We must build a future in which everybody can live his life to the fullest in his own country, where people can be proud of their national cultures, where they can study, live and earn a decent living, Mihály Varga said at the 7th Hungarian Days held in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), Romania.
In his welcome speech delivered at the military officers’ commissioning ceremony held on Saturday, 20th August outside Parliament building in Kossuth Lajos Square, Minister of Defence István Simicskó emphasized that “the Hungarian state is a fixed point in a changing world”.
On Saturday 20 August, Hungary’s national holiday, the National Flag was raised with military honours on Kossuth Lajos Square in front of the Hungarian parliament building.
On Friday, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told public television channel M1 that migration is not expected to come to an end in the short term, as the pool of potential migrants is so large.
According to a statement by the National Police Headquarters, between Friday and Sunday 432 migrants attempted to cross the Hungarian-Serbian border illegally. Of these, 239 attempts were prevented and 193 people were apprehended and accompanied back across the border by police and border guards on duty at the border.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held talks in Rio de Janeiro with President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach.
One of the political messages of the Award for Hungarian Communities Beyond the Borders is that we shall not abandon our persecuted fellow-Hungarians, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said on Friday at the presentation of the awards in Budapest.
Hungary never renounced its sovereignty, and the independent Christian State is St. Stephen’s heritage, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office pointed out at the St. Stephen’s Day celebration of the Hódmezővásárhely Municipality on Saturday.
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács takes the view that Brussels must be interested in what the Hungarian people have to say, and it is important what their message will be at the referendum to be held on 2 October.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade takes the view that the closest link between Hungary and New-Zealand is the fight against terrorism, Péter Szijjártó said in Tapolca on Thursday where he had a meeting with New-Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully.