Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief told Hungarian news agency MTI that on Sunday in the Parliament Building Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Tomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, who came to Budapest in order to visit the events of the Judo World Championships.
The Prime Minister’s press chief Bertalan Havasi has told Hungarian news agency MTI that at the “civic picnic” held in the village of Kötcse, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech included the following: what is at stake in next year’s parliamentary election; the change taking place in the world order; and the new French president’s views on Europe.
In the city of Pécs on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that although Pécs is not doing well financially, it can rely on the Government. He was speaking before the beginning of a jubilee university programme being held in the city’s Kodály Centre.
In Pécs on Friday, at a ceremony held on the Day of Hungarian Higher Education – which this year coincides with the 650th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Pécs – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that never have so many children had access to free textbooks and meals as they will this year. He added that families and schools have been among the main winners over the past few years.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, asking the Brussels body to make a 50 per cent contribution to Hungary’s border protection costs. In the letter Mr. Orbán states that Hungary is protecting not only itself against the flood of illegal migrants, but the whole of Europe. On Friday Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, made the full text of the letter available to kormany.hu.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Khaltmaa Battulga, the President of Mongolia had talks in Budapest on Tuesday about long-standing Hungarian-Mongolian economic and cultural cooperation, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be meeting with world political and sports leaders travelling to Budapest to attend the Judo World Championships”, the Prime Minster’s Press Chief informed the kormany.hu government news portal.
“On the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Budapest on 28 August to attend the opening ceremony of the Wrestling World Championships”, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
Replying to a question from Hungarian news portal Origo, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi said the following: “There are no plans for French president Emmanuel Macron to visit Hungary during his current tour of Central and Eastern Europe, but a meeting between the V4 and France may be held before the end of this year; a precise date for this meeting is still under discussion.”
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a telegram of condolence to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in connection with the Barcelona attack, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief informed kormany.hu.