Budapest 2024 is bid for entire region, says PM Orban


Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a news conference with Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Budapest, Hungary, November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A successful Budapest bid for the hosting of the 2024 Olympic Games would be a victory for the entire Central and Eastern Europe region, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday.

Orban and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach were attending a celebration of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Olympic Committee which was used by the hosts to highlight Budapest's bid.

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