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The coronavirus pandemic represents a further risk with relation to migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 29, 2020 11:42 AM
“New waves of migration could set out for Europe as a result of the coronavirus pandemic; this must be prevented in view of the fact that in addition to a security risk, illegal migration now also represents major health and economic risks”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó highlighted at a joint press conference with his Cypriot counterpart in Nicosia on Friday.
A new wave of migration would represent a major risk
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 26, 2020 9:47 AM
“A new wave of migration would represent a major health and economic risk, and the coronavirus could cause an increase in illegal migration in view of the fact that the pandemic has had a greater effect on countries that were already in a difficult situation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a joint press conference with his Spanish counterpart in Madrid.
Hungary supports the convening of an extraordinary session of the UN General Assembly to handle the epidemic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 26, 2020 9:46 AM
“Hungary supports the convening of an extraordinary session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as initiated by the Azerbaijani government”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on his Facebook page on Thursday.
We wanted to avoid people dying because of a shortage of respirators
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 26, 2020 9:42 AM
“We wanted to avoid what we have seen happen in several Western countries, where doctors have had to decide who receives a respirator and who doesn’t; who can live and who must die”, Tamás Menczer said on Hungarian M1 current affairs television.
All road crossing points along the Ukrainian-Hungarian border will be opened on Monday
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 25, 2020 3:59 PM
“All five road crossing points along the Ukrainian-Hungarian border will be opened on Monday morning at the latest”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday in Kiev at a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
Hungary will be purchasing 4.2 billion cubic metres of Russian gas over a period of one year, beginning in October
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 24, 2020 11:00 AM
“A trade agreement has been concluded in accordance with which Hungary will be purchasing a total of 4.2 billion cubic metres of natural gas from Gazprom between October of this year and next October”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday from Moscow, where he is on an official visit.
Enterprises may now receive more than 800 thousand euros in funding in the interests of improving competitiveness
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 24, 2020 10:57 AM
“Following extended negotiations lasting more than two months, the European Commission has finally approved our request to be able to provide over 800 thousand euros in funding to Hungarian enterprises in the interests of increasing their competitiveness”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his social media page on Tuesday.
25 billion forints for the National Export Protection Program
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 24, 2020 10:31 AM
“Based on last week’s decision on the part of the Cabinet, a National Export Protection Program is being launched with a budget of 25 billion forints (EUR 71.65 million) within the framework of the Economy Protection Action Plan to support Hungarian enterprises that wish to grow and expand on export markets, or acquire new markets”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday at an event in Budapest to ceremoniously sign cooperation agreements with eight enterprises that are joining the Priority Exporter Partnership Program.
Over 1 billion euros in investment is being realised thanks to the competitiveness-increasing program
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 23, 2020 8:00 PM
“The 806 enterprises that are making use of competitiveness-increasing funding have undertaken to realise 377 billion forints (EUR 1.09 billion) in investment over the coming months, and by doing so are protecting 143,618 workplaces, towards which the government is providing 169 billion forints (EUR 487.3 million) in funding”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised in Székesfehérvár at a ceremony to present the related funding agreement to Fehér Ablak Limited on Monday.
The vast majority of enterprises taking part in the competitiveness-increasing program are Hungarian-owned
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 22, 2020 7:00 PM
“Hungarian enterprises form the vast majority of the enterprises that have undertaken to realise investment projects; 622 out of the 806 companies that are receiving funding are Hungarian, which clearly indicates the significant strengthening of Hungarian-owned enterprises within the national economy”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at Monday’s ceremony to present funding agreements within the framework of the competitiveness-increasing program.