FM Reacts to Angela Merkel’s Concerns about Full-Capacity Matches Recently, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel expressed her concerns about Hungary hosting full-capacity football matches. Now, the Hungarian Minister of... 2021.06.22.
Angela Merkel Concerned About Hungary’s Full-House Football Matches Angela Merkel voiced her contentment with the sight of thousands of fans at the France-Germany football match but added that... 2021.06.21.
Justice Minister Slams ‘Western Double Standards’ Justice Minister Judit Varga slammed "hypocritical Western double standards" on Facebook on Thursday. Varga said in her English-language post entitled... 2021.04.23.
Press Roundup: Fidesz in Search of a New Right-wing Bloc in Europe Last week, the weeklies went to print one or two days before Fidesz announced its final departure from the European... 2021.03.29.
Hungary to Only Accept Vaccine Certificates of Countries Which Reciprocate Authorization Hungary has modified the agreement European Union member states made on January 27 regarding the authorization of a vaccine certificate,... 2021.03.05.
Vaccines Not Licensed by EU Could Complicate Vaccine Passport Development The European Council came together on Thursday to discuss the now widespread topic of an internationally recognized vaccine passport within... 2021.02.28.
PM Orbán in Stern: “It Is Better for Us in the EU” The European Union, as Hungary understands it, is composed of sovereign nations, but some member states are trying to transfer... 2021.02.04.
Hungarian Press Roundup: CDU Elects New Leader Neither a pro-government nor a left-wing commentator deems it likely that the CDU or German politics will make a U-turn... 2021.01.19.
Newly Elected CDU Leader Laschet Unlikely to Seal EPP-Fate of Fidesz On Saturday, Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) elected Armin Laschet, prime minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, as... 2021.01.18.
Justice Minister Varga Concerned about Twitter Locking Trump’s User Account Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Monday that she shared German Chancellor Angela Merkel's view that the locking of US... 2021.01.12.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Row over Rule of Law Conditionality Rumbles on Commentators on Left and Right ponder the broader implications of the EU’s rule of law conditionality. Most importantly, they try... 2020.12.14.
EU Leaders Content with Agreement, Macron Celebrates, Soros Thinks Orbán Won After the EU summit where an agreement was reached between the German government and the Hungarian and Polish governments, on... 2020.12.11.
Orbán Marks German Unity Day Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a letter of congratulations to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday, marking German Unity... 2020.10.03.
Jobbik: Orbán ‘Incapable’ of Acting as a Democrat The head of parliament's national security committee, János Stummer of opposition Jobbik, has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of being... 2020.09.22.
Everyone Proclaims Victory After EU Budget Negotiations After a grueling five-day period of negotiations, the gloves have finally come off, and European leaders have returned to their... 2020.07.28.
EU Summit: Orbán: Hungary, Poland ‘Protected National Pride’ At the European Union summit on the bloc's 2021-2027 budget and its pandemic recovery package, Hungary and Poland have succeeded... 2020.07.21.
Merkel: Rule of Law Priority of German EU Presidency On July 8th, Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, was in Brussels to take over the reins of the EU Council... 2020.07.10.
Orbán: Europe Needs Strategy Not Tactical Responses The European Union needs a strategy for dealing with emerging problems, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at an online international... 2020.07.08.
Together for Europe’s Recovery: Germany Takes Up the EU Presidency “Together for Europe’s Recovery” is the motto announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel, as Germany took over the presidency of the... 2020.07.03.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Gov’t to Terminate Emergency As the government plans to end the ‘state of danger’ on 1 June, opinions diverge on the Prime Minister’s motives.... 2020.05.20.
Coronavirus: Visegrad Leaders Hold Summit with Merkel Visegrad Group leaders and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a videoconference summit focusing on the novel coronavirus crisis, the Hungarian... 2020.05.19.
