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From Hungary’s viewpoint the summit has been encouraging
The Prime Minister, March 18, 2016 6:18 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that from Hungary’s viewpoint the two-day summit of EU heads of state and government in Brussels has so far been successful, “but at least encouraging”, though the “decisive battle” will have to be fought in May.
The goal is for refugee exchanges of any kind to be voluntary
The Prime Minister, March 17, 2016 6:16 PM
On Thursday, before the Brussels summit of EU heads of state and government, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the Hungarian government’s goal is to ensure that, within any prospective migration agreement, refugee exchanges or resettlement of any kind between the European Union and Turkey only occurs on a voluntary basis.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds talks in Brussels with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
The Prime Minister, March 17, 2016 3:02 PM
Before a meeting of the European People’s Party in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
We shall not allow others to tell us whom we can let into our home and country
The Prime Minister, March 17, 2016 2:51 PM
At an event held on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “we reject the forced resettlement scheme, and we shall tolerate neither blackmail, nor threats”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expresses his condolences to the Prime Minister of Turkey
The Prime Minister, March 16, 2016 9:25 PM
Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has told kormany.hu that on Monday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a message to Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu, expressing his anger and sadness at Sunday’s suicide bombing in Ankara.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s message sent to Hungarian communities beyond the borders to mark the Hungarian national day
The Prime Minister, March 16, 2016 2:07 PM
In a special message, Prime Minister Orbán Viktor sent greetings to Hungarian communities beyond the borders to mark 15 March, the Hungarian national day.
Government to introduce new decision-making mechanism for EU calls for proposals
The Prime Minister, March 10, 2016 8:39 PM
At the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s business year-opening event, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that the Government is introducing a new decision-making mechanism for EU calls for proposals. The Prime Minister also said that warding off the threat of migration may result in an enormous competitive advantage.
Viktor Orbán to attend Washington Nuclear Security Summit
The Prime Minister, March 10, 2016 5:17 PM
Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi has told Hungarian News Agency MTI that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend the fourth Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on 31 March.
Agreement reached on closure of borders
The Prime Minister, March 8, 2016 8:52 AM
The times are over when one can travel on the Western Balkan routes without controls. EU leaders have decided that the routes of people smugglers must be closed, which means that order must also be restored at the borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told journalists in Brussels after the summit of the leaders of the European Union and Turkey in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Borders must be closed and direct resettlement is out of question
The Prime Minister, March 7, 2016 3:56 PM
Ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the external borders of the European Union must be closed and the direct resettlement of migrants is out of question – at least in the case of Hungary.