Do you want to meet PM Orbán? Here is your chance but it will be expensive

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will deliver a “comprehensive political address” at an anniversary celebration of Switzerland’s conservative weekly Weltwoche in Zurich on November 22, the PM’s press chief confirmed on Saturday.

The celebration will include a panel discussion moderated by Swiss MP Roger Köppel, the weekly’s editor-in-chief. The event is advertised in a full-page ad in the weekly. The number of seats is limited in the five-star Dolder Grand luxury palace hotel, and the entrance ticket costs 90 Swiss francs (HUF 36 thousand), rtl.hu wrote. Köppel is a big supporter and fan of the Hungarian prime minister. They made several interviews with Orbán in the last few years. They meet regularly. The last time they met was in March when Köppel visited an event of the government-close MCC research institute.

The Swiss journalist later visited Moscow, where he talked about the high life standard of the Russian people there and that the sanctions are useless. In November, he will come to Budapest to take part in the CPAC International Conservative Conference. Here is a photo of the Dolder Grand hotel:

Culture minister marks 1956 anniversary in the USA

János Csák, Hungary’s minister of culture and innovation, attended a commemoration of the anniversary of Hungary’s anti-Soviet revolt of 1956, in Washington late on Friday. In his address, Csak said the failed revolution was a historic development “that serves as a basis for cooperation between the US and Hungary”. The events of 1956 “lend two such freedom-loving peoples enough ammunition for cooperation” especially with regard to “Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the terrorist attack against Israel”.

In an interview to MTI, the minister said Hungary had a great interest in achieving peace in both conflicts. Hungary has sympathy for both countries, he said, noting Ukraine’s ethnic Hungarian community of 150,000, and some 300,000 Israelis of Hungarian origin. At the ceremony, Csak recognised Peter Gajary, head of the Hungarian-American Cultural Association with the Order of Merit of Hungary, Knight’s Cross. The celebration was attended by Szabolcs Takacs, Hungary’s ambassador to the US, a representative of the US foreign ministry, diplomats, and leaders of local Hungarian organisations.