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Hungary's third-quarter GDP grows by 4.8 percent year-on-year

Here's the English version of Hungary's national consultation on the protection of the family

Here’s my response that Süddeutsche Zeitung refused to publish

Minister Gulyás on the Article 7 procedure: ‘A political accusation disguised as rule-of-law concerns’

"We believe that the accusation stating there is a systemic threat to rule-of-law in Hungary is completely absurd"

PM Orbán: It’s better to govern with the people than against the people

"We Hungarians don’t simply want to have the numbers. We want Hungarian children.”

PM Orbán and EPP support Weber for top job

“We are bridge builders. We build bridges between the European Union and its citizens,” Weber said, reiterating his campaign’s slogan

Fake News: No, Le Monde, Hungary was not alone in Shanghai

This work of journalism is so sloppy it deserves special mention in our fake news collection

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FM inaugurates new pharmaceutical facility in Debrecen

Nov 15, 2018

Péter Szijjártó opened the new Teva facility on Wednesday which is set to help generate the local economy and create new jobs

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Digitalization could add up to 9 billion euros to the output of the Hungarian economy by 2025

Nov 15, 2018

If Hungary were able to exploit the potential in digitalization, the share of the digital economy would grow to 11.2 percent as part of GDP by 2025

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Hungary's third-quarter GDP grows by 4.8 percent year-on-year

Nov 15, 2018

Mihály Varga noted that the Q3 growth rate was two-and-a-half times the European Union average and the second-highest among all member states

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Hungary will grant asylum to those who are in fact persecuted

Nov 15, 2018

Fidesz press chief says Nikola Gruevski is “at the moment being persecuted and threatened by a leftist government backed by George Soros”

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Here’s my response that Süddeutsche Zeitung refused to publish

Last week, Süddeutsche Zeitung published an article criticizing Hungary’s laws that place restrictions on sleeping rough on public property. The author, a law professor, even went as far as associating it with the dark, Nazi past of his homeland. I sent the editors a response, which they never published. Here’s that response:

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry held talks with David B. Cornstein, Ambassador of the United States of America, Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Antal Rogán, Head of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister

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President János Áder met with his Lithuanian counterpart, Dalia Grybauskaite, in Vilnius on Tuesday to discuss infrastructure projects, energy cooperation and illegal migration

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Hungary and Bulgaria share similar views on the migrant crisis

Nov 14, 2018

Zsolt Németh held talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Dzhema Marinova Grozdanova on Tuesday where it was determined that Bulgaria and Hungary share the same views on Europe, security policy, migration policy, European Union enlargement as well as a number of socio-political issues

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Hungary’s foreign minister pays tribute to Poland in touching speech to mark the regaining of the Polish nation’s independence

Nov 14, 2018

“Hungary and Poland are still linked by true friendship today; the two countries can count, and have always been able to count, on each other’s unconditional support,” the foreign minister said

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Nikola Gruevski has submitted an asylum request to Hungarian authorities

Nov 14, 2018

The former prime minister of Macedonia has made a declaration of his intention to submit a request for refugee status in Hungary, according to an official statement from the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office.

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Hungary will make no compromise on the issue of migration, says head of the Prime Minister’s Office

Nov 13, 2018

Gergely Gulyás said Hungary believes that only the voters and the government have a right to decide who should be allowed to enter and settle in the country