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2 weeks ago | 
telex.hu | Molnar Zoltan |Andrea Horváth Kávai
“We have nothing to add to the administration’s compilation of tariff and non-tariff barriers, which was produced by our country’s top economic minds to ensure our trade policy puts America First,” White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly wrote in response to Telex's inquiry.
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3 weeks ago | 
telex.hu | Molnár Réka |Molnar Zoltan |Andrea Horváth Kávai
April 03. 2025. – 12:33 PMPhoto: Lujza Hevesi-Szabó / TelexIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived for an official visit to Budapest in the early hours of Thursday morning upon the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian PM had invited the Israeli leader last November after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him on charges of war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.
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3 weeks ago | 
telex.hu | Molnar Zoltan |Andrea Horváth Kávai
ICC headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands – Photo: Selman Aksunger / Anadolu / Getty ImagesThe Hungarian government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on Thursday. Gergely Gulyás said that the government will initiate the termination procedure on Thursday in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
telex.hu | Andrea Horváth Kávai
The president of the Hungary’s Integrity Authority, Ferenc Bíró has been charged with misappropriation of funds and abuse of office by Hungary's Central Chief Prosecution Office of Investigation (CCPOI). In a statement issued on Thursday morning, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said that a criminal investigation was under way at the Integrity Authority.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
telex.hu | Andrea Horváth Kávai
"Let us clarify the facts: no Hungarian government official – or any foreign leader – received an "official" invitation to the inauguration of the next US President on 20 January," Zoltán Kovács, State Secretary for International Communication, wrote on Facebook. According to him, President Trump's team – in keeping with tradition – did not invite any foreign heads of state or government.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
telex.hu | Weiler Vilmos |Andrea Horváth Kávai
"On Monday, Péter Szijjártó announced that the Chinese automotive company Xinzhi will be opening a factory in Hatvan. This was unexpected news for us, as no one had consulted with the town about it. We can only support such an investment if it is beneficial and useful for the community of Hatvan going forward.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
telex.hu | Andrea Horváth Kávai
Although there have been rumours in diplomatic circles for years that Washington might sanction even some of the highest-ranking officials of the Orbán government, it came as a surprise to many that the current US administration sanctioned one of Viktor Orbán’s most powerful ministers, Antán Rogán, citing corruption charges just days before US President Joe Biden's departure from office. The Hungarian government had an almost immediate response to the unprecedented move.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
telex.hu | Molnar Zoltan |Andrea Horváth Kávai
Bryan E. Leib, who has been rumoured by Magyar Nemzet as the potential next ambassador of the US in Budapest, has taken a swipe at the current US representative in Budapest over the sanctioning of Antal Rogán in a scathing social media post. He writes that what the current ambassador did was "shameful" and, in his opinion, politically motivated.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
telex.hu | Andrea Horváth Kávai
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List), which now includes Antal Rogán, the head of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Cabinet Office. The SDN List (Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List) is the official sanctions list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) within the US Department of the Treasury.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
telex.hu | Weiler Vilmos |Andrea Horváth Kávai
It was almost ten years ago, on 17 December 2014, that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang signed the agreement on the construction of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line. The project has been criticised in Hungary numerous times, both for professional and political reasons, and for a very long time the government has been unable to provide a meaningful explanation as to what the country stands to gain from it.
