Politics of Hungary

Viktor Orban says "the tide of migrants from the Middle East and Africa may be part of a left-wing plot to pack Europe with sympathetic voters."

"I am not brave enough to speak about this in public with certainty, but you cannot get around imagining that some kind of master plan is behind this," the Hungarian prime minister told the Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche, Reuters reported.

The event offers citizens the opportunity to meet EU-funded researchers, participate in discussions about research and visit an exhibition of exciting scientific discoveries and innovations.

Hungary will either protect its "green border" with fences - or, "if this option is not so popular," it could let migrants travel to Austria and Germany.

This is what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said early this morning in Brussels, adding that migrants "continue to arrive via Greece."

A camerawoman for a private television channel in Hungary was fired late on Sept.8 after videos of her kicking and tripping up migrants fleeing police, including a man carrying a child, spread in the media and on the internet. 

Hungarian Defence Minister Csaba Hende submitted his resignation on Monday as refugees continue to flock to the country.

According to a statement of the Hungarian government, Prime Minister Viktor Orban accepted the resignation and asked fellow Fidesz party member Istvan Simicsko to succeed Hende as defence minister, Daily News Hungary informs.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday said Austria and his country should close their borders.

In a statement broadcast by Austria's state television ORF, he said the two countries should state clearly they will not accept more refugees, "because otherwise several million people would arrive in Europe."

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Sept.3 that the wave of refugees and migrants coming to Europe and the EU's "failed immigration policy" threaten to undermine the continent's Christian roots.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said he was satisfied that bilateral relations with Hungary are "on an upward trajectory."

He made a comment in Budapest on Wednesday, during a meeting with Hungarian President Janos Ader.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has openly stated his opposition to the proposed by EU measures on immigration. According to the proposal, immigrants coming into the EU would be distributed among the member states on a quota principle, based on GDP, population, and number of currently hosted immigrants. 

At the invitation of Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will depart for Budapest on Holy Monday, 6 April 2015, to take part the following day in a Pentalateral Ministerial Meeting between Greece, Hungary, Turkey, Serbia and FYROM on the subject of energy security in Central and Southeast Europe.