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Italy’s reaction is changing day by day

Government, July 11, 2017 9:19 AM

“Italy’s reaction to mass illegal immigration is changing day by day”, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi said on Hungarian M1 television’s Monday evening current affairs program.

Everything must be done to ensure the European integration of the Western Balkans

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 10, 2017 5:44 PM

“Everything must be done to ensure the European integration of the Western Balkans in the interests of the region’s peace and stability, and the security of Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Monday.

Viktor Orbán holds talks with Central European foreign ministers

The Prime Minister, July 10, 2017 5:35 PM

Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, has told the government news portal kormany.hu that in the Parliament Building in Budapest on Monday afternoon Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received the foreign ministers of the Visegrád Group (V4) for their first meeting since Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the V4 on 1 July.

Interfaith dialogue gaining in importance

The Prime Minister, July 10, 2017 5:33 PM

The Prime Minister’s Press Chief has told Hungarian news agency MTI that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Arthur Schneier, the Senior Rabbi of New York’s Park East Synagogue, for a working lunch in the Parliament Building on Monday.

Minister of Defence pays tribute in Hungarian military cemeteries of Russia

Ministry of Defence, July 10, 2017 3:19 PM

On the second day of his visit to the Don Bend in Russia, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó paid tribute at a WWII memorial and in the two Hungarian central military cemeteries.

The Hungarian Defence Forces are set on the path of development again

Ministry of Defence, July 10, 2017 3:19 PM

Speaking at the NCO graduation ceremony in Szentendre on Saturday, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó stated that the Hungarian Defence Forces are set on the path of development again, as the Zrínyi 2026 is the most comprehensive and extensive national defence and armed forces development program of the last 25 years.

The political and legal power of the state will be mobilised against anyone who undermines the security of Hungary

The Prime Minister, July 10, 2017 3:17 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter to András Heisler, President of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (MAZSIHISZ), which has been made available to the Hungarian news agency MTI by the Prime Minister’s press chief Bertalan Havasi. Mr. Orbán stated that “We shall mobilise the political and legal power of the Hungarian state against anyone who undermines the security of Hungary, regardless of their origins, religious affiliation or wealth”.

Dramatic increase in importance of V4

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 10, 2017 1:41 PM

“The importance of Visegrád and Central European cooperation is seeing a dramatic increase in view of the fact that the significance of politics based on common sense and rational thinking practiced by these countries has increased in the current, tense situation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Budapest.

The V4 has never been as strong and effective as it is now

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 10, 2017 1:19 PM

“The Visegrád Group (V4) has never been as strong and effective as it is now; it is the EU’s closest and most effective alliance”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Papers” program.

Lanzarote Commission meets in Budapest to discuss care of unaccompanied minors

Ministry of Human Capacities, July 10, 2017 12:52 PM

The Council of Europe’s Lanzarote Convention on protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual harassment was adopted in 2007 and came into force in Hungary on 1 December 2015. The highest-level monitoring body of the Convention is the Lanzarote Commission, which is made up of government exports from states who are party to the Convention.