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The problem is with NGOs, not charities and volunteer organisations
Government spokesperson, April 25, 2017 10:28 AM
“The problem isn’t with the some 60 thousand civil organisations operating in Hungary, but with so-called NGOs, which are trying to prove that they are true civil organisations”, Government Spokesman Zoltán Kovács said in an interview for Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap, who in addition to the planned new legislation on organisations that receive funding from abroad also spoke about border protection and the Hungarian legal action against the quota system.
Government Spokesman rejects statements by The New York Times concerning transit zones
Government spokesperson, April 21, 2017 3:52 PM
Government Spokesman Zoltán Kovács says it is outrageous that The New York Times is comparing refugees in transit zones to the victims of the Holocaust.
Left trying to deny quota plan
Government spokesperson, April 21, 2017 9:11 AM
According to the Government Spokesperson, left-wing organisations and organisations associated with the left are trying to deny the European Union’s quota plan related to illegal immigration.
Brussels attacks Hungary due to immigration
Government spokesperson, April 12, 2017 5:16 PM
Brussels is attacking Hungary due to immigration, the European Commission is trying to put pressure on Hungary to „forcefully” achieve the adoption of the mandatory quotas and the elimination of the border closure, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on Wednesday at a press conference held in Budapest.
There are no conditions in the new legislation that cannot be met
Government spokesperson, April 7, 2017 11:50 AM
There are no conditions in the new legislation brought into force through the amendment of the higher education law that cannot be observed or met, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács highlighted on Friday on the programme 180 minutes of Kossuth Rádió.
Soros’s lies are also misleading the German government
Government spokesperson, April 5, 2017 5:20 PM
Government Spokesman Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday that the Hungarian government notes with regret that George Soros’s lies have also proved capable of deceiving the German government. Mr. Kovács was reacting to concerns expressed by German deputy government spokesperson Ulrike Demmer over the amendment of Hungary’s Act on Higher Education, which has been adopted in an accelerated procedure.
Reaction to report by Freedom House
Government spokesperson, April 4, 2017 3:34 PM
Freedom House is an institution funded by George Soros. The Government of Hungary is not surprised to see such an institution attacking Hungary.
Response of the Government of Hungary to the press statement of the Department of State of the United States of America
Government spokesperson, March 31, 2017 7:27 PM
The Government of Hungary found it with surprise that the Department of State of the United States released a press statement that is based on factual errors.
Government does not seek to banish a single university
Government spokesperson, March 31, 2017 11:52 AM
The Government does not seek to banish a single university, including the Central European University (CEU), Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on the Thursday programme of the public service television news channel M1.
Reducing the spheres of competence of EU Member States is unacceptable
Government spokesperson, March 27, 2017 4:00 PM
“According to the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4), the European Union integration process that takes away spheres of competence from Member States is unacceptable”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in an interview on M1 Hungarian television on Monday.