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Viktor Orbán congratulates the creators of “Sing”

The Prime Minister, February 27, 2017 9:36 AM

On Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the creators of “Sing” for winning the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Many in the West today are still making excuses for the crimes of communism

The Prime Minister, February 25, 2017 8:12 PM

“Many in the West today are still making excuses for the crimes of communism; even the European Union itself is reluctant to unequivocally condemn them”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said. He was speaking at Budapest’s Rákoskeresztúr New Public Cemetery, at a ceremony organised on Saturday by the National Heritage Institute to mark the Memorial Day for the Victims of Communism.

US President Donald Trump sends written thanks to Viktor Orbán for his message of congratulations

The Prime Minister, February 24, 2017 8:25 PM

On Friday the Prime Minister’s Press Chief told government news portal kormany.hu that “President of the United States Donald Trump has written a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán thanking him for his message of congratulations written upon the President’s inauguration”.

Montenegro’s place is in the EU

The Prime Minister, February 24, 2017 8:21 PM

Following talks with Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that “Montenegro’s place is in the EU, and the country is ready to be a member of the community”.

Unity is required for the Olympics

The Prime Minister, February 24, 2017 5:32 PM

On Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme, the Prime Minister has said that a referendum is a Hungarian issue, but the Olympic bid must be won not here in Hungary, but before the International Olympic Committee. A referendum requires a majority, but the Olympics requires unity, he said.

The Minister of Agriculture has ordered the comprehensive analysis of some 100 products

Ministry of Agriculture, February 24, 2017 2:00 PM

At a press conference on 20 February in Budapest, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision Róbert Zsigó announced that Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas has ordered another comprehensive analysis of similar products available in both Hungarian and foreign retail stores. The National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO) has already begun the task.

The representatives of global capital must be made accountable

The Prime Minister, February 24, 2017 12:46 PM

On Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “International organisations operating in Hungary and calling themselves ‘non-governmental’ – though in fact attempting to influence Hungarian politics while representing the interests of global capital with paid activists using money from abroad – must be made accountable and transparent”.

Opposition parties have betrayed the Olympics

Government spokesperson, February 24, 2017 11:10 AM

On Thursday evening Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian television channel M1 that the opposition parties have betrayed the Olympics, thus dismantling national unity on the issue.

Number of building permits two-and-a-half times higher over past one year

Ministry of Finance, February 24, 2017 10:19 AM

The positive trend reversal observed in the housing market also signals that Hungary is strengthening. In 2016, the number of building permits issued rose two-and-a-half fold year-on-year, and 10 000 new residential units were completed, up by 31 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.

Government to regard bid to host Olympic Games as closed

Prime Minister’s Office, February 23, 2017 7:08 PM

The Government regards the bid to host the Olympic Games as closed, and asked State Secretary for Sports Tünde Szabó to provide information regarding the progress of the preparations for the projects related to the Olympic Games, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced at the press conference Governmentinfo 79 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.