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PM Orban meets Russia's Gazprom chief

Prime Minister’s Office, April 18, 2012 2:45 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Gazprom chief executive Alexey Miller on Tuesday to discuss current issues connected with Russian-Hungarian energy cooperation, the prime minister's spokesman Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.

Viktor Orbán has talks with Speaker of the Australian parliament

Prime Minister’s Office, April 18, 2012 11:13 AM

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks in his office with Peter Slipper, the Speaker of the Australian legislature, who recently organised a Hungarian evening in the Australian parliament.

János Áder nominated for President of Hungary

Prime Minister’s Office, April 17, 2012 2:12 PM

Péter Szijjártó, the Prime Minister’s spokesperson, announced yesterday that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had nominated MEP János Áder as President of Hungary. The Prime Minister met with the leadership of his party, the Cabinet and the parliamentary groups of the governing parties before making the official nomination.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: the IMF can only use financial criteria when deciding on offering support

Prime Minister’s Office, April 13, 2012 12:03 PM

The Prime Minister confirmed press reports of his planned meeting with Mr. Barroso on 23 April, in connection with discussions between Hungary and the EU. He said that ‘Every day we move a little closer to our goal and things are going in the right direction, even though the pace is not what we might have hoped for.’

In his office today Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Slomó Köves, Principal Rabbi of EMIH Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation

Prime Minister’s Office, April 12, 2012 5:18 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén also participated in the meeting. Mr. Orbán strongly condemned extremist statements made by an opposition MP at last week’s parliamentary sitting, and made it clear that the Government of Hungary guarantees that every minority in Hungary can live in safety.

An events centre in the shape of a Rubik’s cube may be built in Budapest

Prime Minister’s Office, April 5, 2012 5:39 PM

A cultural centre in the form of a Rubik’s cube may be built in Budapest on the banks of the Danube. The Government has issued a resolution to support such a large-scale cultural project. The building would function as a museum, events venue and exhibition centre, and could be one of Budapest’s most important cultural venues.

IMF/EU negotiations: Szijjártó says that we are ready to start talks at any moment

Prime Minister’s Office, April 5, 2012 5:38 PM

The Prime Minister’s spokesman told a press conference in Budapest on Thursday that the Government is ready to start negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union at any moment.

Orban vows not to veer from path of public-debt cuts

Prime Minister’s Office, April 5, 2012 1:16 PM

The government aims to turn Hungary into Europe's most competitive production centre, for which boosting employment is a must, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told leaders of the Hungarian European Business Council (HEBC) in Budapest on Thursday.

Orbán: We accepted responsibility for a process of renewal in 2010

Prime Minister’s Office, April 3, 2012 4:00 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attended the jubilee meeting of the Curia, formerly known as the Supreme Court, where he also spoke about the planned relocation of the institution in his ceremonial speech. According to plans, the Curia would be relocated to its original seat at Kossuth tér, opposite the Parliament Building, after 150 years. The building of the former justice palace currently accommodates the Museum of Ethnography. Once the Curia is given back its original seat, the symbolic constitutional triangle will be complete; the triangle of legislative, executive and judicial power.

Mercedes plant in C Hungary outstanding achievement, says Orban

Prime Minister’s Office, March 29, 2012 6:47 PM

The opening of a Daimler-Benz factory in central Hungary's Kecskemet is one of the greatest recent achievements for the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the opening ceremony on Thursday.