At a commemorative event for the recently deceased Academy Award-winner Vilmos Zsigmond at Budapest’s Vigadó Concert Hall on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the cinematographer had stayed true to what he always was: a Hungarian revolutionary, a loyal son of Hungary and “our American hero”.
The Klebelsberg Institution Maintenance Centre (KLIK) was established in 2013 with the aim of replacing uncertain local government funding to guarantee the stable operation of schools, orderly conditions for teaching and training, and the uninterrupted teaching of students.
On Thursday, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi told public television channel M1 that more than 100.000 migrants had arrived in the European Union by mid-February this year.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Bosnian Deputy Foreign Minister Josip Brkić agreed to re-establish rail transport between Budapest and Sarajevo as soon as possible during a meeting on Thursday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held a meeting with former Austrian Vice Chancellor and elected Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development Michael Spindelegger on Thursday.
“The Visegrád Group countries recommend that the European Union should develop tighter cooperation with Macedonia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest following a meeting with his Macedonian counterpart.
Thursday’s edition of the German daily Bild published an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán under the title: “The voices from Germany are course, rough and aggressive”.
“The V4 represents the rational standpoint with regard to the immigration crisis; the countries of the Visegrád Group want to put an end to mindless politics, hypocrisy and the defencelessness of Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday following a meeting with his Slovakian counterpart.
South Korea has been one of Hungary’s most important business partners in Asia, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, following the second plenary session of the Hungarian-Korean Joint Economic Committee in Seoul.
“The European Union isn’t about blackmailing each other; this is extremely un-European behaviour”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Thursday in Budapest.