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Budapest Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Budapest Times
Six more Hungarians evacuated from the Middle East
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said six more Hungarians have left Jordan, noting that the government, with Slovakia's help, has ensured that 13 Hungarian citizens have reached safety. The conflict zone around the Iran-Israel war has widened, and more Hungarians are in danger and want to reach safety, the minister noted in a statement, adding that 800 citizens have asked for consular protection. Seven Hungarian citizens left Jordan the previous day and are now in Cyprus, he said. After arriving in Bratislava, they will be helped to return home, he added. The foreign minister said two big evacuation operations are underway in the Middle East. 'I cannot give details because I do not want to jeopardise the success of these operations,' he said, noting 'many Hungarians' were affected. Detailed information may be forthcoming in the evening once it is safe to reveal it, he said, adding that Iranian and Israeli airspace are closed, complicating the operations and requiring meticulous planning 'to prevent any evacuation operation from turning into a tragedy'.
Budapest Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Budapest Times
Orbán: Hungary's energy supply is at stake
"We won't let ourselves be made to pay for the latest lunacy in Brussels," PM Orbán said. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday that an important battle started in Brussels on Monday, adding that Hungary's energy supply is at stake. 'At stake is no less than whether Hungarian households can be saved from the plan of Brussels bureaucrats and [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky, which would jeopardise Hungary's oil and gas supplies and make Hungarians' utility costs skyrocket,' the prime minister said in a post on Facebook. While the prices of oil and gas are on the increase in the wake of the war in the Middle East, 'it appears as if Brussels wants to exacerbate the problem deliberately … they want to ban Russian energy from the European Union at all costs,' PM Orbán said. Europe already buys energy at higher prices than its competitors due to its 'ill-advised sanctions policy', he said, adding that 'if Brussels eliminates Russian supplies for good, it will mean shutting down the most important pipelines supplying oil and gas to Hungary.' 'Amidst a war, this is unbelievably dangerous,' PM Orbán added. 'Doing so while the war is raging in the Middle East is sheer madness. Why are they still doing that? Brussels bureaucrats don't consider the interests of European people … they are terrified that the war could be over, and they will be faced with what they have achieved with the tremendous amount of weapons and money sent to the war,' PM Orbán said. 'They are fighting for political survival; therefore, they are not concerned if the costs of Hungarian households are sky-high as a consequence of their decisions,' he added. 'We won't let ourselves be made to pay for the latest lunacy in Brussels,' PM Orbán said, noting that representatives of Hungary and Slovakia recently thwarted a decree 'that would have given the green light to proposals by the [European] Commission.'
Budapest Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- Budapest Times
Orbán: Hungarians don't want to die for Ukraine
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that while Hungarians sympathise with Ukrainians and 'see their plight', they don't want to die for Ukraine. 'We don't want our children to be taken to Ukrainian fronts and Ukrainian territory within the Hungarian military, and for them to return in coffins from there,' he said on Facebook. 'We don't want Hungarians' money to go to Ukraine. We don't want utility fees to grow two-and-a-half-fold because of the aid provided to Ukraine and its EU membership,' he said. 'President Zelensky is sticking it to us because Hungarians don't want to die for Ukraine, 'he added.
Budapest Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- Budapest Times
FM: Zelensky has a vested interest in having a ‘puppet government' in Hungary
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said a recent interview given by Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky has shown that he has a vested interest in having a 'puppet government' in Hungary that would send 'Hungarians' money to Ukraine', adding that the interview was 'part of a harsh anti-Hungarian propaganda'. Responding to questions at a press conference held together with his Croatian counterpart on an unrelated matter, Minister Szijjártó said Hungary had been facing similar propaganda from Kyiv for years. A 'puppet government sending Hungarians' money, weapons, and Hungarian soldiers to Ukraine' would be in Ukraine's interest, Minister Szijjártó said. 'The Hungarian people will have an opportunity to decide on that in 2026. The stakes of those elections will be whether there will be a pro-war, pro-Ukraine puppet government or a pro-peace national government that will ensure that Hungary stays out of the war,' he said. 'We understand that it is in President Zelensky's interests that we are not in government, but that will be up to the Hungarian people.' Szijjarto also expressed his condolences to those involved in the 'shocking' shooting incident in Graz earlier on Tuesday. 'We are, naturally, sending our prayers to the families of those killed or injured,' he said. The government knows of no Hungarian victim, he added. 'We have an honorary consul in place, and I would like to ask … Hungarians to contact our consul or the embassy immediately if they were impacted, even indirectly; we will help,' he said.
Budapest Times
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Budapest Times
Hungarian government to provide aid to Praid and every Hungarian living there
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the Hungarian government will provide exhaustive aid 'not only to Praid [Parajd in Transylvania] but to all the Hungarians living there'. 'Praid is a part of Hungarians' national identity,' PM Orbán said in an interview with public radio on Friday in connection with the recent natural disaster that hit Praid's salt mines. 'They love the place as their own; it almost belongs to us… What happens there feels as if it happened to us. It's painful,' he said, adding that many people stood ready to help in the aftermath of the disaster. 'But for now, the situation is very difficult, almost hopeless,' he said. In addition to the disaster in Praid, floods in the Haromszek region had created a serious situation and 'Hungarians there will also need help', he said. Meanwhile, PM Orbán said Romania's ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party was 'a well-organised, strong party which promotes Hungarian interests, not only politically but economically, too.' He said he was in contact with RMDSZ leader Hunor Kelemen and had promised all the aid necessary.
