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Menczer condemns 'attack' by Ukrainian journalist on government's Vote 2025 survey
Tamás Menczer, Fidesz communications director, said the Vote 2025 survey was under "constant attack".
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FM: Ukraine is wrong to think that EU accession is possible without the backing of Hungarians
Minister Szijjártó said the Ukrainian foreign ministry claimed yesterday that Hungarians did not have the right to decide in respect of Ukraine's EU bid.
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PM Orbán: Polish people are also rejecting Ukraine's NATO and EU membership
The prime minister was commenting on the results of a Polish survey showing that the support for Ukraine's membership in the EU and NATO had fallen to 35 and 37...
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Bóka calls for 'fundamental change' in EU's Ukraine strategy
János Bóka said Hungary had proposed that the EU summit should "mention in a short text that an immediate ceasefire and peace talks are needed in the war."
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Foreign Minister says 'one of most offensive sentences' of his career uttered at EU meeting
"No amount of pressure from Brussels can force us to give up our stance on the protection of Transcarpathian Hungarians," Minister Szijjártó said.
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Bóka: Hungary’s government is not in favor of letting Ukraine join EU
János Bóka said it was important for the Hungarian government to gather significant political support through its Vote 2025 referendum on Ukraine’s EU accession.
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PM Orbán: Brussels and Ukraine are assembling a puppet government
The prime minister said "they went looking for a prime minister candidate, a party leader and now a defense minister."
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State Secretary: Ruszin-Szendi declared 'Glory to Ukraine'
"Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi intentionally and in a premeditated manner risked the Hungarian people's security and betrayed the Hungarian people, his fellow soldiers and Hungary," Zsolt Barthel-Rúzsa said.
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PM Orbán: War in Ukraine will be 'longer and more brutal' than anticipated
The prime minister said there was a wide gulf between "peace-oriented forces" led by US President Donald Trump and leaders in Brussels and Kyiv, who want to prolong the war".
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PM Orbán: 80% of online criminal fraudsters have a Ukrainian background
The prime minister said a call-center network had recently been uncovered in Ukraine targeting Hungarians.
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PM Orbán: Ukraine is a dangerous country
In his regular Friday morning interview on Kossuth Rádió, Prime Minister Orbán warned that Hungary is under growing threat from increasingly sophisticated cybercrime operations, many of which, he claimed, originate from Ukraine.
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PM Orbán: We will prevent Ukrainian energy threat
The prime minister said households would pay 14,000 forints (EUR 35) instead of 7,000 for electricity and 54,000 forints instead of 16,000 for gas if Russian energy was stopped.
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Facebook statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
24 May 2025, Budapest