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Euro-Atlantic integration would be the guarantor of Western Balkan stability

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 28, 2017 3:28 PM

“The EU and NATO integration of the Western Balkans could guarantee truly long-term peace and stability in the region”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday in Budapest following a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart.

Hungary plans to become a centre for efforts to combat Christian persecution

Ministry of Human Capacities, January 28, 2017 3:20 PM

“Hungary wants to become a centre for organisations working to combat the persecution of Christians”, the Ministry of Human Capacities’ Parliamentary State Secretary declared at an international conference entitled: “New Opportunities for Solidarity in the Interests of Discriminated Christian Communities”.

We must fight against prejudice on a daily basis

Ministry of Human Capacities, January 28, 2017 11:03 AM

“The Holocaust is an eternal lesson that it is our duty to fight against prejudice on a daily basis to ensure that the souls and thoughts of future, upcoming generations are never again dominated by delusions and misconceptions”, Minister of State for Education László Palkovics declared at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

This year, the goal of Hungarian foreign policy will continue to be the representation of Hungarian interests

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 28, 2017 10:51 AM

“This year, Hungarian foreign policy once again has only one goal: the representation of Hungarian interests”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Friday.

Viktor Orbán holds talks with European People’s Party President in Brussels

The Prime Minister, January 27, 2017 6:35 PM

Bertalan Havasi, Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that, in the EPP’s Brussels headquarters on Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and EPP President Joseph Daul held talks on next week’s Malta EU summit and the most important challenges which Europe is currently facing.

The European Project has been stopped in its tracks

The Prime Minister, January 27, 2017 6:29 PM

In an English language article published in The Hungarian Review on 24 January, and which was also featured in the American conservative magazine The National Review, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán states the following: “Judging from population, natural resources, and human capital, the European Union should be the leading power of the world. For the moment, however, its stagnation obstructs its potential leadership”.

We must face up to the world-shaking tragedy of the Holocaust

Prime Minister’s Office, January 27, 2017 12:25 PM

“The world’s responsible states must face up to the ‘world-shaking’ tragedy of the Holocaust”, Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács from the Prime Minister’s Office declared on International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a commemoration organised by the March of the Living Foundation in Budapest on Thursday.

The Visegrád Group and Bavaria have a shared viewpoint on the EU

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 27, 2017 12:24 PM


“The Visegrád Group (V4) and Bavaria have a shared viewpoint on the European Union and it is their common belief that the problem isn’t with the fundamental values or the concept of the EU, but with Brussels’ indecisiveness”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó told Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday after taking part in a conference organised by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, which is affiliated with the governing Christian Socialist Union (CSU), and the countries of the V4 in Munich.

Government submits OLAF report to the Mayor of Budapest’s Office

Prime Minister’s Office, January 27, 2017 8:28 AM

In representation of the Government, the Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary Nándor Csepreghy has submitted the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) report on the Metro 4 project to the Office of the Mayor of Budapest.

We shall make Europe great again

The Prime Minister, January 26, 2017 10:48 PM

In a speech at an event in Brussels on Thursday organised by the Antall József Knowledge Centre and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that in Brussels things are going badly – and even the direction is wrong. But despite this, he said, there is the possibility of reform and to “make Europe great again”.