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08 Jul 2021

We will not let LGBTQ activists among our children: Hungary PM Viktor Orban

The new law bans schools from using materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender reassignment European Union chief executive Ursula von der Leyen has earlier warned Hungary to repeal the legislation or face the full force of EU law "Here Brussels bureaucrats have no business at all, no matter what they do we will not let LGBTQ activists among our children," Orban said

21 Sep 2020

Hungary PM Orban endorses Donald Trump in November US election

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban on Monday endorsed Donald Trump`s reelection bid for the US presidency, saying his rival Democrats have forced a "moral imperialism" on the world that illiberal leaders like himself reject. Nationalist Orban faces a steep challenge to his decade-long rule in parliamentary elections due in early 2022 as Hungary braces for the economic and social impact of a second wave of coronavirus infections. The vote would be decisive as the international liberal elite was out to destroy Christian conservatives in Europe, he wrote in the pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.

10 Apr 2017

Massive protest in Hungary against bill that could oust Soros university

Hungarians rose up in one of the largest protests against the seven-year rule of right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday, protesting against new legislation that could force out of the country one of its top international universities.

31 Mar 2017

Hungary's Orban says Soros-founded college "cheated" with diplomas

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday a Budapest university founded by financier George Soros had "cheated" in awarding its diplomas and violated Hungarian regulations.

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20 Mar 2017

UK far-right figure seeks `refuge` in Hungary

The former head of the far-right British National Party has said he is moving to Hungary to live under anti-immigration Prime Minister Viktor Orban as a "refugee" from western Europe.

06 Mar 2017

European Union approves Hungary's Russian-backed nuclear plant

EU anti-trust authorities on Monday approved a controversial nuclear expansion project in Hungary that is heavily backed by Russia.

10 Nov 2016

US vote marks end of "liberal non-democracy": Hungary PM

The outcome of the US Presidential Election marks the end of a period of "liberal non-democracy" that was mainstream in the past two decades, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday.

02 Oct 2016

Hungary PM Viktor Orban banks on anti-migrant vote to defy EU 'elite'

Hungarians on Sunday began voting on the EU`s troubled refugee quota plan, in a referendum aimed at boosting Prime Minister Viktor Orban`s self-styled campaign to defend Europe against the "threat of mass migration".

22 Sep 2016

EU should deport all illegal migrants: Hungary PM

Hungary's Prime Minister said the European Union should round up and deport all illegal immigrants and assemble them in EU-supervised refugee camps beyond the bloc`s borders where they can then file for asylum.

26 Aug 2016

Hungary to build second fence on border with Serbia to keep out migrants

Hungary plans to build a second barrier on its southern border with Serbia to keep out migrants, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday.

21 Jul 2016

Hungary's Orban says "obvious connection" between terrorism and migration

Hungary`s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday there was a clear link between illegal immigration to Europe and terrorist attacks on the continent.

13 Jul 2016

Hungary`s anti-immigrant PM faces workforce shortage

The children from Hungary`s 1970-75 baby boom will soon be too old to have children.

05 Jul 2016

Hungary to hold referendum on mandatory EU migrant quotas on October 2

Along with Slovakia, Budapest has also launched a court challenge against last year`s EU plan which will set quotas for each EU country to host a share of the migrants over two years.

25 Feb 2016

Hungary`s Orban blasts `rude` Germany over refugee crisis

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hit out Thursday at Germany`s "rude and aggressive" tone over Europe`s refugee crisis and its proposals for national migrant quotas, which he has vehemently opposed.

Hungarian teachers rally

03 Feb 2016

Hungarian teachers hold protests against reforms

Several thousand Hungarian teachers and sympathisers rallied in the eastern city of Miskolc on Wednesday demanding Prime Minister Viktor Orban`s government reverse sweeping reforms of the school system.

Paris terror attacks

04 Dec 2015

Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'recruited team' in Hungary: Government

Salah Abdeslam travelled to Hungary where he "recruited a team" from unregistered migrants.

16 Oct 2015

Islam was 'never part of Europe': Hungary's PM Orban

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended his hardline stance against refugees, the vast majority of whom are Muslim, saying in an interview published on Friday that Islam "has never been part of Europe".

29 Sep 2015

Hungary PM aims to meet Ban before mooted border closure

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban aims to meet UN chief Ban Ki-moon in New York this week ahead of a possible closure to thousands of migrants of the EU country`s border with Croatia.

26 Sep 2015

Hungary removes razor fence from Slovenian border

Hungary removed several hundred metres of razor wire fence from the Slovenian border after its official expression of "not planning to build a fence on the Slovenian border".

25 Sep 2015

Budapest eventually plans to seal its border with Croatia: Hungary PM

Hungary`s hardline Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that Budapest eventually plans to seal its border with Croatia to stop the influx of tens of thousands of migrants bound for northern Europe.

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