National consultation to be launched

2020. május 29.

A national consultation will be launched about the coronavirus and the measures adopted in the interest of restarting the economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’.

Danger has not passed, preparedness must be maintained

2020. május 22.

The threat of the coronavirus has not gone away, preparedness must be maintained, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’. As regards the effectiveness of its containment effort, Hungary has surpassed many other countries in a better financial situation, he highlighted, stating that everyone in Hungary has combined their efforts, not including the Left which has pulled itself out of the common effort.

We could return special mandate to Parliament at the end of May

2020. május 15.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expects that at the end of May the government will be able to return to Parliament the special mandate it was given due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Prime Minister spoke about this on Friday in Belgrade, at a joint press conference held after his talks with Serbian head of state Aleksandar Vucic.

Conditions for restarting life are in place

2020. május 15.

The conditions for restarting life are in place, but we cannot stop our containment efforts, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’.

Students cannot go to school from Monday; ten task forces set up

2020. március 14.

As part of the containment of the coronavirus, ten task forces have been set up, and based on the first recommendation of the education task force, from Monday students are not allowed to attend educational institutions, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced in a video message posted on the government’s Facebook account on Friday evening.

For us human life, the lives and security of the people come first

2020. március 5.

For us human life, the lives and security of the people come first, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest after the meeting of the Operational Corps responsible for the implementation of protective measures against the coronavirus infection. He stressed that in Hungary there will be no financial obstacles to the fight against the virus.

We must prepare for regular attacks at Hungarian border fence

2020. február 28.

We must prepare for migrant flows, we must prepare for regular mass attacks at the Hungarian border fence, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ in response to British news agency Reuters’ news reports regarding the fact that Turkey has decided not to detain any further Syrian refugees heading for Europe, either by sea or by land.

Hungary before all else

2020. február 17.

Hungary before all else, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed in his state-of-the-nation address delivered on Sunday at the Castle Garden Bazaar in Budapest. He highlighted, among others, that the government had adopted a climate protection action plan, and 2020 and 2021 would be about the continuation of country building.

Positions on the EU budget remain distant

2020. február 2.

“Positions on the European Union’s upcoming multiannual financial framework remain distant”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters following a prime ministerial level session of the Friends of Cohesion group on Saturday in the Portuguese city of Beja.

Soros is the world’s number one oligarch

2020. január 17.

In a Friday morning radio interview, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described George Soros as the world’s number one oligarch who “controls political activities via a mafia-like network and exerts influence on European politics”.