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Government relies on support of Jewish communities
The Prime Minister, September 30, 2015 6:24 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed words of appreciation to Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) for his efforts made with a view to helping Jewish communities in Hungary.
Migration crisis threatens Europe’s stability
The Prime Minister, September 30, 2015 2:01 PM
In an interview with leading American daily The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned that the migration crisis is threatening Europe’s stability.
Orbán and Sobotka believe: preserving unity of V4 is essential
The Prime Minister, September 29, 2015 7:51 PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka took the view that preserving the cooperation and unity of the V4, the Visegrád Member States (in addition to Hungary and the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland), is essential in the interest of the management of the migration crisis, Bertalan Havasi, chief of the Prime Minister’s Press Office told the Hungarian News Agency MTI regarding the meeting of the two Prime Ministers held on Tuesday in New York.
Global problem calls for global response
The Prime Minister, September 29, 2015 7:01 PM
The migration crisis was the main topic of the meeting of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, held on Tuesday at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Hungary will continue to support the activities of the Tom Lantos Institute
The Prime Minister, September 29, 2015 10:11 AM
In Washington on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held discussions with Annette Lantos –widow of the American politician of Hungarian descent Tom Lantos – and their daughter Katrina Lantos Swett, co-chair of the Executive Committee of the Tom Lantos Institute.
Austria also acknowledges the border control system being established on the Hungarian-Croatian border
The Prime Minister, September 25, 2015 5:28 PM
After his talks with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner in Vienna on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Austria also acknowledges that a border control system similar to that on the Hungarian-Serbian border must be set up on the Hungarian-Croatian border as well, in the interest of guaranteeing European norms in border crossing.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to meet leaders of Austria on Friday in Vienna
The Prime Minister, September 24, 2015 4:43 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will travel to Vienna on Friday where he will conduct one-to-one talks with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner, Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed kormany.hu on Thursday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sends condolences to Ruler of Dubai
The Prime Minister, September 24, 2015 4:29 PM
Prime Minister Orbán Viktor has sent a letter of condolence to the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum following the recent death of his eldest son, the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed the kormany.hu government website.
We should consider letting migrants through to Austria and Germany
The Prime Minister, September 24, 2015 9:10 AM
Speaking to journalists early on Thursday morning after the extraordinary EU summit, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán explained the position he had argued for in the discussions. He said that Hungary has two options: either it protects its green border with a fence, or “if some do not like this”, it also has the option of letting migrants through to Austria and Germany.
Protecting the Greek borders is top of the agenda
The Prime Minister, September 23, 2015 6:50 PM
The most important issue of the Wednesday EU summit is the protection of the Greek borders, and we should achieve that if Athens itself is unable to do so, Europe should be allowed to step in as part of a joint effort, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said upon arriving at the summit in Brussels.