“During the current coronavirus pandemic, there is an extreme need for NATO to increase its counter-terrorism activities”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
Hungary is not merely being criticised due to the legislation on the fight against the coronavirus; there is a political witch-hunt and a coordinated media smear campaign under way, Minister for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács said in a video message posted on Thursday.
Hungary joins the following statement adopted by Member States of the European Union.
“240 Hungarians who have become stranded in North America because of the coronavirus pandemic are being brought home on Thursday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
There are some who repeatedly violate the rules of restrictions on movement. The police either fine them or prosecute them, the head 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.
The coronavirus epidemic has compelled the European Union and its Member States to face unprecedented challenges. The usual solutions and conventional approaches have evidently proved to be inadequate, the Justice Minister stressed talking to the Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
The number of infected persons is clearly on the rise throughout the territory of the country, the Chief Medical Officer pointed out at the Thursday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
On Thursday, as part of a video conference, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics informed themselves about the work of the coronavirus research teams supported by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology. At the video conference, the Prime Minister spoke about the need for the development of Hungarian pharmaceutical production and warehousing.
“The government of Azerbaijan delivered ten thousand face masks to the Hungarian Embassy in Baku on Thursday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page.
“Hungary is recommending that the European Union simplify regulations on the state promotion of investment, in the interests of successful economic defence against the coronavirus pandemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a video message posted to his Facebook page on Thursday.