Category: Politics
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Viktor Orbán Urges EU to Finance Border Fences
The pressure of migration keeps intensifying, and the future of Europe depends on the protection of borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Facebook video on Friday evening, after the EU summit. Viktor Orbán pointed out that EU leaders discussed migration until 3 AM, “the pressure of migration was intensifying, it is slowly becoming…
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Trump meets with Hungarian PM Orbán in Florida, Biden claims 'he's looking for dictatorship'
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Media Compares Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen to Viktor Orbán
French daily Le Figaro writes about the similarities between the Danish and the Hungarian migration policies. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been more and more often compared to her Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán because of the strict migration policy her social democratic government has been pursuing, French daily Le Figaro notes in a recent…
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Viktor Orbán Urges EU to Revise the Sanctions
Hungary’s Prime Minister held a number of preparatory discussions ahead of the EU summit in Brussels. The Hungarian position is that the EU sanctions against Russia should be revised. European heads of state and government will hold a two-day summit in Brussels from Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine, energy, economic issues, and external…
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Hungary-Israel Alliance is Unshakeable, President Katalin Novák Says
On the second day of her visit to Jerusalem, President Katalin Novák met with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, Acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid, and Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu too. Hungarian President Katalin Novák met with her Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Thursday. „The alliance of Hungary and Israel is unshakable. Hungary has always…
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Dem rep says Biden border strategy will not address problem: ‘I’ve looked at that plan … it hasn’t worked’
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, on Sunday said that the Biden administration’s plan to address the migrant crisis at the southern border will not fix the problem. The Texas Democrat made the remarks during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” as Title 42, the public health order allowing for expedited removal of migrants due to…
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Democratic candidates want Jill Biden — not her 'polarizing' husband — on the campaign trail: report
Democrats across the country want a Biden on the campaign trail, but it isn’t the president, a new report says. First Lady Jill Biden is the most requested surrogate for President Biden’s administration in the final weeks before the midterm elections, according to The New York Times. The president’s approval rating slipped below 40% this…
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If Trump runs in a third party he would face ballot access, ‘sore loser’ law hurdles — but it's not impossible
Donald Trump, heading into 2024 as a former president and leader of his party, is giving essentially the same answer he gave going into 2016 as an insurgent outsider when asked whether he would support the Republican presidential nominee. Hugh Hewitt asked Trump in an interview whether he would commit to endorsing the GOP general…
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The EU Sanctions Policy is Flawed, Viktor Orbán warns
The war in Ukraine and the EU sanctions were on the agenda of the discussion between Viktor Orbán and Václav Klaus in Prague ahead of the European summit. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attends the first-ever meeting of a wider format of European countries, the so-called European Political Community in Prague on Thursday and Friday….
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PM Orbán: Hungary Sees the Organization of Turkic States as a Forum for Peace
Hungary sees the Organisation of Turkic States as a forum for peace in the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a summit of the organisation in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Friday. In his speech, he said that the biggest problem is that the voice of those who want peace in Europe is much…
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We Are on the Hungarian Side of History, Says Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about the war in Ukraine, energy prices, EU funds, and the Qatargate corruption scandal in a Christmas interview. This was the most dangerous year of the last thirty decades, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Christmas interview published by conservative daily Magyar Nemzet on Saturday. He said that Hungary…
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The Washington Times: The World Needs a Trump and Orbán Alliance
In a March 5th Washington Times article, Bryan E. Leib, CEO of Henry PR and a guest researcher at the Center for Fundamental Rights, gave his views on the forthcoming meeting of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and American President (Rep.) Donald Trump. According to the author, Mr. Trump and Mr. Orbán share the same positions…
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Fidesz Nominates Tamás Sulyok, Head of the Constitutional Court, as President
The governing parties nominate Tamás Sulyok, the current president of the Constitutional Court, as President of the Republic, announced Máté Kocsis, Fidesz parliamentary group leader, at a press conference. Máté Kocsis also announced that the Fidesz presidium will propose Tamás Deutsch as the leader of the Fidesz-KDNP EP list. “The governing parties have accepted the…
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Palestine Report II. – Interview with Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki
In our second installment of our Palestine report we present the content of our discussions with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki conducted at the Foreign Ministry office in Ramallah, September 4, 2022. Hungary Today had asked the minister about the reasons behind a tangible renewed interest in the relationship between Palestine and Hungary from the…
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“Donald Trump was a President of Peace” – Said Viktor Orbán after their Meeting
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with former US President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at Mr. Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. The Hungarian delegation led by Viktor Orbán arrived at the site at 5 p.m. local time, where they held talks with Donald Trump and his staff for an hour. After the meeting,…
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Rep. Carlos Giménez pushes DHS Secretary Mayorkas for answers on border crisis
Republican Rep. Carlos Giménez of Florida is pushing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for answers on the crisis at the southern border. Giménez’s Tuesday letter to Mayorkas comes two days after his in-person meeting with the DHS Chief in Miami, along with Reps. Maria Salazar and Mario Diaz-Balart, where they discussed, among other…
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Trump's in, Haley's getting in – How about DeSantis? Pence? Others? How large a GOP 2024 field will we see?
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as ambassador to the United Nations during former President Donald Trump’s administration, is expected to declare her candidacy for president Wednesday, joining Trump as the only major Republicans to date to have launched White House campaigns. Haley spotlighted her countdown on Monday, tweeting, “Just two days until…
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President Katalin Novák Meets Alexander Van der Bellen
Hungarian President Katalin Novák discussed the war in Ukraine and migration with her Austrian counterpart, Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna. Hungarian President Katalin Novák attended a joint press conference with Austria’s head of state, Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna on Thursday. According to Novák, they are both committed to a stable relationship between…
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Rep. McCaul on Air Force general’s prediction of 2025 war with China: 'I hope he’s wrong … I think he’s right'
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, weighed in on the prediction from four-star Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, who warned his commanders to prepare for war with China in roughly two years’ time. Minihan predicted that fighting will come after China takes advantage of the U.S. being preoccupied with the 2024 election to take action against Taiwan,…
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Minister Gulyás Claims the Inventor of Sanctions is Russia’s ‘Best Friend’
Whoever invented the sanctions imposed by Brussels over the war in Ukraine is Russia’s best friend, as the European Union has harmed not Russia but itself with these measures, Gergely Gulyás, the minister leading the Prime Minister’s Office, told Swiss weekly Weltwoche. In a compilation of the conversation with Gergely Gulyás published in the Thursday…