On the Friday edition of Kossuth Radio’s morning programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the dual system of fences completed on the country’s southern border has assured Hungarians’ long-term safety.
Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that on Thursday evening Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had a telephone conversation with Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
At a meeting in the Parliament Building in Budapest between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and H.G. Gabriel, the Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Vienna, the parties concluded that true help for Christians in the Middle East will come in the form of support for the restoration of liveable conditions in their native lands, rather than their migration to Europe.
At an international press conference in Brussels after a plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that those who let in migrants now should consider the fact that their children and grandchildren will live in a different world.
At a plenary session of the European Parliament, one of the main topics of which was the state of fundamental rights in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the Hungarian government has in recent years sought to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations, and will also strive for this outcome on the issues currently on the agenda.
At the opening of the Mohács slaughterhouse facility of MCS Vágóhíd Zrt. on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the Hungarian meat industry has regained its self-confidence, and will soon also regain its former reputation. The company is a strategic partner of the Bonafarm Group, and is also a supplier to Pick Szeged Zrt., which forms part of Bonafarm.
At the opening in Mohács of the Csányi Foundation’s sixth community house, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that many children may be able to benefit from their perseverance in confronting hardship.
Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, has said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will speak at a plenary session of the European Parliament as part of the agenda item “Situation in Hungary”.
At Hungexpo in Budapest on Monday the opening event was held in the three-day, tenth-anniversary Szakma Sztár (“Vocational Star”) Festival, organised by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In an address at the event, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the Government will develop and launch a number of new schemes together with representative bodies from professions, will arrange digital skills development for 260,000 workers, and will provide special scholarships for those studying IT. The festival will host the finals of the national vocational study competition and the “Outstanding Vocational Student” contest.
Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, has said that the Prime Minister is not moving to Budapest’s Castle District: he has his own family home, he is not using any form of residence as prime minister, and only the electorate will decide who will use offices in the refurbished Carmelite monastery in the Castle District as their workplace.