Category: Politics

On Tuesday night, the government lifted the fuel price freeze in Hungary. As a result, Hungarians can now only fill up at market prices. The situation was discussed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that sanctions-affected petrol prices are in force in Europe. The Hungarian government explained the lifting…

Hungary needs an effective army of deterrent force that can guarantee peace, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a speech at the swearing-in ceremony of citizens undertaking voluntary military service and the official delivery of Lynx combat vehicles in Budapest on Saturday. He stressed that Hungarians need an effective army of…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed the importance of a ceasefire as soon as possible, after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the European Council in Brussels. Saving lives is only possible with peace and a ceasefire. We Hungarians remain on the side of peace, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed in a video posted…

Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida accused the Biden administration Wednesday of eroding the legitimacy of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó.  In a letter to the president, Cruz and Rubio said they were concerned that Biden’s policies “are threatening to erode the international recognition and legitimacy of Juan Guaidó as the…

The podium discussion in Berlin last week, attended by Viktor Orbán, has helped to make the Hungarian position better understood in Germany, according to one of the journalists who took part. Tomasz Kurianowicz, a journalist from the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, told Hungarian public Kossuth Radio that the panel discussion with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in…

President Biden is set to discuss migration among other topics with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at Monday’s summit held just days after the son of “El Chapo” was arrested in a bloody operation that reportedly sparked protests across the Sinaloa state.  The timing of the raid on Ovidio Guzman, wanted by U.S. authorities…

Hungary is the best friend of countries in the Western Balkans, President Katalin Novák said on Monday at an international press conference held after meeting Željka Cvijanović, the chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Budapest, MTI reports. Katalin Novák welcomed that Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted EU candidate status in December last…

According to the Hungarian tabloid Blikk, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will soon have a chief national security adviser, as per an amendment to the law proposed on February 26. A proposal presented by Antal Rogán, the minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet, the future chief national security adviser will be responsible for advising…

Illegal immigration, the promotion of traditional family values, the distribution of EU funds and the Western Balkans were the topics of the meeting between Hungarian President Katalin Novák and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday. Both politicians agreed that illegal migration must be stopped, according to a statement by Novák’s office to…

Foreign ministries of several neighboring countries, MEPs and Western media have criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for wearing a scarf depicting the map of historic Great Hungary. The reports in the Western mainstream press seem to lack substantial knowledge of Hungarian history. Contrary to some suggestions, the map depicting Great Hungary is not a…

The former head of Germany’s domestic security agency, Hans-Georg Maaßen, talked to the Hungarian weekly Mandiner about his impression of Viktor Orbán, Hungarian conservativism, and the war in Ukraine.  “My impression is that Fidesz and the Hungarian conservatives are a kind of bulwark in this increasingly insane European world, which is overrun by woke ideology…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attended the Antalya Diplomatic Forum at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Prime Minister addressed the war conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing its paralyzing effect on European politics. Mr. Orbán stressed the criticality of determining in whose favor time works, expressing his inclination to halt the war to prevent…

California lawmakers are pushing legislation that would impose a new tax on the state’s wealthiest residents — even if they’ve already moved to another part of the country. Assemblyman Alex Lee, a progressive Democrat, last week introduced a bill in the California State Legislature that would impose an extra annual 1.5% tax on those with…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held an end-of-year press conference on Wednesday. Before answering questions from Hungarian and foreign journalists, the prime minister assessed the year and spoke about the challenges facing Hungary. Regarding 2022, Orbán said that Hungary performed exceptionally well in the most difficult year of the past 30 years. He summarized the country’s…

In the final stretch of the 2022 midterm elections, Republican and Democratic candidates are making their final arguments on the issues that matter most to American voters.  Republicans have gained a slight edge over Democrats in recent weeks in generic congressional vote polling — a closely watched indicator for midterm performance — but a number…

A growing number of lawmakers, business leaders, and academics are pushing for the U.S. to embrace a four-day work week, leading critics to question the wisdom of what would be a cultural sea change for the country. Maryland state lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would incentivize companies to switch to a four-day workweek, allowing…

The campaign for John Fetterman, a Democrat seeking to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, is going on the offensive following Tuesday night’s debate with Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz. Immediately after the debate, Joe Calvello, Fetterman’s communications director, participated in a press conference where he told reporters the campaign was excited about Fetterman’s “great” performance….

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán responded on Twitter to his Finnish counterpart Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who recently expressed concern that Hungary is trying to obtain withheld EU funds by delaying the ratification of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO accession. “Hungary has never linked and will never link any other issue to the matter of EU funds,”…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a message to newly elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in his latest tweet, thanking her for Italy’s refusal to allow the newly arrived migrant boats to enter its shores. “Finally”, Viktor Orbán’s post began, suggesting that after a long time Italy finally has a government that actually wants…

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota served eight years in Congress before being elected governor in 2018, but she’s happy not to be there this week. “I’m glad I’m not there” Noem told Fox News Digital when asked about the inability of her former GOP colleagues in the House of Representatives to elect a…