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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.
Speeches and Remarks
Facebook statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
24 May 2025, Budapest
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PM Orbán: The energy threat from Ukraine is intensifying
Regarding the Voks 2025 vote on the question of Ukraine's prospective EU membership, the prime minister said: "One million people have already voted. Join us! Don't let them decide over our heads!"
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FM: Remarks by Ukrainian agent expelled from Hungary are unacceptable
Minister Szijjártó said the activity of Ukrainian spies and secret services had picked up lately.
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National Security Service identifies more Ukrainian spies
Máté Kocsis said the aim was to prevent, for instance, the disinformation campaigns that are currently underway from Ukraine, and to protect the Hungarian public space from foreign secret services and foreign state interests.
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National security committee to be convened over Magyar’s connection to Ukraine’s influence operations
Máté Kocsis said it was vital to "clarify new information that surfaced in the press today on a connection between Ukrainian influence operations and the Tisza Party".
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PM Orbán: Unprecedented for non-NATO Ukraine to carry out secret service operations against NATO member Hungary
The prime minister said Ukraine was carrying out a well-coordinated, organized, funded, disinformation smear campaign against Hungary.
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Kocsis: Transparency act is best tool for combating Ukrainian propaganda
Máté Kocsis said NGOs and media financed from abroad first spread "migration propaganda before moving on to gender propaganda and then war propaganda".