"Bolstering and making domestic capital competitive is not just a matter of business but that of freedom as well", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Warsaw on Thursday at the event organised by the Polish Chamber of Commerce, where he was honoured with the Golden Umbrella Award.
Curbing illegal migration, terrorism and extremism cannot be regarded as the duty of certain countries, it is a common goal and joint steps need to be taken – Hungarian, Serbian and Austrian Ministers of Interior said at a joint press conference in Belgrade, following a trilateral meeting.
In December 2014, wages in real terms were up by 7.7 percent year-on-year, while in the entire year they were 3.2 percent higher, the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) published earlier today reveals. Thus, the upward wage growth trend has been in place for two years now.
NGOs will receive a total HUF 5 billion (EUR 16.4 million) this year from the state budget’s National Cooperation Fund, a two billion forints increase compared to 2014, Minister of State Miklós Soltész announced on Wednesday.
Hungary and Kazakhstan stand ready to boost economic ties that have suffered due to the Ukrainian crisis, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in Astana on Thursday.
On Hungary’s side, the strong commitment to the Polish-Hungarian friendship still prevails – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, held after their meeting in Warsaw on Thursday.
The Hungarian Government stands aghast at the baseless accusations of the report published by Human Rights Watch on 18 February 2015. Hungary has always been ready for rational dialogue with any international partner but definitely rejects all verdicts based on statements without reason.
In the report published earlier today of the post-programme surveillance of the utilization of the IMF-EU loan package launched in 2008, the European Commission (EC) proposed to end the post-surveillance mission.
The representatives of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Foundation Eurotrans signed a cooperation agreement on 18th February, 2015.
The European Commission has endorsed all three operative programmes supervised by the Ministry for National Economy and thus the door has been opened to implement the largest Hungarian economic stimulus and development programme of all time, Minister of State for the Utilization of EU Funds Balázs Rákossy said.