At a ceremony in Szolnok on Saturday, the rebuilt Tiszaliget Stadium was inaugurated, after almost four years of work. The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The Prime Minister regards the proposal put forward by the European Commission for a mandatory resettlement quota as an open attack on the sovereignty of nation states. The proposal’s adoption must therefore be prevented, he said.
On Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received President of the International Skating Union (ISU) Ottavio Cinquanta in Parliament, saying that since the Government of Hungary has significantly increased the support provided to skaters, they have achieved better and better results. Thanks to this, he said, Hungary has regained its position among the best in the sport.
Bertalan Havasi, Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has told kormany.hu that on Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Hungarian Parliament Building.
On Friday morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received a two-party delegation consisting of US Congress representatives. US Ambassador to Budapest Colleen Bell also attended the meeting.
In an interview with public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that he has asked the Minister of Interior, Hungary’s secret services and the Minister supervising the National Tax Authority to individually investigate all Hungarian strands in the “Panama Papers” offshore scandal. People must see whether or not those with large amounts of capital are respecting the law, he said.
After a Committee meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that repaying the IMF-EU loan is an unprecedented achievement, which could not have been accomplished without friends like the OECD.
On Thursday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France and leader of the centre-right party Les Républicains. At their meeting the two politicians discussed European issues.
The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has travelled to Paris, where on Thursday he will hold talks with Secretary-General of the OECD Angel Gurría. During his visit the Prime Minister will also hold informal meetings with a number of important figures in French politics.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to House Speaker László Kövér to inform him that he is proposing a policy debate on the utilisation of EU funds at Hungary’s disposal between 2007 and 2013.