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Viktor Orbán elected as prime minister
The Prime Minister, May 11, 2018 8:11 AM
In Parliament on Thursday afternoon Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that his government will oppose the mandatory quotas, stand up for Christian culture and fight to protect the country’s borders. In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister stressed that Hungary needs the EU, and the EU also needs Hungary, and the country must and will enter the arena of European politics. He also stated that his government will be a government of free Hungarians and a sovereign Hungarian state. He stressed that he is aware that many will find it incredible, but he thinks that by 2030 it is an achievable goal for Hungary to be among the five best countries in the European Union in which to live and work.
The Chinese Premier sends his written congratulations to Viktor Orbán
The Prime Minister, May 9, 2018 12:55 PM
In a letter written to Viktor Orbán congratulating him on his re-election, China’s Premier Li Keqiang wrote that “Shared ideals and visions for the future can bring people together, even if they are separated from one another by thousands of kilometres.”
President János Áder invites Viktor Orbán to form a new government
The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 4:21 PM
In Sándor Palace on Monday, President of Hungary János Áder formally invited Prime Minister Viktor Orbán – who was the prime-ministerial candidate of the Fidesz-KDNP party alliance that won Hungary’s latest parliamentary election – to form a new government. Mr. Orbán accepted this invitation.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received his mandate
The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 11:08 AM
Members of Parliamentary who obtained their mandates on national party lists in the 8 April parliamentary elections and advocates for national minorities received their mandates in the Parliament Building on Friday.
Curia has grossly interfered in elections
The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 10:45 AM
The Curia (Hungary’s supreme court) has clearly and grossly interfered in the parliamentary elections “as it has taken a mandate away from the electors of the government parties”; the body has clearly not risen to the challenge of its task intellectually, Bertalan Havasi, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press chief told the news portal PestiSrácok.hu outlining the Prime Minister’s position on the matter.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will thank voters for their participation in a letter
The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 10:41 AM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will thank people who exercised their democratic right and took part in the elections of 8 April in a letter, the Government Information Centre informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.
It is a moral duty to “see through” the anti-migration constitutional amendment
The Prime Minister, May 4, 2018 1:46 PM
On Friday morning’s edition of the Kossuth Radio programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that it is a moral duty to “see through” the anti-migration amendment to the Constitution.
Viktor Orbán is prepared to discuss the proposal on payment of EU funds
The Prime Minister, May 3, 2018 2:25 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is prepared to negotiate Brussels’ proposal on disbursement of European Union funding, which was made public on Wednesday.
Viktor Orbán in talks in Brussels on preparations for the European Parliament elections
The Prime Minister, May 3, 2018 9:53 AM
Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister's Press Office, has told the Hungarian press agency MTI that in Brussels on Wednesday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and leaders of the European People's Party (EPP) held talks on preparations for next year’s European Parliament elections.
Viktor Orbán holds talks with leaders of the International Swimming Federation
The Prime Minister, May 2, 2018 1:33 PM
The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has informed MTI that, in the Parliament Building on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed Julio C. Maglione and Cornel Marculescu: the President and Executive Director of the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The meeting, which was also attended by the Federation’s Vice Presidents, was held to coincide with the Water Polo World Conference, held in Budapest from 26 to 28 April.