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CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

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PM Orbán: Hungary’s vaccination capacity is far beyond the number of doses arriving from the EU

Prime Minister Orbán said that Hungary has so far inoculated 105,728 people, and the number of newly confirmed infected is on the decline, with a rising number of those who have recovered from the coronavirus.

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Is Brussels failing the COVID vaccine challenge?

So, what’s really happening? Has the EU reserved enough vaccines? Did they arrive late to the party? Why does the supply seem so unreliable? These are just a few of the tough questions for Brussels.

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WaPo, the failed opposition leader and a story of blatant hypocrisy

“Independent” MP Bernadett Szél, former leader of LMP (the failed green-liberal party in Hungary) and 2018 opposition prime minister candidate, can’t sleep at night worried about “populists,” forgets about her own violent demonstrations.

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PM Orbán: Restrictions to stay in force until February

Only a few vaccines have been received so far to vaccinate just 80,000 people, and the virus situation in Europe remains serious, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, explaining why the current epidemiological measures had been extended until February 1.

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PM Orbán on Kossuth Rádió: We have stopped the second wave of the coronavirus, now the task is to prevent a third one from starting

In his first 2021 radio interview, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán detailed the government’s vaccination plan and its prognosis of the coronavirus pandemic and also talked about how the Hungarian economy will shift gears in the coming decade.

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's response to Manfred Weber

Samizdat No.5.

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Central Europe

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PM Orbán: The value of central Europe is on the rise

Oct 15, 2020

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the value of central Europe is on the rise, with the focus of growth in the European Union shifting to the east.

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FM: Global companies are putting their trust in Hungary

Sep 25, 2020

Péter Szijjártó said, at the official opening of the Continental test track in Veszprém, in western Hungary, that it will be the largest vehicle dynamics test track in central Europe.

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V4 has a vested interest in keeping central Europe’s economy going

Sep 14, 2020

The prime minister said the Visegrad Group has a vested interest in keeping central Europe’s economy going while curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

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FM: Central Europe is in a position to gain a big competitive advantage in the coming years

Sep 01, 2020

The foreign minister said the novel coronavirus pandemic presents a historic challenge for the European Union, adding, at the same time, that the coming years “could be all about central Europe”.

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PM Orbán on Kossuth Rádió: New restrictions must be put in place due to the epidemic, starting in September

Aug 21, 2020 - Zoltán Kovács

The epidemiological situation is getting worse in most European countries; this is why Hungary must introduce new, stricter restrictions in order to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. In an interview on Kossuth Rádió this morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talked about the start of the school year, an upcoming economic growth plan and the importance of geostrategic thinking for Hungary.

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FM: Central European countries are now “net security contributors” to NATO’s operations

Mar 11, 2020

“We central Europeans believe that NATO will continue as the strongest and most successful military alliance of the world,” the foreign minister said.

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FM: Hungary to boost cooperation between fast-growing Central Asia and central Europe

Feb 19, 2020

The foreign minister said business ties between Hungary and Uzbekistan would strengthen, thanks to decisions made during his visit to Tashkent.

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FM: Central European countries should use River Danube to connect to other states

Dec 16, 2019

The foreign minister said central Europe is the “engine of growth in Europe” and said it was time to “further boost that quality with a modern, shared Danube strategy”.

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PM Orbán: We can turn central Europe into one of the most successful regions in the world

Dec 16, 2019

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said Hungary stands ready to build, together with its neighbors, including Romania, a new central Europe.

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FM: Central Europe has become the engine of European economic growth

Dec 06, 2019

“The significance of Central Europe has increased continuously in recent years, and it has become the engine of European economic growth,” Minister Szijjártó said.

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FM: V4 will not allow illegal migrants into central Europe

Dec 03, 2019

“The success and security of central Europe is thanks to our pursuit of a firm anti-migration policy, and this will endure,” the foreign minister added.

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FM: New vistas are opening up for energy supplies in central Europe

Nov 26, 2019

The foreign minister said that if gas supplies via Ukraine do not materialize, infrastructure must be put in place by the end of the year to deliver supplies to eastern Hungary from the west and north.

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PM Orbán in Prague: We are Europe’s future

Nov 17, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

“The cooperation of Central European countries is engraved in the hearts of Central European people,” Prime Minister Orbán said earlier today in Prague, adding that the upcoming years will be all about the success of Central Europe and the Visegrád Four. A few highlights from the PM’s speech honoring the 30th anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution, a peaceful transition of power that marked the end of the communist era.

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FM: Central Europe is the clear winner of the new world order

Jun 06, 2019

“The rational political decisions that we have made in Central Europe with relation to the economy and security have all contributed to enabling Central Europe to be among the winners of the new world order today, and in fact the region represents the engine of European growth and competitiveness and will continue to do so in future,” the Foreign Minister said.

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FM: Central Europe has a clear interest in good ties between East and West

May 03, 2019

The foreign minister said good ties embrace the opportunity for meaningful dialogue and a mutually beneficial Eurasian economic cooperation

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FM: Cooperation between East and West is in Hungary’s political, economic, and security interests

Jan 15, 2019

“It has become clear to the Hungarians: it is in the interests of the Central European for a pragmatic cooperation to come about between East and West that is based on common sense and mutual respect,” the foreign minister said

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Hungary and Slovenia have a shared interest in building a strong central Europe

Jan 11, 2019

Szabolcs Takács, state secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office, said both countries share a vision in building a politically and economically strong central Europe within the European Union that is pro- rather than anti-EU

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PM Orbán: Every European country has the right to protect its Christian culture and the traditional family model, as well as reject immigration

Jul 30, 2018

During his speech at the 29th Balvanyos Summer University in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), PM Orbán insisted that Europe’s current leaders were “inadequate” and incapable of protecting the continent from migration

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PM Orbán: The hundred-year-long era of Hungarian solitude is over

Jul 28, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

Following the work of the last eight years, the people have given the government a mandate to lead Hungary into a new age, Prime Minister Orbán said in Tusnádfürdő this morning, calling for the rebuilding of the whole region of Central Europe.

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PM Orbán: The future is in Central Europe

Sep 27, 2017

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has told Singaporean and Hungarian business leaders that Central Europe is an “outstanding and thriving region"

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European Commission has launched a “witch hunt” against several central European countries that offer solutions to migrant crisis

Jul 21, 2017

Hungary's foreign minister has said the European Commission has attacked several central European countries that speak about European challenges openly and honestly

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Hungarian Presidency of Visegrád Four: Our group serves as example of strength from strong nation states

Jun 22, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

“Over the past two years, the Visegrád Four,” said Prime Minister Orbán on Monday in Warsaw, “have succeeded in not only protecting Hungary, but also the southern border of Europe.”

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at the 11th Congress of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)

May 23, 2017

20 May 2017, Maribor

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Visegrad Group Radio launched in Hungary

Jan 10, 2017

The Visegrad Group consists of the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia and the radio network will broadcast in their respective languages

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PM Orbán calls for economic ties between Hungary and Serbia to be strengthened

Nov 22, 2016

The two countries have laid down the political foundations of bilateral economic cooperation and now the time has come to carry out investments that benefit both countries, PM Orbán said

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