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Viktor Orbán receives EU Special Envoy for freedom of religion

The Prime Minister, January 18, 2018 10:26 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received European Union Special Envoy for promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU Jan Figel in the Parliament Building on Thursday morning, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed the kormany.hu government news portal.

We will be doing everything possible to close existing loopholes

Government spokesperson, January 18, 2018 10:11 AM


“The Government will be doing everything possible in both a physical and legal sense to close the loopholes used by illegal immigrants; this is also one of the targets of the ‘Stop Soros’ legislative package”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács declared on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” program on Thursday morning.

Government puts forward “Stop Soros” legislative package

Ministry of Interior, January 17, 2018 4:30 PM

“The Government has prepared another legislative package to combat illegal immigration; the proposed bill, which will be put forward for social debate, would require the supporters of illegal migration to disclose data and place a 25 percent duty on the funding they receive from abroad, in addition to which it would enable citizens who organise immigration to be served with newly introduced immigration restraining orders”, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said at his press conference in the recess of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. Government Spokesperson Zoltan Kovács called the proposed legislative package the “Stop Soros” bill.

More than HUF 600 billion paid in grants as part of Modern Cities Programme

Minister without Portfolio, January 17, 2018 2:55 PM

The Modern Cities Programme is making good progress, and more than HUF 600 billion has already been paid in grants as part of it, the minister without portfolio for the development of county-ranked cities said at his press conference held in Budapest on Tuesday.

Call for proposals regarding refurbishment programme of Jewish cemeteries could be published by spring

Prime Minister’s Office, January 17, 2018 2:54 PM

The Jewish Heritage in Hungary Public Endowment could publish the call for proposals regarding the refurbishment of Jewish cemeteries – for the purposes of which the Government allocated half a billion forints at the end of last year – before this spring, the Deputy State Secretary for Social and Heritage Affairs and Priority Cultural Projects said on Tuesday, after the meeting of the Jewish Community Roundtable.

Viktor Orbán holds talks with directors of Apollo Tyres

The Prime Minister, January 16, 2018 3:13 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with the directors of Apollo Tyres in the Parliament Building on Tuesday, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed the kormany.hu government news portal.

Yet another Soros organisation has launched an open attack against Hungary

Government spokesperson, January 16, 2018 3:12 PM

According to Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács, the latest report by human rights organisation Freedom House, which has ties to George Soros, is politically motivated and biased.

This could mean the beginning of a new chapter in Hungarian-American political relations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 16, 2018 11:14 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó arrived in Washington on Monday afternoon, and prior to his two days of negotiations stressed: “This could mean the beginning of a new chapter in Hungarian-American political relations”.

Statement by the Government Communication Centre

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, January 16, 2018 10:05 AM

Today, Hungary’s government is being criticised by politicians who did not support the amendment of the Constitution, but have always supported Brussels’ immigration policy and the mandatory quota. Criticism is being voiced by opposition politicians who are quite obviously in Soros’s pocket, and who want to demolish the border security fence and implement the mandatory resettlement quota with no upper threshold being advocated by the European Parliament.

Dual nationals also vote in many Western European countries

Ministry of Justice, January 16, 2018 9:58 AM

“One cannot differentiate between citizens; dual nationals living abroad can also vote in many Western European countries”, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said on Hungarian M1 television’s Monday evening current affairs program.