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The attitude of EU institutions to the migration crisis is disappointing
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 18, 2016 5:19 PM
“The attitude of EU institutions to the immigration crisis is disappointing because despite the absolutely obvious consequences they continue to concentrate on how to bring even more people to Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade concerning the earthquakes on the island of Kyushu
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 18, 2016 10:28 AM
Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was shocked and saddened to learn of the earthquakes which hit the island of Kyushu on 14 April, and which have killed at least 42 people.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has learnt with regret of the powerful earthquake in Ecuador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 17, 2016 3:15 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has learnt with regret of the powerful earthquake in Ecuador on 16 April 2016, which has caused the death of dozens of people in several regions.
Europe facing most serious challenges since the Second World War
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 15, 2016 8:16 PM
“Europe hasn’t been subject to such serious security challenges since the Second World War and a unified and determined response must be provided to them”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Bratislava at Central Europe’s most important foreign and security policy forum, the GLOBSEC 2016 conference.
Hungarian-South African relations gain intensity
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 15, 2016 12:04 PM
“Economic relations between the South African Republic and Hungary have become much more intensive in recent months and concrete projects are already under realisation”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary said on Thursday in Budapest at a press conference following the second meeting of the Hungarian-South African Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation.
V4 Jewish community leaders’ conference in Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 14, 2016 5:00 PM
The leaders of the Jewish communities of the Visegrád Group (V4) countries are taking part in a two-day conference in Budapest, organised by the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (MAZSIHISZ). At the reception and guided tour that closed the first day of the meeting on 13 April, Minister of State for Cultural and Science Diplomacy István Íjgyártó gave a speech at the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives.
Singapore is Hungary’s most important ASEAN economic partner
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 14, 2016 3:55 PM
On Wednesday Gyula Budai, Ministerial Commissioner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade overseeing issues related to the Russian trade embargo, told Hungarian news agency MTI that Singapore is Hungary’s most important economic partner among the ASEAN countries (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations): trade volumes amounted to some USD 528 million in 2015.
Péter Szijjártó: Freedom House report is nonsense
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 14, 2016 3:16 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called the latest report on democratic rights by Freedom House nonsense in a statement to the press in Budapest on Thursday.
V4 support to Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2016 5:07 PM
István Mikola, Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has said that governments must pay special attention to small and medium-sized enterprises. He was speaking in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, at an event on the last stop in a road show organised by the countries of the Visegrád Four (V4) to support Ukraine by transferring know-how in the field of SMEs.
Hungary is searching for new political, economic and cultural cooperation opportunities with Portuguese-speaking countries
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2016 4:09 PM
“Hungary has requested observer status in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), through which economic, political and cultural cooperation opportunities could become available with the organisation’s member states”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó announced, summarising his two-day visit to Portugal.