Govt Extends State Of Emergency Due To Migration Crisis
- 26 Feb 2018 7:47 AM
- Hungary Matters
The state of emergency will apply until Sept. 7. It was first introduced on March 9, 2016 and has been extended several times.
The state of emergency will apply until Sept. 7. It was first introduced on March 9, 2016 and has been extended several times.
Tamás Deutsch, the head of ruling' Fidesz's European parliamentary delegation, has called on the European Commission to "take immediate steps to counter Ukraine's blackmail" of Hungary and Slovakia.
Changes in the world order are under way and Asia will be at its centre, so a “Hungarian grand strategy” is both needed and in the pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his address at the Bálványos Summer University in Băile Tuşnad, Romania.
Hungary’s European Union (EU) presidency will focus on seven priority areas, János Bóka, the EU affairs minister, said.
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