Orban: Focus of EU growth shifting to central Europe

The value of central Europe is on the rise, with the focus of growth in the European Union shifting to the east, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Cirkovce-Pince power line in eastern Slovenia on Wednesday. When the value of a region is increasing, large and strong countries try to gain influence there and the affected countries and regions become the location for geopolitical games, Orban said. "Our region has become such a location", he added.