European Union

29/09/2023

PM Orbán: Hungary’s EU money in Ukraine, Western countries want to globalise the war

PM Orbán talked about migration, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the attitutde of the Western countries towards it and the future of the EU #ViktorOrbán
28/09/2023

Ministry official: Hungary rejects EU’s pro-migration proposal

Bence Rétvári said this would "open a new door" to mass illegal migration to Europe. #migration #parliament #eu
28/09/2023

Hungarikum: Pálinka added to EU-Japan geographical indication agreement

Pálinka, the Hungarian eau de vie, has been added to a list of geographical indications protected in an agreement between the EU and Japan. #japan #eu #pálinka #hungarikum #alcohol #drink
27/09/2023

Hungary, Slovakia open new border crossing

Budapest and Bratislava both attach strategic importance to the development of bilateral ties, Péter Szijjártó said. #Slovakia #HungarianFM #border
26/09/2023

Matolcsy: China’s Belt and Road Initiative ‘clear success’

The past ten years had "convinced everybody" that China and Europe must "cooperate very closely", György Matolcsy said.... #NBH #China #EuropeanUnion
26/09/2023

Will the ban on Ukrainian grain imports return?

NAK and Magosz called it "unacceptable" that the EC had not extended the import ban on Ukrainian agricultural products, despite calls from several central European countries to do so... #EuropeanUnion #agriculture #Ukraine
26/09/2023

Government: EU siding with human smugglers, no rush to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid

The Hungarian government believes that there are certain EU politicians siding with armed human smugglers and Sweden should not yet join the NATO #NATO #EU #Sweden #governmnet
25/09/2023

PM Orbán kicked off the new political season: Soros empire, Brussels bureaucrats and American democrats enemies

PM Orbán told parliament that "Hungary's enemies", which he described as "the Soros empire, American democrats, Brussels bureaucrats #Orbán #government #EU #Ukraine #Brussels #Soros #USdemocrats #Biden
25/09/2023

Hungarian minister confident about Paks nuclear power plant’s Russian upgrade

The upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant is progressing on schedule, Hungary's foreign minister told to IAEA head #government #Paks #upgrade #development #energy #atomicenergy
25/09/2023

Journalist of government mouthpiece: Swedish are idiots

András Bencsik, the editor-in-chief of the government mouthpiece Demokrata, said that the Swedish are idiots #Demokrata #government #Orbán #Sweden #EU #NATO
24/09/2023

Hungary prepares for the presidency of the Council of the EU

State secretary Nándor Csepreghy participated at an informal meeting of EU transport ministers in Barcelona on Friday #transport #government #EU #EuropeanUnion
23/09/2023

People have spoken: 2/3 of Hungarians would introduce the euro

Support for Hungary's membership of the EU is stable at over 70% in the country. A two-thirds majority backs the introduction of the euro. #euro #currency #europeanunion
22/09/2023

Council of Europe will baulk Hungary to push back asylum seekers to Serbia?

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on the Hungarian authorities to submit an action plan by June next year. #migration #asylum #government
22/09/2023

Fuel price caps will come back in Hungary?

Máté Kocsis, the parliamentary group leader of Orbán's Fidesz, talked about the reintroduction of the fuel price caps #fuel #government #Kocsis #Ukraine #Fidesz #migration #EuropeanUnion
22/09/2023

Hungarian youth organisation may solve the Erasmus crisis Orbán cannot

The National Youth Council of Hungary (NIT) has called for the mobility of more than 180 000 students abroad. #education #erasmus #EU
21/09/2023

The Hungarian government would use EU money to build a bridge for military purposes

The Hungarian government is planning rail programmes for military purposes, part of which would be financed by the EU's financial instrument for the financing of the European network. #Hungariangovernment #military #EUfund
21/09/2023

Hungarian FM: Global health-care cooperation must be totally depoliticized

"One of these lessons we have to learn is that all those strategic capacities might look like useless under normal circumstances, but under emergency circumstances they can save lives," Szijjártó said.
21/09/2023

PM Viktor Orbán: This year they will try to break us

Hungary's cultural sovereignty is under threat from the push to force migrants onto Hungary and set up "Europe's largest migrant ghetto here", Viktor Orbán said. #ViktorOrbán #EU #EuropeanCommission
21/09/2023

This is how Hungary could be kicked out of the EU

Do you think Hungary should remain a member of the EU? #EuropeanUnion #Germany #France
21/09/2023

Hungarian FM: UN should spend less on bureaucracy

"So it's an utmost priority for us to prevent terrorism from spreading and to eliminate the terrorist organizations as quickly as it is possible," Péter Szijjártó said... #HungarianFM #terrorism #UN