The motion was passed by pro-government lawmakers and several independents. The opposition boycotted the vote.

"The actions of the Belarusian regime are unacceptable; the regime cynically exploits people and violates their dignity and human rights; we protest against such actions and stand in full solidarity with the countries affected by hybrid attacks on their borders with Belarus" – announced in a joint statement the presidents of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the Visegrád Group summit in Budapest.

– The government is extending the one-week vaccination drive that began on Monday by one week, and vaccinations will also be made available to children in the 5-12 age group beginning on 20 December” – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Kossuth Radio on Friday morning.  Photo by 

- In recent years, we have strongly experienced the importance of a deep Polish-Hungarian friendship. It is present in all major areas: parliaments, governments, local governments, institutions and organizations. We develop it because we are united by a common destiny that arises from a shared history, from a similar assessment of the present political reality and from a similar vision of the future of Europe. A similar assessment of the reality is not only about illegal migration and border…

  Photo by Leonid Shcheglov / TASS / PAP/ITAR-TASS  

„Your national holiday is a tribute to brave patriots, to the Polish people fighting for independence. By joining forces across the nation, Poland returned to the map of the world after 123 years and started shaping the fate of Europe as an independent state. It is my pleasure that Hungary could also contribute to Poland’s 20th century independence” – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a letter to Mateusz Morawiecki on the occasion of National Independence Day in Poland.

– The countries of the Visegrad Group are the most important partner for South Korea in the European Union – Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday at the meeting of the Visegrad Group (V4) in Budapest with the participation of the South Korean President Moon Jae-in. 

On Wednesday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán organized video conference with the Polish Prime Minister-Vice President of the Law and Justice party (PiS) Mateusz Morawiecki and the leader of the Italian Lega Nord party Matteo Salvini about the formation of a new European political group.

Employers may require vaccination against the coronavirus as a condition of work – Gergely Gulyás, the Hungarian minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office announced on Thursday.

– Hungary has managed to protect itself and its culture while dealing with the issue of migration – Marine Le Pen, President of the French National Rally (NR) said at a press conference after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest on Tuesday.

The Visegrád Group (V4) countries last week signed a letter of intent on the mutual and automatic recognition of each other’s higher education degrees.

Poland’s government, like Hungary’s, is being attacked on the international stage because its successful patriotic policies go against the liberal mainstream – Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said in Vienna.