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

Prime Minister Orbán responds to Manfred Weber: 'The truth, dear Manfred, is completely the opposite'

The following is the official, English language transcript of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's response to Weber.

PM Orbán: Hungary stands firm on the separation of financial matters from political questions

In his regular Friday morning interview on Kossuth Rádió, Prime Minister Orbán said that with the joint declaration last week, Poland committed itself to not submitting to any compromise that is unacceptable to Hungary.

PM Orbán: Proponents of tying financial matters to political questions will “ruin several EU countries”

“We will stick to the position we took in the summer: EU countries with high debt-to-GDP ratio will find themselves in big trouble. The second wave of the coronavirus won’t go easy on them,” PM Orbán said.

It’s about “standards”: Here’s why Project Syndicate refused to publish Prime Minister Orbán’s reply

The editors at Project Syndicate replied in the end, but mind you, they did so to a left-liberal weekly, not us. These advocates of a liberal, open society cited “standards.”

PM Orbán: This debate is not about money

After his one-day visit to Hungary, Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed a joint press conference on the Hungarian-Polish veto on the Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Union.

Five facts you should know about Hungary’s veto on the EU Budget

Hungary and Poland are once again the black sheep of the European Union because we insist on keeping to the original agreement on the EU budget and recovery fund, delivered by the European Council this past July.

PM Orbán: Europe must not succumb to the Soros network

The following text is PM Orbán's reply to the article by George Soros, published in Project Syndicate on November 18.

This is how German public TV sows seeds of hatred against PM Orbán and Hungary

German public TV ZDF’s Friday night program Heute Show calls PM Orbán an “idiot” and proposes to set up an EU “without the stupid Hungarians and Poles.”