(MTI) – Leaders of the European Union need to make decisions concerning the next few years of the community before personnel questions are put on the agenda, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Brussels on Tuesday. Answering a question who…
Budapest, May 27 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Lorinc Meszaros, president of the Ferenc Puskas Soccer Academy, on Monday congratulated its cooperation partner, Real Madrid and its president Florentino Perez, on the club’s 10th victory in the Champions’…
Budapest, May 26 (MTI) – “We’ve won; we’ve won big-time!” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after the results of the European parliamentary elections were released, showing the Fidesz-KDNP alliance with over 51 percent, translating into 12 EP seats. Speaking at…
(MTI) – Europe cannot stay the way it is today, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview on Friday. Europe’s competitiveness has weakened over the past few years and is at a disadvantage compared to power centres as the…
Budapest, May 23 (MTI) – Conflicts between Hungary and Brussels are unavoidable because those that refuse to engage in a dispute are “chumps” and unsuitable to represent the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on public radio Kossuth today. Among…
Budapest, May 21 (MTI) – Hungarians deserve respect for their achievements of the past two years since they have succeeded in making the country a front-runner in the region from a laggard, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said today. At a…
(MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended the right of Hungarians in Transcarpathia to autonomy in an interview to public television M1 late on Friday. Orban said in connection with the crisis in Ukraine that energy supplies were stable in…
(MTI) – Open minority issues in Hungarian-Slovak relations and other topical issues were discussed by the Hungarian prime minister and the leader of Slovakia’s Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP) in Bratislava on Thursday. Viktor Orban held talks with Jozsef…
Bratislava, May 15 (MTI) – A democratic Ukraine must observe community rights, for instance the rights of the local Hungarian community, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said addressing the Globsec 2014 forum in Bratislava today. If Kiev fails to adhere, “we…
(MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban will present his new government on June 6, Janos Lazar, the head of the PM’s Office, announced in parliament on Tuesday. Speaking in a debate on the future structure of Hungary’s ministries, Lazar said…
(MTI) – MEPs to be elected in the European election should win respect for Hungarians abroad while the government does the same at home, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a Fidesz party rally on Saturday. Hungary must again fight…
(MTI) – The role of Hungary as a regional financial hub was among topics discussed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Bank of China chairman Tian Guoli in Budapest on Saturday, the PM’s press chief told MTI. Tian Guoli confirmed…
(MTI) – Hungary’s new government will focus on national cooperation, unity and strengthening a European centre, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, addressing parliament after his re-election on Saturday. Orban said foreign policy would focus on economic ties and ethnic kin…
(MTI) – Hungary’s new parliament re-elected Viktor Orban, the leader of the election-winning Fidesz party, as prime minister on Saturday. Orban was elected with 130 votes in favour and 57 against. Orban was supported by lawmakers of the co-ruling Fidesz…
(MTI) – Germany is a key strategic ally to Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Berlin on Thursday, prior to talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Speaking to the press, Orban said that Hungary’s aim was to strengthen and…
Berlin, May 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s premier has warned that unless Europe considers policies such as pushing energy prices down and getting the jobless off benefits and into work it will face a rocky future and low competitiveness. The energy…
(MTI) – Energy security and Hungary’s false acacia were among topics discussed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in Berlin on Wednesday, foreign affairs and economy state secretary Peter Szijjarto said. Barroso…
(MTI) – The next Hungarian government will remain deeply dedicated to preserving the historical Hungarian-Polish friendship, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday after meeting Polish counterpart Donald Tusk. Over the past four years, Hungarian-Polish friendship has stood the test…
Budapest, May 5 (MTI) – President Janos Ader has asked Viktor Orban, prime minister candidate of the Fidesz-Christian Democrat party alliance, to set up Hungary’s next government, the president announced today. Speaking to reporters after the nomination, Orban said that…
(MTI) – President Janos Ader will attend the canonisation ceremony of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in the Vatican on Sunday, the President’s Office said on Friday. Ader will be accompanied by First Lady Anita Herczegh, the…