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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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CORONAVIRUS: 4,769 infected. In compulsory home quarantine: 7,730. Recovered: 3,529. Deceased: 605.

If you have a question call + 36-80-277-455 and + 36-80-277-456 or email koronavirus@bm.gov.hu.

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PM Orbán: Everyone must assist in the defense against the coronavirus

In his regular slot on public radio, Prime Minister Orbán spoke about the importance of a collective defense against the coronavirus, the link between the epidemic and illegal migration, the national consultation and Hungary’s improving employment figures

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Tourism is back on track – best destinations besides Budapest and Balaton

Following the onset of the coronavirus epidemic, the Hungarian government made rebooting tourism a paramount goal. And Hungary offers much more than Budapest and Lake Balaton!

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PM Orbán: Our defense against the coronavirus is currently well-tuned, any change would only bring new risks

Prime Minister Orbán said in his regular interview on Kossuth Rádió that while the crisis keeps growing in neighboring countries, Hungary’s defense has proven to be effective. Besides the coronavirus, the PM touched upon the state of Hungary’s economy and

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State Secretary: Hungarian democracy is alive and well

Jun 15, 2020

In an op-ed published by The Washington Post, Zoltán Kovács said Hungarian democracy is alive and well, and we’re succeeding in our fight against the novel coronavirus.

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Hier ist die Geschichte über Ungarn, die die Washington Post nicht veröffentlichen wollte

Nov 18, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

In der vergangenen Woche schrieb ein Redakteur der Washington Post anlässlich des 30. Jahrestages des Mauerfalls eine sentimentale Kolumne, in der er sich darüber aufregte. dass die damalige Euphorie naiv gewesen sei, weil „sich die Politik der 1930er Jahre in Osteuropa noch immer abspielt.“

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Here’s the story about Hungary that the Washington Post refused to publish

Nov 15, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

Last week, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an editor at the Washington Post penned a sentimental column fretting that the euphoria of that day was naïve because “The politics of the 1930s are still playing out in eastern Europe.”

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Hungary hits back at Washington Post column

May 22, 2019

International spokesman Zoltán Kovács has lashed out at a Washington Post column belittling Hungary.

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Hungarians ask: What’s wrong with ‘Hungary first’?

Jun 04, 2018

A Hungarian native asks the editor of The Washington Post, What’s wrong with ‘Hungary first’?

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Government Spokesperson responds to Hungary's critics, slams Washington Post

Apr 24, 2018

Voter turnout in Hungary’s April 8th elections reached 70.2 percent, the highest it’s been since 2002 and more than eight points higher than it was in 2014, Zoltán Kovács highlighted

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Language isn’t the problem. Your bias is the problem

Jan 10, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

The first days of January offer a good time to take stock and consider some life improvements for the twelve months to come. Many are making New Year’s resolutions, including, it seems, the Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum.

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When the Washington Post, and its anti-Hungary echo chamber, refuses to run my response

Nov 13, 2017

Echo chambers – the lack of different opinions on a certain issue – are threatening people’s right to information in the modern age. In today’s world of social media saturated with fake news and sensational, online media fighting for page views, the echo chamber effect is growing, and those media outlets that pride themselves on professional journalism have a special obligation to restore a little reason to the discourse.

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The irrational Orbanophobia of Anne Applebaum

Nov 08, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Under Soviet occupation, November 7 was a compulsory holiday in Hungary. Since the end of communism and the re-birth of a free Hungary, we remember the one hundred million victims of communism. In her recent piece in the Washington Post, Anne Applebaum uses November 7 as an opportunity to disparage democratic political parties and leaders – including Prime Minister Orbán – whom she dislikes, bizarrely comparing them to Bolsheviks.

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Hungary, says Washington Post, has unleashed a “xenophobic attack” on a “beacon of freedom”

Apr 07, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Professional media outlets who fail to ask critical questions or consult a balance of sources, who favor a hysterical narrative over rational discourse, are simply not professional

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Hungary's civilian border patrol force are not 'hunters'

Oct 18, 2016

Border patrols provide additional protection on what has become one of Europe’s most sensitive frontiers in the struggle against illegal immigration and human trafficking

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Washington Post reporter lost in translation and bias

Oct 11, 2016 - Zoltán Kovács

Earlier this month, the Washington Post published an article on page one with the enticing, clickable title, “Hungary intends to stop migrants with ‘hunters’ near border wall,” by their Berlin-based correspondent, Anthony Faiola. Unfortunately, he got a few things wrong.

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