Welcome speech by Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary, at the meeting with representatives of Hungarian Associations in Switzerland on the Day of National Unity
With great respect and affection, I welcome the representatives of the Hungarian associations in Switzerland! I am delighted to have the opportunity to meet you and to learn more about your communities.
We Hungarians have become accustomed to the fact that national togetherness does not necessarily mean geographical togetherness, since due to our turbulent history, we find Hungarians and strong and vibrant Hungarian communities in many parts of the world.
In Covenant with the Creator - Speech by Dr. Tamás Sulyok on the occasion of the renovation of the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany
"You are the descendents of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers" (Acts 3:25)
Your Excellency,
Most Reverend Provost Father,
Dear Benedictine Community!
Ladies and Gentlemen!
A thousand years of friendship - Speech by Dr. Tamás Sulyok on the Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship
Your Excellency, President Duda,
Madam First Lady,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Pope John Paul II, on his first trip to Hungary, spoke of us Hungarians and Poles as follows: 'Poles and Hungarians are cousins, and this truth, this almost family relationship, has been proven many times at different moments in history.'
Press release from Sándor Palace
President Tamás Sulyok pays a working visit to Japan, followed by an official visit to Vietnam.
On 19 May 2025, Head of State Tamás Sulyok will pay a working visit to Japan. The Hungarian Head of State will be received in audience by His Majesty Emperor Naruhito, 126th Emperor of Japan. The President will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and hold talks with the heads of Japanese companies and investor groups present in Hungary.
Press release from Sándor Palace
President Tamás Sulyok personally congratulated Pope Leo XIV on the beginning of his Petrine ministry.
Following today's inaugural Mass at the Vatican, which the Head of State attended as head of the Hungarian delegation, the Holy Father greeted the heads of the delegations, including the President of Hungary, with a handshake.
Tamás Sulyok exchanged a few words with Pope Leo. The President asked the Holy Father to visit Hungary as soon as possible.
Press release from Sándor Palace
Heads of State attend the inauguration ceremony of Pope Leo XIV.
President of Hungary Tamás Sulyok leads the official Hungarian delegation to Rome to attend the Holy Mass marking the beginning of Pope Leo XIV's Petrine ministry. The Holy Mass will take place in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on 18 May 2025 at 10 am.
The Hungarian delegation, led by Tamás Sulyok, will also include Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, representing the government.
The votes express the democratic will of the electorate
On 9 June 2024, on the day of the elections to the European Parliament, local governments and of national minority advocates, Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary and his wife cast their votes in Szeged. After the vote, the President said that since there have been free elections in Hungary, his wife Zsuzsa and he have always exercised their right to vote, and again urged his fellow citizens to vote as well.
The President of Hungary on the anniversary of Hungary’s EU accession: Hungary does not give up its sovereignty
Hungary does not give up its sovereignty, and believes in the alliance of independent nation states in Europe, which the founding treaties currently guarantee – the President of Hungary said in Brdo pri Kranj in Slovenia on Monday.
We can become the renovated church of Europe, said President Sulyok at the reconsecration of the renovated church in Ják
We can become the renovated church of Europe, where people come to draw strength, said Tamás Sulyok, the President of Hungary, at the reconsecration ceremony of Ják’s St. George Church (Vas County, Hungary) on Sunday.
Tamás Sulyok emphasized the need for revitalizing our communities.
We need to rebuild ourselves to each other, setting aside all obstacles, fears, uncertainties, and distrust, although this is not easy in the era of infidelity, where we lose the grace of connection, stated the President.
Exclusive interview with Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary, for Tények
- Mr. President, thank you for receiving us. On behalf of TV2, we consider it a great honour that you are giving your first major television interview to us.
Thank you for having me on your show, and a warm welcome to our viewers.
My meetings in Békés were highly rewarding - Interview with Katalin Novák
I found my meetings in Békés very rewarding, and I trust that I was not the only one who felt this way - said Katalin Novák, President of Hungary, in an interview with our newspaper - the Békés Megyei Hírlap - about the three days she spent in our county at the end of January. During our conversation, we discussed how to motivate young people to settle in the region, spoke about the war in Ukraine and this year's elections, and why she declared 2024 the Year of Getting Active.
CNBC interview with Katalin Novák
That I'm here for the first time, I experienced that it is, let's say, a constructive chaos, what we experience here, and also what the traffic is concerned, it's very difficult to get from one place to the other, but I have to assure you that the Swiss trains are on time. I took the train and it worked perfectly.
I came, I got the train as well.
Receipt of Ambassadorial credentials at Sándor Palace
President of Hungary Katalin Novák received ambassadorial credentials from the diplomatic representatives of four foreign states.
Presentation of appointments as state secretary at Sándor Palace
On a proposal by the prime Minister, President of Hungary Katalin Novák appointed Dr. Nándor Pátkai permanent state secretary of the Ministry of European Union Affairs, Dr. Barna Pál Zsigmond as the Ministry’s state secretary and Dr. Attila Bíró permanent state secretary of the Ministry of Justice.
Katalin Novák attended the Chivalric Tournament of Sinj at the invitation of the Croatia’s Head of State
President of Hungary Katalin Novák met with President of Croatia Zoran Milanović in Sinj, where the Hungarian President attended a Chivalric Tournament going back more than three centuries at the Croation President’s invitation.
At what is generally known as the „Sinj Alka”, participants commemorated the victory in 1715, when the town’s heroic defenders halted in Dalmatia the Ottoman army trying to advance towards Europe.
We are strengthening our cooperation in education and business with Tanzania
We are strengthening our cooperation in education and business with Tanzania – Katalin Novák emphasized on Tuesday at her press conference held with President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam, where the two countries’ representatives signed the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme for the 2024-2026 period.
Women need real freedom of choice, so that they can choose both career and family at the same time
Women need real freedom of choice, so that they can choose both career and family at the same time. Women are needed in the Labour Market and in the family as well, and this is what Hungary is striving to achieve – said President of Hungary Katalin Novák in the opening panel discussion of Women Deliver 2023 in the Rwandan capital on Monday, a conference dedicated to the improvement of the status of women around the world.
The Hungarian Head of State attended the international conference as the closing event of her state visit to Rwanda..
Rwanda will open a diplomatic mission in Hungary
Hungary is a gateway to the European Union, and Rwanda is a gateway to the Continent of Africa – said President Katalin Novák on Sunday, following her meeting with President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame.
Katalin Novák at the hospital of the city of Rwamagana in Rwanda
The Hungarian Head of State also visited the hospital of Rwamagana, a city next to the capital, Kigali, where - in cooperation with Hungarian Interchurch Aid - she handed over two incubators to the Neonatal Unit.
The doctors thanked Katalin Novák and the Hungarian delegation for the two incubators, and the little patients were pleased with the gifted toys.
For a long time already, Hungary has been providing Rwanda with substantial assistance in developing its schools and hospitals.
Katalin Novák on official visit to Rwanda
In the course of her official visit to Rwanda, the President of Hungary visited Nyanza elementary and secondary school (Nyanza École Secondaire), where she attended a lesson on European history, followed by a visit to the handwashing facility built in the context of the Hungary Helps project. The facility is needed to ensure that the 1000 or so students who come here can learn in hygienic conditions.
The presidential gift cherished most by the locals were the two cows, which provide the schoolchildren with healthy milk.
Katalin Novák at Erzsébet Camp in Zánka
On the shore of Lake Balaton, Katalin Novák joined a Christian programme on experiential education facilitating cooperation and community building, tested the smoke-tent of the firefighters simulating house fire smoke as part of the Heroes’ Day programmes, and sliced watermelons which she then distributed to the campers.
Several children asked the President of Hungary to sign their T-shirt or baseball cap, and lots of them had a joint photo taken with the Head of State.
Appointments and assignments as ambassador at Sándor Palace
President of Hungary Katalin Novák handed over appointments and assignments as ambassador at Sándor Palace today.
Dr. Ferenc Dancs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, has been appointed Head of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna and Head of the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in Vienna.
Dr. Károly Benes has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and has been mandated to lead Hungary’s embassy in Abu-Dhabi.