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Viktor Orbán’s speech at the 28th Bálványos Summer Open University and Student Camp

PM Orbán: ‘The question of the coming decades: Will Europe belong to Europeans?’

“Twenty-seven years ago, we believed our future is Europe - right now, we are Europe’s future."

Why do these NGOs resist transparency?

In Hungary, everyone, even NGOs supported by George Soros, must abide by the law.

PM Orbán: “A nation that can’t protect its borders is non-existent”

Every nation must protect its border, otherwise “it will vanish”

Where have I heard this before?

If there’s a reason that sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because Prime Minister Orbán has been saying this for years

PM Netanyahu to PM Orbán: ‘Thank you for standing up for Israel’ at the forefront of opposition to this new anti-Semitism

“Standing with Israel,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said to Prime Minister Orbán, “it’s also standing with the truth.”

FINA World Aquatics Championships begin with grandiose show on the Danube

Hungary's biggest ever sports event took off with a spectacular ceremony

No government has done more to fight anti-Semitism in Hungary than PM Orbán’s

Meanwhile, an extremist political party that has a long, troubling history of anti-Semitism is largely ignored.

Migrant Crisis

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Migrant Crisis: Hungary says hotspots should be created on Libyan soil to vet asylum seekers before they reach Europe

Jul 25, 2017

Hungary's foreign minister has called for the revival of an Austro-Italian initiative to get the EU to contribute to the protection of the southern Libyan borders

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Hungary will keep its Southern border standing to protect EU from terrorism

Jul 19, 2017

Hungary will only give refugee status to those who have indeed fled countries where their lives were in danger. Hungary’s asylum regulations conform to the Geneva Conventions

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The way Brussels deals with migrant crisis is endangering the European people

Jul 18, 2017

Hungary’s government proposes that the EU should scrap its mandatory migrant quota scheme, the foreign minister said, arguing that the EU is “unfit” to handle the migration crisis and only “aggravates” the situation

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Italy could open the floodgates for African migrants to head over to Europe

Jul 12, 2017

Italy has threatened to close its ports to refugee rescue ships as it hits breaking point in the growing migrant crisis

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Hungary opposes EU plans to set up new asylum agency because it would simplify and accelerate migration

Jul 10, 2017

Hungary’s southern border seal has fulfilled expectations and the pressure of migration has eased but this situation can change at any moment. Analysts in Germany have estimated that around 6.6 million people are ready to set off for Europe

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Austria follows Hungary's lead and blocks migrants at border

Jul 05, 2017

Austrian soldiers have been sent to the Italian border to carry out checks on migrants

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Hungary meets with Latvia to discuss protecting Europe from migrant crisis

Jun 30, 2017

Latvian members of Parliament signed and issued a declaration in support of Hungary after the European Commission launched infringement proceedings against several countries including Hungary because of their migration policies

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Migrant quota dispute against original spirit of the EU

Jun 23, 2017

Zoltán Kovács said the dispute over migrant quotas was unsolvable and attempts to link cohesion funding to the issue were based on a false argument which misled public opinion

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European left-wing groups rallying to the cause of a convicted terrorist

Jun 16, 2017

European left-wing groups have decided to side with Ahmed H. They are attempting to place him on a pedestal, and want to present him as the idealized refugee

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Hungarian government strongly refutes Martin Schulz’s criticisms of Hungary’s stance on immigration

Jun 15, 2017

Hungary is currently engaged in litigation in relation to the EU migrant quota decision, with Slovakia, Poland and others on side. The quota scheme is “unfair, unlawful and impracticable"

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Hungary is ready to battle it out with Brussels over Article 7 proceedings

May 18, 2017

János Lázár, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, has said that the latest developments will only bring Hungarians closer together and ensure that Hungary will fight for its survival

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Hungary's border fence is "not electrified"

May 15, 2017

Gyorgy Bakondi, chief security advisor to the Prime Minister, confirmed that the fence was not electrified and such a move had never even been considered

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NGOs are helping people smugglers ship migrants to Europe

May 08, 2017

“People smugglers are getting migrants into Europe via the Mediterranean with the help of non-governmental organizations," György Bakondi said

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Hungary and Tunisia come together to help forge a more stable Middle East

Apr 25, 2017

Both parties have signed a bilateral agreement on Interior Ministry and anti-terrorism cooperation according to which Hungary will be sharing its border control and border security experiences with Tunisia

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Italy has evidence that NGOs are helping people-smugglers ship migrants to Europe

Apr 24, 2017

An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence that some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers

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Migrant crisis is worsening along people-smuggling route in Balkans

Apr 24, 2017

Traffic along the Balkan people-smuggling route has increased, according to Hungary's chief security advisor

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Left-wing organizations are trying to deny EU’s quota plan related to illegal immigration

Apr 21, 2017

The government does not wish to let migrants either into Hungary, or into Europe because it takes the view that "this is not the future of the continent”

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Hungary says there are organized groups of migrants being sent to Europe

Apr 20, 2017

György Bakondi, chief security advisor to the prime minister, said the way migrants are arriving in Europe shows patterns of organization

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Hungary says not enough is being done to protect EU from migrant crisis

Apr 04, 2017

"There are more serious crises emerging and there have been no successful breakthroughs in resolving these issues despite the efforts of the European Union and the international community," Hungary's foreign minister said

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Dear New York Times Editors: You just don’t get it, do you?

Mar 14, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

“Clearly, Mr. Orban is playing the European Union for a patsy,” the New York Times editors write in a piece published yesterday. “At what point will the union have the courage to take action against his policies?”

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Hungary extends national state of emergency in response to growing migrant crisis

Mar 03, 2017

Hungary's state of emergency will run until September 7. The reason to keep it in place is that 800,000 people stuck in the Balkans are unable to return to Turkey

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Putting the rights of illegals before the rights of European citizens is “insane”

Feb 28, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Yesterday afternoon, Hungarian Minister of Justice Trócsányi and I were invited to defend the Orbán Government’s policy on migration before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

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Hungary holds talks with Egypt on fighting terrorism and migrant crisis

Feb 22, 2017

Minister Simicskó said there was no security in Europe without stability in Egypt, arguing that instability in that country would trigger the departure of about ten million migrants towards Europe

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Hungarian government to place new bill before Parliament to reintroduce restrictions on the freedom of movement

Feb 08, 2017

János Lázár, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, said that Hungary’s Strategic Cabinet has come to a decision on the amendment of the four acts required to reintroduce restrictions on the freedom of movement of migrants and the bill will soon be put before Parliament