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[0323] Szijjártó in Sarajevo | Child protection law | Aid to Ukraine
March 23, 2023
SZIJJÁRTÓ URGES QUICKER EU ENLARGEMENTSZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY AIDING BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA’S EU ACCESSION PROCESSSZIJJÁRTÓ REJECTS US STATE DEPARTMENT’S REPORT ON BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINASZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY WON'T GIVE UP ENERGY SECURITY FOR POLITICAL REASONSDEUTSCH: RULING PARTIES REJECT EU'S 'AGGRESSIVE ATTACK' AGAINST CHILD PROTECTION LAWPRESIDENT NOVÁK MEETS CHARITY COUNCIL ORG LEADERS, UKRAINE REFUGEESÁDER: WORLD FURTHER AWAY FROM REACHING CLIMATE GOALSSTATE SECY VISITS TRANSCARPATHIAGOVT RAISES COMPENSATION FOR FARMERS TO HUF 50.6 BNCHRISTDEM MEP URGES OPPORTUNITIES OVER AID FOR AFRICAELECTION CTTEE REJECTS LMP'S REFERENDUM BID ON REQUIRING LOCAL CONSENT FOR BATTERY PLANTSPRISON CHIEFS MEET CONSULAR REPS OF 58 COUNTRIESCITIES' POPULATION EDGES DOWN AS SUBURBS GROWNEARLY 8,000 UKRAINE REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON TUESDAYHUNGARY RECORDS 641 NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS, 16 DEATHS LAST WEEKRENOIR, CSONTVÁRY, GULÁCSY EXHIBITIONS IN BUDAPEST IN 2023
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[0322] Szijjártó-Stoltenberg talks | PM on war | Migration
March 22, 2023

GOVT 'WON’T ABANDON UKRAINE HUNGARIANS'SZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY’S CONCERNS OVER RIGHTS OF UKRAINE MINORITIES TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY NATO CHIEFORBÁN: HUNGARY STANDS BY PEACE TALKS, TRANSCARPATHIA HUNGARIANSFOREIGN MINISTRY DISMISSES REPORTS ON HUNGARY 'VETO' OF EU'S ICC STATEMENTHUNGARY DEFMIN IN TALKS WITH KENYA, NIGER COUNTERPARTSDEP FORMIN MAGYAR HOLDS TALKS WITH FORMER UKRAINE MINISTER KLIMKINDEFMIN: HUNGARY WON'T SEND AMMUNITION TO UKRAINESZIJJÁRTÓ: UK INVESTMENTS IN HUNGARY KEY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTHNOVÁK MARKS 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL ARCHIVESDK: JUSTICE MIN DID NOT SIGN RESOLUTION ON SUPPORT FOR ICCNAVRACSICS: 'MORE RESPECT FOR EUROPE'RÉTVÁRI: MUNICIPALITIES SATISFIED WITH POLICECONFERENCE HELD MARKING NEUMANN MEMORIAL YEARHUNGARY PUBLIC MEDIA OPENS BUREAU IN BRUSSELSMOL GROUP SHIPS AZERI CRUDE TO BRATISLAVA REFINERYHUNGARY ACQUIRES INDIRECT MINORITY STAKE IN YETTELOPERA HOUSE ANNOUNCES SLAVIC THEME FOR 2023-24 SEASON
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[0321] Szijjártó in Brussels | Child abuse in schools | Cybercrime
March 21, 2023

HUNGARY WON’T SEND AMMO TO UKRAINESZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY HAS RIGHT TO MAKE SOVEREIGN DECISIONSSZIJJÁRTÓ: GOVT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT UKRAINE REFUGEES, PERSECUTED CHRISTIANSSZIJJÁRTÓ: GOVT SUPPORTS EXPANDING ABRAHAM ACCORDSSZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY TO CONTRIBUTE TO TÜRKIYE'S POST-QUAKE RECONSTRUCTIONNAVRACSICS: METRO 3 DEVELOPMENT SERVES NOT ONLY BUDAPEST RESIDENTSOFFICIAL: JUSTICE MINISTRY JOINS CYBERCRIME CAMPAIGNPOTÁPI: UNITY OF NATION GIVES STRENGTH IN DIFFICULT TIMESOMBUDSMAN LAUNCHES STUDY ON MEASURES AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IN SCHOOLSMORE THAN 10,000 UKRAINE REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON SUNDAY
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[0320] Finland NATO bid | Foreign funds to opposition | Potápi in Canada
March 20, 2023

FIDESZ TO SUPPORT FINLAND NATO BID, DECIDE ABOUT SWEDEN'S LATERFIDESZ: STATE AUDITOR LAUNCHES PROBE INTO OPPOSITION'S FOREIGN CAMPAIGN FINANCINGORBÁN MEETS SYRIAN CHRISTIAN LEADERSPOPE GRANTS HONOUR TO HUNGARIAN MALTESE CHARITY INTL HEADPOTÁPI ATTENDS MARCH 15 COMMEMORATION IN CANADAWH: WASHINGTON WELCOMES TÜRKIYE PROGRESS ON FINLAND NATO BID, URGES HUNGARY RATIFICATIONDEFMIN CALLS FOR HUNGARIAN-MADE EQUIPMENT FOR ARMYJAZZFEST BUDAPEST TO START ON APRIL 26
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[0317PM] Peace talks | Land tax | Battery plant
March 17, 2023

VARGA CALLS FOR 'DEMOCRACY OF EQUAL NATIONS'GOVT OFFICIAL: HUNGARY STANDS BY PEACEAGMIN: GOVT TAKES SIDE OF HUNGARIAN FARMERS ON LOCAL LAND TAXFINMIN: HUNGARIAN BANKING SYSTEM 'ROBUST, FUNCTIONAL' DESPITE FAILING INTL ENVIRONMENTLMP: GOVT DECISION STRIPS GYŐR OF FARMLAND FOR BATTERY PLANTHUNGARY RECEIVES 10,000 UKRAINE REFUGEES ON THURSDAYSCHNEIDER ELECTRIC LAYS CORNERSTONE FOR HUF 16 BN PLANT IN HUNGARYCIVITA GROUP INAUGURATES HUF 2.5 BN PASTA PLANTHUNGARIAN PAVILION AT VENICE BIENNALE TO PRESENT PAINTER MÁRTON NEMES
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[0317AM] Orbán in Ankara | Szijjártó on Türkiye aid | Demo in Budapest
March 17, 2023

ORBÁN: GLOBAL MAJORITY FOR PEACEORBÁN: EU POWER DYNAMICS SHIFTINGORBÁN-ERDOGAN MEETING: 'DRIFTING INTO WAR NOT AN OPTION'ORBÁN MEETS UZBEK PRESIDENTSZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY HAS SENT MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO AID TURKISH EARTHQUAKE VICTIMSDEFENCE MINISTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO HUNGARIAN WW2 SOLDIERS FALLEN IN VERTES MOUNTAINSKARÁCSONY: 'BUDAPEST IS AND WILL REMAIN A REPUBLIC'DEMONSTRATION HELD IN CAPITALHUNGARIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY MARKED IN USMEDIA AUTHORITY HEAD DISMISSES PRESS ALLEGATIONS RELATED TO MEP DELEGATION'S VISITBAKONDI: INTL COOPERATION NEEDED TO COMBAT PEOPLE SMUGGLINGDK: PARLT WELFARE CTTEE LACKS QUORUMLMP: LOCALS KEPT IN DARK ABOUT 'PLANNED' KECSKEMÉT BATTERY PLANTOVER 7,000 REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON WEDSHUNGARY RECORDS 1,016 NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS, 13 DEATHS REGISTERED LAST WEEKALMOST 63,000 PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH FLU-LIKE VIRUSMORE GREEN AREAS TO BE ADDED TO CITY PARKTIME MAGAZINE LISTS BUDAPEST AMONG WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES 2023
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[0316] March 15 holiday | Fidesz urges European peace plan | Migration
March 16, 2023

[0316] March 15 holiday | Fidesz urges European peace plan | MigrationORBÁN HONOURS POET PETŐFI ON NATL HOLIDAYORBÁN: 'WE WILL NEVER ALLOW THE FLAG OF FREEDOM TO BE TWISTED OUT OF THE HANDS OF HUNGARIANS'GULYÁS: INDEPENDENCE, FREEDOM 'NATIONAL MINIMUM'SZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARIANS 'STILL PEOPLE OF FREEDOM'ROMANIAN PM MARKS HUNGARIAN NATL HOLIDAYKÖVÉR: 'WE ARE READY TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM'MINISTERS MARK MARCH 15 NATIONAL HOLIDAYFIDESZ MEPS CALL FOR EUROPEAN PEACE PLANFIDESZ MEP CALLS FOR EU MIGRATION POLICY FOCUSED ON BORDER PROTECTIONHUNGARIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY MARKED IN POLANDOPPOSITION MARKS NATIONAL HOLIDAYMI HAZÁNK MARKS NATL HOLIDAY, HOLDS PEACE DEMOOVER 8,500 UKRAINE REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON TUESDAY
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[0315] March 15 holiday | Orbán in Paris | Child protection
March 15, 2023

ORBÁN GREETS HUNGARIANS ACROSS BORDER AHEAD OF NATL HOLIDAYSZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY CALLS FOR POSTPONING APPLICATION OF UKRAINE ETHNIC MINORITY LAWORBÁN MEETS MACRON IN PARISNOVÁK GREETS ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS RECEIVING STATE HONOURSGULYÁS: MARCH 15 UNIVERSAL CELEBRATION OF HUNGARY'S FREEDOMKÖVÉR INAUGURATES BUST OF REVOLUTIONARY POET PETŐFI IN SLOVENIAPOTÁPI: GOVT TO COMPLETE ALL INVESTMENT PROJECTS STARTED IN CARPATHIAN BASINGOVT PRE-FINANCING EU HORIZON RESEARCH 'THREATENED BY BRUSSELS'VARGA: EU RECOVERY FUNDING 'SLOW, CUMBERSOME'FIDESZ MEP VOWS TO 'PROTECT CHILDREN AGAINST ALL ATTACKS'SOCIALISTS CALL FOR 'STRONG, UNITED EUROPE'PÁRBESZÉD: PARLT COMMITTEE DECLINES PROBE INTO STATS OFFICE 'DATA LEAK'UKRAINE CRISIS - OVER 8,000 REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON MONDAYHUNGARY JAN CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT FALLS 3.6%HUNGARY JAN INDUSTRY OUTPUT DOWN 0.2% YR/YRPOLICE UNCOVER SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN DRUG DISTRIBUTION GANGMUMFORD AND SONS, LORDE, MACKLEMORE ANNOUNCED AS SZIGET HEADLINERS
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[0314] Szijjártó on East-West cooperation | Paks upgrade | Kövér in Slovenia
March 14, 2023

SZIJJÁRTÓ URGES PRAGMATIC TIES WITH EASTSZIJJÁRTÓ: CUTTING COOPERATION WITH EAST WOULD JEOPARDISE MILLIONS OF EUROPEAN JOBSSZIJJÁRTÓ: FRANCE'S FRAMATOME TO HAVE BIGGER ROLE IN PAKS EXPANSIONGULYÁS: HUNGARY 'FREER THAN WESTERN EUROPE'PARLT SPEAKER HOLDS TALKS IN SLOVENIAINTEGRITY AUTHORITY'S ANTI-CORRUPTION TEAM ADOPTS 2022 REPORTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH LOCAL MERCEDES EXECUTIVESLMP PROPOSES REINFORCING CHILD PROTECTION SERVICESAIR SERBIA LAUNCHES REGULAR BELGRADE-BUDAPEST FLIGHTSOVER 9,000 UKRAINE REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON SUNDAY
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[0313AM] JusticeMin in Brussels | Hungary-Poland talks | Szijjártó meets...
March 13, 2023

PROGRESS MADE TO UNBLOCK COHESION FUNDSVARGA: CHILDREN'S UPBRINGING PARENTS’ RIGHTSZIJJÁRTÓ HAS TALKS WITH UK COUNTERPARTNÉMETH ON UKRAINE: HUNGARY, POLAND GOALS SAME, APPROACH DIFFERENTORBÁN TO MEET MACRON ON MONDAYGULYÁS: GOVT 'BEARS RESPONSIBILITY' FOR EVERY HUNGARIANKOCSIS: HUNGARIAN LEFT SERVES PRO-WAR FORCESPOLL - FIDESZ BENEFITS FROM IMPROVED SENTIMENT - NÉZŐPONT, MEDIÁNDEPUTY PM COMMEMORATES ETHNIC HUNGARIAN POLITICIAN ESTERHÁZYJOBBIK TO CONTEST EP ELECTION ALONEPOLICE: MAN, 44, DIES IN M1 MOTORWAY PILE-UPECON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL TIES WITH GEORGIA COUNTERPARTUKRAINE CRISIS - ALMOST 10,000 REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON SATURDAY
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[0310PM] PM’s interview | Szijjártó in Stockholm | Novák in Florida
March 10, 2023

ORBÁN: 'WE ARE CLOSER THAN EVER TO WORLD WAR'ORBÁN: WAR 'TOOL' FOR RESTRUCTURING POWER IN EUROPESZIJJÁRTÓ: HUNGARY OBJECTS TO 'SEVERING' EU-CHINESE ECONOMIC TIESJUSTICE MIN: EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF HUNGARIAN COURTS ENSUREDORBÁN DISCUSSES SANCTIONS, MIGRATION WITH AUSTRIA FPÖ LEADERPRESIDENT NOVÁK: CHRISTIAN POLITICS FEASIBLE FOR HUNGARY, FLORIDARÉTVÁRI CALLS FOR 'REAL, EFFECTIVE' BORDER PROTECTION MEASURES BY EUSZÁZADVÉG: HUNGARIANS CONDEMN PRO-WAR STATEMENTSLMP: GOVT ANNOUNCED 'PROGRAMME FOR HUNGARY'S ECONOMIC COLONISATION'SOCIALISTS CALL FOR MAINTAINING PRICE CAPS, DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRIESTRADE GAP AT EUR 165 M IN JANMORE THAN 9,000 REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON THURSDAY
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[0310AM] Orbán at MKIK | Gulyás’s presser | CoE report
March 10, 2023

HUNGARY 'STRONG ENOUGH TO STAY OUT OF WAR'ORBÁN: GOVT FOCUSED ON ECONOMYORBÁN: HUNGARIAN JOBS 'PRIMARILY FOR HUNGARIANS'ORBÁN: LINKING UNIVERSITIES, ECONOMY KEYORBÁN: GOVT AIMS TO INCREASE ENERGY CAPACITY IN COMING YEARSORBÁN: HUNGARIAN ECONOMIC POLICY TO REMAIN COORDINATEDGULYÁS URGES CEASEFIRE, PEACE TALKSGULYÁS: CHILD PROTECTION LAW MUST BE PROTECTEDSZIJJÁRTÓ: WESTERN BALKANS KEY FOR EUFINANCE MINISTER: HUNGARY ECONOMIC GROWTH TO CONTINUECOE COMMISSION COMMENDS HUNGARY EFFORTS TO OFFER PROTECTION AND SUPPORT TO UKRAINE REFUGEESNOVÁK MEETS FLORIDA GOVERNORMORE THAN 7,500 REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON WEDNESDAYCHARITY CONCERT ORGANISED TO SUPPORT TÜRKIYE-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
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[0309] DefMin in Stockholm | Aid to Ukraine | Parlt speaker visits Kenya
March 09, 2023

DEFMIN MEETS EU COUNTERPARTS IN STOCKHOLMMATOLCSY TO MPS: ECONOMIC POLICY TOOK 'WRONG TURN' IN 2021GOVT OFFICIAL: HUNGARY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT UKRAINEPARLT SPEAKER MEETS KENYA PRESIDENTPÁRBESZÉD TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO CURB VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENHUNGARY FEB HEADLINE INFLATION 25.4%ALMOST 8,000 REFUGEES ENTER HUNGARY ON TUESDAYHUNGARY RECORDS 878 NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS, 11 DEATHS REGISTERED LAST WEEKSZIJJÁRTÓ: SEVEN HUNGARIAN CONSULS TO ATTEND BAYER LEVERKUSEN-FERENCVÁROS FOOTBALL MATCH
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