“Hungary’s economy is currently the most rapidly growing economy in the European Union, and as a part of the Central and Eastern European region is continuing to play an important role in boosting the economic growth of the continent”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said in evaluation of the most important findings relating to Hungary included the winter forecast presented at Tuesday’s meeting of European Union finance ministers (ECOFIN).
The government will with immediate effect initiate suspension of the payment of damages awarded to convicts due to prison conditions, the Justice Minister announced at a press conference held on Monday in Budapest.
“The mandate of the EU’s Operation Sophia, aimed at eradicating people smuggling on the Mediterranean Sea, cannot be extended, but instead a totally new operation will be launched after it expires in March”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Brussels in the recess of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers.
“Fiscal discipline, falling government debt and a healthier debt structure have laid the foundations for further economic growth”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said in a video message on Monday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with US President Donald Trump by telephone.
There is a sharp dividing line regarding how people perceive climate protection. There are some who talk about it such as those in Brussels, and there are others who, similar to Hungary, also take action, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said on Monday on the public service television news channel M1 in connection with the Prime Minister’s state-of-the-nation address which also covered climate protection measures.
Hungary before all else, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed in his state-of-the-nation address delivered on Sunday at the Castle Garden Bazaar in Budapest. He highlighted, among others, that the government had adopted a climate protection action plan, and 2020 and 2021 would be about the continuation of country building.
The government, with the support of the Fidesz and KDNP parliamentary groups, will launch a national consultation in March, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Sunday Paper’.
Standard and Poor’s upgrades its outlook with relation the Hungarian economy.
Some 100,000 to 120,000 migrants are seeking ways to enter Europe in the simplest possible manner, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi said on the public service television news channel on Friday.