“The European Union should lift its restrictions on the state funding of investment projects until the end of this year, because it is only through investments that new workplaces can be created”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on his Facebook page on Wednesday following an online conference of the Visegrád Group countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, the V4) and the Northern-Baltic-Eight (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, the NB8).
The Hungarian Government has decided to join the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund with 20 MEURs, thus becoming the third Member of the Fund. The Hungarian Export-Import Bank’s aim is to finalize its accession before the TSI Ministerial Conference in June.
“Never again can Europe be allowed to be so vulnerable with relation to strategic issues”, the Danish and Hungarian Foreign Ministers said in evaluation of the situation that has arisen because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Never before during the course of our common history has Hungarian-Slovakian cooperation been as good as it is today”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Budapest.
“Applicants for funding within the framework of the competitiveness-increasing program have undertaken to realise 376 billion forints (EUR 1.08 billion) in investments, and to retain a total of 143,600 jobs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Budapest at a ceremony to present funding certificates to successful applicants.
“The Esztergom freight ferry will begin operating again from Tuesday morning”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his social media page on Monday.
“A thirteenth border crossing point along the Hungarian-Slovakian border will be reopened this morning, this time at Nógrádszakál-Ráróspuszta”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his social media page on Tuesday morning.
“In Hungary, it cannot occur that saving a human life is an issue of healthcare capacity”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó wrote on his social media page on Sunday.
“Our goal continues to be to send a Hungarian astronaut to the International Space Station”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Friday during a video conference of European Union ministers responsible for space affairs.
“A memorial will be erected in Budapest to commemorate the victims of the Hableány pleasure-boat accident that occurred a year ago at the foot of Margaret Bridge”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Friday at the site of the tragedy.