At the inauguration ceremony for the refurbished Buda Vigadó, headquarters of the House of Traditions, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that a culture war – in fact “a fight for our own culture” – is not being fought in Hungary, but in Europe.
At a meeting of the Seniors’ Council in the Parliament Building on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that this year there will also be a pension premium payment, and there is every sign that it will be higher than last year’s.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered his condolences to Indonesian head of state Joko Widodo due to the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami that hit the island of Sulawesi. The Prime Minister’s letter was sent to the Hungarian news agency MTI by Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday.
On the Kossuth Radio programme “Good Morning, Hungary”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the battle between pro-immigration and anti-immigration Members of the European Parliament has not yet been decided, the battle must be fought, and European politics must be changed in the European Parliament elections next May.
On Thursday afternoon in the Parliament Building Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of the Indian Tata Group had talks about the development of the Hungarian economy and the training of skilled workers and experts as well as about exchanges of experience for them.
At the inauguration of the TSC Football Academy in Topolya/Bačka Topola in Vojvodina (Serbia), Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described sport – and football in particular – as the shared language of Central Europe.
In Budapest, at the opening ceremony of the EuroSkills Championship 2018, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that Europe can overcome its competitive disadvantage by training excellent professionals.
In Szolnok on Tuesday, at the inauguration of a new building at the plant of the Hungarian-owned company Béres Pharmaceuticals Zrt., Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the pharmaceuticals industry is both one of the Hungarian economy’s drivers and one of its most innovative areas.
On Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) in the Parliament Building, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the press.
In Salzburg on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “There is no need for Frontex to defend the Hungarian borders for us”.