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If we give in to Brussels, Hungary will change
The Prime Minister, September 27, 2016 8:20 PM
In an interview on Hungarian television’s current affairs channel M1 on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “If the Government gives in to Brussels, which wants to force uncontrolled migration on Hungary, then our country will change”.
There is no indication that the Teréz Boulevard explosion is linked to the migration crisis
The Prime Minister, September 27, 2016 5:33 PM
During an interview on M1 Hungarian television’s current affairs programme on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “There is no indication that the explosion on Teréz Boulevard [in central Budapest] on Saturday evening is in any way linked to the migration crisis”.
Central European leaders will defend their countries
The Prime Minister, September 25, 2016 1:54 PM
On Kossuth Radio’s Sunday morning current affairs programme, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that there is a defensive and defiant alliance between the leaders of the Central European nations, based on the agreement that, despite everything, they shall defend their countries.
Humanity is now stepping into a new era
The Prime Minister, September 25, 2016 10:51 AM
In a statement to the Catholic news portal “Magyar Kurír”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The whole of Europe is living through a pivotal period; humanity is now stepping into a new era – but as part of a process which is slower and more difficult than previous explosive tipping points”.
Prime Minister Orbán is proposing an emergency plan including a new line of defence
The Prime Minister, September 25, 2016 7:52 AM
At the migration summit in Vienna on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán proposed an emergency plan which includes designation of a new European line of defence in case the agreement between the European Union and Turkey becomes impossible to maintain for any reason.
Success of Olympic and Paralympic athletes unites Hungarians
The Prime Minister, September 23, 2016 7:33 PM
In the Parliament building on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Olympic and Paralympic achievements unite the Hungarian people. He was speaking at an event in which, together with President János Áder and Speaker of the House László Kövér, he awarded decorations to the Hungarian athletes who won medals at the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks – including on the migration crisis – with Bavarian CSU Vice-President
The Prime Minister, September 23, 2016 3:01 PM
Bertalan Havasi, head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Christian Schmidt (Vice-President of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) and Germany’s Minister of Food and Agriculture) in the Parliament building on Friday morning.
The referendum is not a party political issue, it is a national issue
The Prime Minister, September 23, 2016 1:33 PM
The Prime Minister continues to regard the 2 October referendum on the compulsory migrant relocation quota as a national issue and not a party political issue, and accordingly he is not taking part in party political debates, but instead expects political groupings which have a responsible attitude to encourage people to vote.
I love Hungary just the way it is
The Prime Minister, September 22, 2016 7:14 PM
According to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, next Sunday’s quota referendum will decide “how strong a sword we can forge” for Hungarians’ struggle against the Brussels bureaucrats.
Values of science can be hold on to in troubled times
The Prime Minister, September 21, 2016 12:49 PM
At a reception organised in honour of Széchenyi Prize recipients on Tuesday in the Pesti Vigadó building, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that at troubled intellectual and political times, as Hungarians, we can only do one thing: invest in and hold on to what we are the best at, and this is sciences.