Speech by Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary at the 7th EU-AU Summit in Luanda
Thank you, Mr President, for giving me the floor.
Speech by Dr. Tamás Sulyok on the anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence
My fellow countrymen!
Hungarians celebrating in the Carpathian Basin and around the world!
Sixty-nine years ago, people from the diverse community of Hungarians courageously took to the streets to celebrate freedom. Coming from different walks of life, social positions, and values, they set out together on the same path.
Being Hungarian is a value - a value that sustains – Address by the Head of State at the Opening of the Hungarian Standing Conference (MÁÉRT)
Honourable Chairman of the Committee,
Deputy Prime Minister, State Secretary,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I warmly and respectfully welcome all participants of the Hungarian Standing Conference and the Diaspora Council.
V4 Heads of State Summit convened by President Tamás Sulyok
Hungary, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the organisation, will host the Heads of State of the Visegrad Cooperation in Esztergom on Wednesday, 3 December 2025.
Hungary consistently and continuously advocates for close cooperation between the V4 countries, which is the basis for stability, security and strengthening in the region.
The Head of State is representing Hungary at the EU-Africa Summit in Luanda
Dr. Tamás Sulyok will represent Hungary at the European Union-African Union Summit in Luanda.
Starting 24 November 2025, the President of Hungary will represent Hungary at the 7th EU–Africa Summit in the Angolan capital.
The meeting of heads of state and government aims to establish and sustain regular, ongoing dialogue on the key issues and challenges facing the countries of the two continents, linked by a strategic partnership.
At the meeting, our country will be represented by the President of Hungary for the first time in 15 years.
Meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Second World Summit for Social Development
The events of recent years in global politics and the increase in the number of armed conflicts have reinforced the importance of a strong, decisive and effective organisation, said Tamás Sulyok after meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Second World Summit on Social Development. According to the President of Hungary, the 80-year history of the UN is proof that multilateral diplomacy is not just a noble idea, but one of the most important international means of achieving peace, security and prosperity.
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.
If we do not give a pro-family response to the demographic challenge, Europe's future could be at risk
The demographic crisis is a key challenge of our time, and if we do not respond to it with a pro-family approach, the future of Europe could be at risk, said President of Hungary Katalin Novák in her speech on Hungary's role in Europe at the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) in Interlaken on Thursday.
Katalin Novák met with the President of the International Olympic Committee
President of Hungary Katalin Novák met with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Katalin Novák and Thomas Bach discussed the situation of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, the preparations for next year's Olympics in Paris and the return of Belarusian and Russian athletes to the Olympic Games under neutral flags, Hungarian Olympic Committee President Zsolt Gyulay told journalists at the IOC Headquarters on Thursday.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung interview with Katalin Novák
Katalin Novák, President of Hungary: „The sanctions have hurt us more than they have hurt Russia”
Budapest supports Western policy only reluctantly and is hesitant to engage in a tough confrontation with Moscow. President Katalin Novák is committed to Ukraine's sovereignty and supports a rational approach to sanctions.
(Daniel Imwinkelried and Ivo Mijnssen, Budapest, 8 June 2023)
Katalin Novák in Liechtenstein
The visiting Hungarian Head of State met Hereditary Prince Alois and his wife Hereditary Princess Sophia in Liechtenstein on Wednesday. The princely couple expressed their delight that the President of Hungary was visiting Liechtenstein for the first time. They agreed on the importance of protecting traditional values and the family.
After meeting with the Hereditary Prince, the Hungarian Head of State met with Prime Minister Daniel Risch, with whom she discussed family policy as well as economic relations between the two countries.
The B9 support Ukraine and the earliest possible restoration of peace
The Bucharest Nine (B9) are committed to further supporting Ukraine and above all to the earliest possible restoration of peace, President of Hungary Katalin Novák stressed after the meeting of the Heads of State of the B9, NATO's Central and Eastern European members, in Pozsony on Tuesday.
Katalin Novák met with South Korean House Speaker Kim Jin-pyo
Katalin Novák and South Korean House Speaker Kim Jin-pyo praised the exemplary friendship between the two countries. They noted that economic and cultural relations between the two countries are growing stronger. At the meeting, the participants also commemorated the South-Korean and Hungarian victims of the cruise tragedy on the River Danube four years ago.
24.hu interview with President of Hungary Katalin Novák
Where has she contradicted Viktor Orbán? Is her conscience clear after she reprieved György Budaházy? Has she told the Pope that she is releasing the perpetrators of terrorist acts on his behalf? Is she really the good cop of the System of National Cooperation? Would she be on good terms with the Prime Minister even if her name was Klára Dobrev? Can one be independent of the person whose initials one formerly wore as earrings? What has Orbán taught her? Does she argue with him? And why does she need a piano worth nearly 70 million in her office?
The stability of the Western Balkans is the key to the stability of Europe
Katalin Novák underlined that peace in the Western Balkans is a guarantee for peace in Europe, which is why it is of the utmost importance that the countries of the Western Balkans join the European Union as soon as possible. Hungary is playing a mediating and facilitating role in this process, she added.
The Hungarian Head of State said that during the meeting with the President of Albania, the Russian-Ukrainian war, the fight against illegal migration, demographic issues and economic relations between the two countries were also discussed.
Katalin Novák visited Hungarian soldiers injured in Kosovo and now recovering in hospital
On Wednesday morning, the President of Hungary visited the Hungarian soldiers who were injured in Kosovo and are already recovering in Hungary.
On her Facebook page, Katalin Novák wrote that as the Commander-in-Chief of the Hungarian Defence Forces, she personally thanked them for their brave stand and wished them a speedy recovery.
Unrest broke out in northern Kosovo on Friday. In the clashes, 27 Hungarian soldiers - participating in the KFOR peacekeeping mission - were injured, 12 of whom have already been repatriated.
Statement by the President of Hungary on the injured Hungarian soldiers serving in KFOR
As the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, I wish a speedy recovery to all the soldiers injured in Kosovo while serving with the Hungarian Defence Forces NATO peacekeeping force.