Orban meets Maccabi Games representatives

Prime Minister Viktor Orban met in his office representatives of the 15th European Maccabi Games starting in Budapest on Monday, Orban's press chief said. Maccabi was represented by Motti Tichauer, chairman of the European Maccabi Confederation, and Jack Terpins, vice president of the Maccabi World Union, Bertalan Havasi said in a statement. Orban welcomed that the event has returned to its central European roots after 90 years, noting that the Games had been hosted only once in the region: the first one, held in Prague in 1929. As one of the world's safest countries, Hungary is capable and prepared to host events of such dimensions, Orban said.