In an interview with Miskolc TV on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that today Hungary faces two possible futures: either it will have a national government, or George Soros’s people will form a government.
On the Kossuth Radio programme “180 Minutes” on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about next month’s Hungarian general election, and background “pacts” between opposition parties which would ensure only a single opposition candidate in each constituency. He said that such pacts – which in each electoral district would pit a pro-immigration candidate against a government anti-immigration candidate representing the formation of a national government – may have already been reached. Referring to other potential opposition candidates, he predicted that “The others will disappear from the scene […] one way or another”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered the government’s help to László Brenzovics, President of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ) after the organisation’s head office in Ungvár (Uzhhorod) was set on fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, has informed the Hungarian news agency MTI that in the Parliament Building on Wednesday morning Viktor Orbán – Prime Minister and President of Fidesz – and Zsolt Németh – head of the Foreign Affairs Cabinet of Fidesz – received Giorgia Meloni, President of the Italian political party Brothers of Italy (FdI).
On Tuesday afternoon in the Parliament Building, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received the diplomatic leaders of the Central Asian countries who had taken part in a meeting of foreign ministers from the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4), Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
At the inauguration of the refurbished National Riding School in Budapest on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “We love Hungary, we love our culture, and therefore we also love our horses”.
In a video message in Brussels on Friday posted on Facebook, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the time has come for substantive talks to begin on the allocation of funding for border defence. Mr. Orbán noted that Hungary had spent more than 1 billion euros on protection of European borders, and that in doing so “we are not only protecting ourselves, but also Europe”.
On his Facebook account Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said thank you to the members of the Hungarian men’s short track speed skating relay team for the historic gold medal they won at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Bishop of Erbil Mar Abris Youkhanan discussed Hungary’s tasks and duties as part of the global Christian community during their meeting on Thursday in the Parliament Building, the Prime Minster’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed the kormany.hu government news portal.
President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons in on a visit to Budapest and was received by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday morning in the Parliament Building, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.