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Current rules to remain in force until 3 May

Prime Minister’s Office, April 23, 2020 6:53 PM

The current restrictive regulations imposed due to the coronavirus epidemic will remain in force until 3 May, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced at an online press conference held on Thursday.

Hungarian-Serbian border crossing points have been opened to commuters and farmers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 23, 2020 4:18 PM

The border crossing points at Röszke, Tompa and Hercegszántó were opened to people living along the Hungarian-Serbian border on Thursday, thereby helping to ensure that commuters do not suffer too great a level of economic damage because of the consequences of the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Action has been taken due to violation of compulsory home quarantine regulations in 1,200 instances to date

Government, April 23, 2020 3:53 PM

Action has been taken due to the violation of compulsory home quarantine regulations in 1,200 instances to date, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Thursday.

Number of infected persons increasing by the day

Government, April 23, 2020 3:50 PM

The coronavirus epidemic is still displaying an upward trend, we are not at the end of it; the number of infected persons is increasing by the day, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Thursday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited church-operated elderly care home

The Prime Minister, April 23, 2020 3:31 PM

On Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a visit to the Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet Social Care Home in Budapest, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI, adding that the Prime Minister posted a video of the visit on his Facebook account.

Hungary is undergoing political lynching

Government spokesperson, April 23, 2020 8:49 AM

Hungary is undergoing political lynching for following its own path. However, the government is no longer interested in political opinions, and is seeking to find the most effective way of managing the novel coronavirus epidemic, Zoltán Kovács stressed in an interview given to the BBC on Wednesday.

Unity of V4 is more important than ever

The Prime Minister, April 23, 2020 8:45 AM

In preparation for the Thursday EU summit, on Wednesday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with President of the European Council Charles Michel, and in the afternoon he also consulted with the prime ministers of the Visegrád countries.

Government’s package also has major impact on those working in gardening sector

Government spokesperson, April 23, 2020 8:41 AM

The government’s economy protection and economy restarting action plan also has a major impact on agriculture, including, among others, those working in the gardening sector, the Government Spokesperson said in a recording posted on Facebook on Wednesday.

The V4 is funding the fight against the epidemic in Libya

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 23, 2020 8:37 AM

“The countries of the Visegrád Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; the V4) are providing 35 million euros in funding to Libya, with which they are not only contributing to border protection, but also to the fight against the coronavirus epidemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an online press conference on Wednesday.

Commuting across the Hungarian-Serbian border is once again possible, beginning today

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 23, 2020 8:35 AM

“From 6 o’clock this morning, Hungarian and Serbian citizens who work or cultivate land on the other side of the border will be able to cross the border via the Röszke, Tompa and Hercegszántó border crossing points”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Thursday.