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Hungary’s President on a visit to Subcarpathia and Kyiv

The Editorial Board August 31, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian President Katalin Novák visited Ukraine to support the Ukrainian Hungarian community and meet President Zelensky. Novák first went to Subcarpathia (aka Transcarpathia) on August 22 for the second time since she took office before continuing on to Kyiv on…

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Bucharest Nine confirming their support for Ukraine

The Editorial Board June 8, 2023

Slovakia – The presidents of the Bucharest Nine – Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia – met at Bratislava Castle on Tuesday, June 6 at the invitation of Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová alongside her counterparts from Poland and…

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Growing dissension between Prague and Budapest over Ukraine

The Editorial Board March 7, 2023

Czechia/Hungary – The Visegrád Group appeared for many years as a more or less politically cohesive entity, representing the specific interests of Central Europe against Brussels’ efforts at imposing leftist liberal ideologies upon the whole EU and its drive for ever more…

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B9 Summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 27, 2023

Poland – This was certainly a very busy week for Polish leaders. After the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Warsaw on Monday, 20 February, before heading to Kyiv, U.S. President Joe Biden was in the Polish capital on 21–22 February. On…

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Hungary to get Israeli Iron Dome

The Editorial Board November 29, 2022

Hungary – As the conservative Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet reported on Monday, 21 November, Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky has announced that the Hungarian army will soon be equipped with a “world-class Israeli radar system capable of detecting and tracking air and…

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Katalin Novák elected as Hungary’s new president

The Editorial Board March 14, 2022

Hungary – As expected due to the Fidesz-KDNP coalition’s overwhelming majority there, former Family Minister Katalin Novák was elected by the Hungarian National Assembly to succeed János Áder as President of the Republic on Thursday. She obtained 137 votes against 51 for…

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Viktor Orbán: Homo brusselicus wants to take away all our rights

The Editorial Board November 17, 2021

Hungary – 1,472 delegates from all over Hungary and around 600 guests (diplomats, scientists, artists, and sportsmen) gathered on Sunday, 14 November at the Budapest Fairgrounds (Hungexpo) for the 29th Fidesz Congress, unsurprisingly reappointing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with 1,061 votes as…

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Katalin Novák: A formidable conservative alliance on the horizon

Partenaire April 23, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on April 18, 2021. For now Fidesz is enjoying its independence. Many political parties would like to cooperate with Fidesz, and we are delighted to form alliances with political communities that are…

Magyar Nemzet

Katalin Novák: Fidesz leaves EPP due to hostile move

Partenaire March 4, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 4, 2021. We will not let our MEPs be silenced or limited in their capacity to represent our voters – Katalin Novák, Vice-President of Fidesz responsible for foreign affairs, told…