104 result(s) for policy solutions
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: EU Policies ‘Ritual Suicide’
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It has become clear over the past year that Europe is incapable of giving the right responses to its challenges, since its policies have been “the policies of ritual suicide”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in his annual hearing before parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Europe’s policies over the course of the year have been “eye-catching but harmful”, endangering the security and ...
Együtt Calls On Viktor Orbán To “Behave Like A Responsible Leader”
- 9 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“With such politics you are creating a divided Hungary that is sliding towards the east. While it might be in Fidesz’s momentary interest to fight this domestic political battle with Jobbik, it is contrary to the national interests of the Hungarians. . . . An isolated Hungary that is pointlessly at odds with Germany can only be weak and left behind.” – Viktor Szigetvári, Chairman, Együtt
Hungary’s PM: Europe In Midst Of “Mass Invasion,” Of Which Not Fully Aware
- 5 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe is in the midst of “mass invasion”, but is “not yet fully aware” of the challenge it poses to the continent’s culture, way of life and conduct of affairs, the prime minister said at the opening of the World Science Forum conference in Budapest. This mass migration poses a never-before-seen challenge and it can “crush and bury the way of life we have known until now,” Viktor Orbán said, ...
Péter Szijjártó Reopens Hungarian Consulate General in Chicago
- 5 Oct 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó reopened the Hungarian Consulate General in Chicago, which was closed in 2009. The Minister said that the Consulate General plays a key role with regard to both the economy and national policy because a Hungarian community of 35-40 thousand people lives in the American Midwest, in and around Chicago. Moreover, there are many ...
Feedback From German Companies Important For Hungary
- 30 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- business
Feedback from German companies plays an important role in Hungary’s economic policy, the economy minister, Mihály Varga told a conference on Germany’s reunification and added that trust was a basic element in political-economic relations between Hungary and Germany in the past 25 years. The conference was organised by Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung, the Antall József Knowledge Centre and the Andrássy ...
It Is Hungary’s Historic & Moral Obligation To Protect Europe
- 23 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In his address on urgent and topical matters before the start of daily business in Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that it is Hungary’s historic and moral obligation to protect Europe, and when Hungary is protecting its borders, it is also protecting Europe.
Hungary’s Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Imre Kertész On Europe’s “Suicidal Liberalism”
- 8 Sep 2015 11:10 AM
- current affairs
“Europe is beginning to recognise where she has been taken to by her liberal immigration policy. All of a sudden, they have realised that the breed of animal named multicultural society doesn’t exist”, Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian writer Imre Kertész warned in a piece published in Hungarian in 2014.
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Border Fence To Be Completed By Aug 31
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of the 175-kilometre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia will be completed by August 31, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the closing day of the summer university. He said experience has shown that such border closures result in a roughly 85% decrease in the number of illegal border crossers, adding that he expects the fence to bring about “a large-scale improvement”.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: EU Policies ‘Ritual Suicide’
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It has become clear over the past year that Europe is incapable of giving the right responses to its challenges, since its policies have been “the policies of ritual suicide”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in his annual hearing before parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Europe’s policies over the course of the year have been “eye-catching but harmful”, endangering the security and ...
Együtt Calls On Viktor Orbán To “Behave Like A Responsible Leader”
- 9 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“With such politics you are creating a divided Hungary that is sliding towards the east. While it might be in Fidesz’s momentary interest to fight this domestic political battle with Jobbik, it is contrary to the national interests of the Hungarians. . . . An isolated Hungary that is pointlessly at odds with Germany can only be weak and left behind.” – Viktor Szigetvári, Chairman, Együtt
Hungary’s PM: Europe In Midst Of “Mass Invasion,” Of Which Not Fully Aware
- 5 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe is in the midst of “mass invasion”, but is “not yet fully aware” of the challenge it poses to the continent’s culture, way of life and conduct of affairs, the prime minister said at the opening of the World Science Forum conference in Budapest. This mass migration poses a never-before-seen challenge and it can “crush and bury the way of life we have known until now,” Viktor Orbán said, ...
Péter Szijjártó Reopens Hungarian Consulate General in Chicago
- 5 Oct 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó reopened the Hungarian Consulate General in Chicago, which was closed in 2009. The Minister said that the Consulate General plays a key role with regard to both the economy and national policy because a Hungarian community of 35-40 thousand people lives in the American Midwest, in and around Chicago. Moreover, there are many ...
Feedback From German Companies Important For Hungary
- 30 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- business
Feedback from German companies plays an important role in Hungary’s economic policy, the economy minister, Mihály Varga told a conference on Germany’s reunification and added that trust was a basic element in political-economic relations between Hungary and Germany in the past 25 years. The conference was organised by Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung, the Antall József Knowledge Centre and the Andrássy ...
It Is Hungary’s Historic & Moral Obligation To Protect Europe
- 23 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In his address on urgent and topical matters before the start of daily business in Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that it is Hungary’s historic and moral obligation to protect Europe, and when Hungary is protecting its borders, it is also protecting Europe.
Hungary’s Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Imre Kertész On Europe’s “Suicidal Liberalism”
- 8 Sep 2015 11:10 AM
- current affairs
“Europe is beginning to recognise where she has been taken to by her liberal immigration policy. All of a sudden, they have realised that the breed of animal named multicultural society doesn’t exist”, Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian writer Imre Kertész warned in a piece published in Hungarian in 2014.
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Border Fence To Be Completed By Aug 31
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of the 175-kilometre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia will be completed by August 31, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the closing day of the summer university. He said experience has shown that such border closures result in a roughly 85% decrease in the number of illegal border crossers, adding that he expects the fence to bring about “a large-scale improvement”.