– Today we reached an important milestone as 2,5 million of our compatriots are inoculated, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said in a new video uploaded to his social media.  

– Virus does not rest, vaccination continues during Easter  – said Hungarian Prime Minister in a video publish on Facebook today. 

Hungary came in first in the European Union in terms of vaccination against the coronavirus, ahead of Malta, according to the latest summary of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

According to the the German daily “Der Tagesspiegel” in the era of the coronavirus, the Visegrad Group countries are much more important for the German economy than China. Imports from and exports to China add up to 212 billion euros; this corresponds to 9.5 percent of German foreign trade.

On the occasion of the Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Hungarian President János Áder had a video chat on Monday evening. Photo credit: Kancelaria Prezydenta RP In 2007, the Hungarian Parliament and the Polish Sejm declared March 23 the Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship. (jap)

Coronavirus-related restrictions could be eased when the number of vaccinated Hungarians reaches 2.5 million – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Kossuth Radio on Friday morning.

Hungary’s ruling rightwing Fidesz party resigned on Thursday from the European People’s party, the EU’s powerful centre-right political grouping that includes Germany’s CDU. „It's time to say goodbye” - Katalin Novák wrote on Twitter. ​

  Photo credit: Rama / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 France license (jap)

Director of the Institute of Felczak Institute Maciej Szymanowski and the president of the Polish Tourist Organization, Rafal Szlachta, signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the field of mutual promotion of the tourist values of Poland and Hungary, conducting research and marketing analyzes, as well as organizing events and information campaigns.

Most Czechs and Slovaks remember Hungary as the legendary "happiest barrack in the Soviet Bloc". It was the place to go for those seeking good music, jeans, books and other consumer goods. A country where small private enterprises were allowed to thrive and the regime was not as hard-line as in Czechoslovakia. By the time Miloš Jakeš was General Secretary of the Communist Party, Hungarians could, without too much trouble, travel West. Hungarians paid a high price for their dreams…

Threats to national identity and sovereignty cannot be used as blackmail – Hungarin Justice Minister Judit Varga said in an interview to Kossuth Radio on Monday, in reference to Hungary and Poland's lawsuit against the European Union's rule-of-law conditionality mechanism. ​

The www.primeminister.hu present the life of Viktor Orbán, his personal creed and the results of his governance in a modern way – Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister's Press Office, told MTI News Agency on Monday. ​ oprac. jap