriculture Minister István Nagy said. #EU #agriculture #fishing
18/11/2024

Hungarian FM Szijjártó: ‘Pro-war mainstream launches final attack against new reality’

The foreign minister Szijjártó said on Monday that "the pro-war mainstream in Washington and Brussels have launched a final, bitter attempt against the new reality." #EU #US #warinUkraine #Szijjártó