“May God rest the soul of Hungary’s friend, the great old man [of European politics], Helmut Kohl”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote on his website on Friday afternoon in reaction to the news of the death of the former German Chancellor.

According to German daily Bild, the Christian Democrat (CDU) politician passed away at his home in Ludwigshafen on Friday morning at the age of 87 following a prolonged illness.

(MTI)