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If forces are joined, the results will come
The Prime Minister, September 9, 2014 5:14 PM
The defence against the flood, obliging the banks to repay borrowers’ losses and reducing public utility charges were called the biggest successes of the past period by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday in Kötcse. The Prime Minister was interviewed by M1 News before the Thirteenth Civic Picnic, a long-established event organised by the Foundation for a Civic Hungary.
Prime Minister Orbán addressed annual meeting of Hungarian Ambassadors
The Prime Minister, August 26, 2014 8:31 AM
Hungary has embarked on a period of economic growth which could place the country among the fastest-growing European Union member states, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Monday.
Hungarians are freedom fighters, says Prime Minister Orbán
The Prime Minister, August 22, 2014 10:14 AM
Hungarians are a nation of freedom fighters who only feel good if they live in an “order of freedom”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the 25th anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic, a peaceful demonstration which led to the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.
GDP growth indicates the desire of Hungarians to work
The Prime Minister, August 15, 2014 11:20 AM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the exceptional second-quarter 3.9% economic growth data published on Thursday is down to the fact that Hungarians want to work. So what is behind the performance of the Hungarian economy is not a one-off budget manoeuvre, not some selling of state assets, not a credit transaction and certainly not a new loan, but continuously expanding production, increasing labour and improving work quality, he added.
Sanctions are causing more damage for Hungary than Russia
The Prime Minister, August 15, 2014 11:20 AM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Kossuth radio interview on Friday that the economic sanctions against Russia are contrary to Hungary's national interest. He pointed out that he agreed with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico that the sanctions imposed by the West "hurt us more than they do Russia".
Prime Minister urges European Council to protect Christians in Iraq
The Prime Minister, August 12, 2014 2:39 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán asked President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy in a letter on Tuesday to take action in protecting the Christians in Iraq.
Prime Minister opened new stadium in Budapest
The Prime Minister, August 11, 2014 5:22 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opened a new stadium in Budapest's ninth district, on Sunday and addressed the fans.
Aleksandar Vučić thanks Viktor Orbán for flood mitigation assistance
The Prime Minister, August 5, 2014 9:10 AM
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has thanked Viktor Orbán for Hungary’s offer of financial aid for the mitigation of flood damage in Serbia, Deputy-State Secretary for the Prime Minister’s Press Staff Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI.
Prime Minister nominates Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Commissioner
The Prime Minister, July 31, 2014 11:53 AM
Hungary has nominated Tibor Navracsics, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to serve as Commissioner in the new European Commission. The new European Commission is currently being formed following the European parliamentary elections in May and will have 28 members nominated by the governments of each member state.
The era of welfare states is over
The Prime Minister, July 29, 2014 8:22 AM
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.