Education in secondary schools with physical attendance to start on 10 May

2021. április 9.

Education in secondary schools with physical attendance will start on 10 May, the Prime Minister stated on Friday.

We are on our way to freedom

2021. április 2.

On 13 April, Hungary could reach three million first-dose vaccinations which will offer people another opportunity to return to or at least take a step towards their earlier lives, the Prime Minister said on Friday.

There is only one way we can stop the virus, with vaccination

2021. április 1.

According to the Prime Minister, there is only one way to stop the virus, with vaccination. In an interview broadcast on the public service television news channel M1 on Wednesday evening, Viktor Orbán stressed that the restrictive measures in effect are only slowing down the epidemic.

No easing of restrictions can be allowed

2021. március 26.

For the time being, no easing of any kind can be allowed, but there is a good chance that in Hungary life will become free again before most – or even all – EU countries, and we will have a free summer, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.

Reopening can start when number of vaccinations reaches 2.5 million

2021. március 19.

We can start reopening the country when the number of vaccinations reaches 2.5 million, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.

Brussels made a mess of vaccine procurements

2021. március 14.

Brussels made a mess of the vaccine procurements, and if Hungary had not ordered vaccines also from the East, we would be in very great trouble, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Sunday Paper’ where he also mentioned that the week ahead will probably be the most difficult period of the epidemic.

Effective political leadership is a pre-condition of a successful fight against the pandemic

2021. március 11.

Effective political leadership is a pre-condition of a successful fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at his joint meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Jerusalem on Thursday.

We must tighten restrictions now so that we can ease them at Easter

2021. március 5.

We must tighten the restrictions now so that we can ease them at Easter, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’.

I’m asking everyone to register for vaccination

2021. február 26.

On Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán asked everyone to register for vaccination against the coronavirus. As a result, by Easter, everyone who has registered could receive the first dose of the vaccine, and with this Hungary will have by far the highest inoculation rate in the EU, Mr Orbán added.

We must procure as many vaccines as possible, as quickly as possible

2021. február 24.

We must procure as many vaccines against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) as possible, as quickly as possible, and it does not matter whether a vaccine is Eastern or Western, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in an interview published on Monday on the German news portal Focus Online in connection with the use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V in Hungary.