As long as the present government is in office and Viktor Orbán is Prime Minister, the country’s sovereignty and internal security are guaranteed, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister stated in an interview given to the newspaper Magyar Hírlap. The chief advisor believes that at this point in time there is no need for extending the fence in the direction of Romania.
Security will be the chief value in Europe in 2018, and also for the Hungarian Government the Hungarian people’s security will be the top priority, Károly Kontrát, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior said at his press conference which he held jointly with Tamás Vargha, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.
New Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s first official foreign bilateral visit will take place in Hungary where he will have talks with Viktor Orbán. The visit will be held on 3 January, Bertalan Havasi, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.
The Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister believes that “we are in the 11th hour in our attempts to reinforce the European Union’s system of border controls” with a view to keeping mass illegal immigration away and guaranteeing the European people’s security.
It was with deep sorrow that Hungary learnt about the terrorist attack committed today against a Christian church, claiming the lives of 9 people.
We await the Christian world’s great festival: the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. In silent waiting we raise our eyes, we free ourselves from the worries of everyday life, and the soul’s horizon opens up. In this special atmosphere we can sum up the past year and think once more about the nature of our tasks in the world for the year ahead.
Before the submission deadline of 12:00 on 20 December 2017, seven Hungarian cities – Győr, Szombathely, Veszprém, Székesfehérvár, Gödöllő, Eger and Debrecen – have submitted their bids to become European Capital of Culture in 2023.
On Kossuth Radio on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary will face further attacks because – following the failure by leaders to agree on this issue at the EU summit in December – those who want mandatory resettlement quotas in Europe will continue their efforts next year.
The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI that on Wednesday in the Parliament Building Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo Jean-Clément Jeanbart on Hungary’s provision of further assistance to persecuted Christians in the Middle East.
György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said that Hungarian authorities will do everything possible to ensure public safety: the police, the Counter Terrorism Centre and the Hungarian Defence Forces are using covert and visible measures to guarantee the security of Christmas markets and other events.