A friend called my attention to a summary of a speech delivered by László Kövér at this year’s plenary meeting of the Forum of Hungarian Members of Parliament in the Carpathian Basin (KMMK). Kövér, as president of the Hungarian parliament, is also the president of the forum. Reading Kövér’s speeches and interviews is almost always
READ MOREA conference was held in the Hungarian Parliament on Wednesday marking the 20th anniversary of the country’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Opening the event, House Speaker László Kövér said that NATO was indispensable in preserving the balance in the international arena and should be preserved as a dynamic alliance to successfully face
READ MOREThe Hungarian government will continue to protect the rights of Hungarian ethnic communities, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during a plenary session of the Carpathian Basin Forum (KMKF), a meeting held in Budapest on Friday. “We will not sacrifice the rights of the Hungarian communities on the altar of any geopolitical interest, regardless of
READ MOREHungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó received Kelemen Hunor, the president of the UDMR, on Thursday, where the two agreed that the Hungarian government, in cooperation with the Union, will continue to invest in Transylvania, according to the Hungarian MTI press agency. According to the announcement, the phase of analysis of the files from Transylvanian Plain
READ MORECzech Prime Minister Andrej Babis made his first visit to Israel, as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia create greater inroads with the Jewish state. Poland stayed away from a summit of central European countries in Jerusalem on Tuesday, but Hungary and Slovakia gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu some reason to smile by announcing
READ MOREBERLIN — Faced with a plummeting population, rising labor shortages and widespread emigration, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has long taken an unconventional approach to increasing the size and productivity of Hungary’s work force. He offered university scholarships only to those who promised to stay in Hungary. He gave citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living
READ MOREPPE candidate for European Commission Chief Manfred Weber put Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban three conditions to avoid excluding FIDESZ among Europeans. Orban has to show his respect for the European People’s Party. The three conditions that Weber says Orban should carry out at the end of this month are the following: Orban must immediately
READ MOREFord Motor has warned Theresa May that the company will intensify preparations to move production outside the UK, The Times reported on Thursday, according to Agerpres. The statement was made during a private discussion between British Prime Minister and business leaders, the Times reported. Ford representatives were not available for comment. Another participant in
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