The foreign ministers of Hungary and Andorra concluded a tourism agreement in Budapest on Wednesday.
The Visegrád countries are able to cooperate not only in good times, but also in times of trouble, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a press conference held on Wednesday in Prague.
The Hungarian stance taken against illegal immigration has become a general European approach. However, unless tough action is taken, there will be grave problems, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday in Prague, at the summit of the prime ministers of the Visegrád countries.
According to the judgment passed by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Tuesday, the Hungarian government did not contravene EU law when it levied special taxes on telecommunications businesses and retailers after 2010, the Justice Minister told the Hungarian news agency MTI.
At present, the government is not aware of any coronavirus patient in Hungary, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated at a press conference held on Wednesday where the Operational Corps announced new measures in addition to the 28-point action plan adopted due to the coronavirus in January.
There is a connection between the coronavirus and illegal migration, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi stated at a press conference held on Sunday in Budapest. He also said Hungary will suspend the admission of illegal migrants to the transit zone for an indefinite period.
The judgments passed today have clearly concluded that in the future large corporations will not be able to raise objections to having to pay proportionately higher taxes than small businesses with a substantially lower economic potential.
Based on today’s judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Google could not have avoided its tax payment liability in relation to the Hungarian advertising tax. The Court ruled that the legislation regarding the submission of tax declarations is not contrary to the EU principle of the freedom to provide services. At the same time, the method by which fines are imposed due to non-compliance with the obligation to submit tax declarations leads to a breach of EU law.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó consulted with his Chinese counterpart by telephone with relation to the coronavirus situation; Wang Yi thanked Hungary for its solidarity with relation to combatting the coronavirus epidemic.
“Hungary will protect its borders under all circumstances; we will not allow entry to a single illegal immigrant”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised in a statement to the Hungarian press in Belgrade on Monday.