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Protection of external borders is one of the “cornerstones” of government’s policy

Government, September 23, 2020 12:24 PM

The protection of the external borders constitutes one of the “cornerstones” of the Hungarian government’s policy. Since 2015, Hungary’s border protection has done everything to stop and filter those arriving in Europe at the Schengen border of the European Union, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the public service television news channel M1 on Wednesday.

Extension of credit debt repayment moratorium to leave HUF 400 to 450 billion with families and businesses

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, September 23, 2020 12:22 PM

Thanks to the credit debt repayment moratorium extended to 30 June 2021, next year some HUF 400 to 450 billion could be left with families and businesses, Csaba Dömötör said. Including family members, this possibility could help more than a million people.

In Hungary rule of law is alive and well

Government spokesperson, September 23, 2020 10:46 AM

Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod wrote an opinion piece for the news portal Altinget under the title ‘Poland and Hungary could undermine foundations of EU’ which Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács rejected. His reply was published on the portal on Wednesday.

The issue of language use and native language education must be resolved in Transcarpathia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 23, 2020 9:12 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó reported on agreement with relation to the issue of language use and native language education following a meeting with the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday.

Germany “sent invitation” to migrants in 2015

Government spokesperson, September 23, 2020 8:41 AM

German politics and the German press “sent an invitation” to migrants in 2015 despite the fact that on its own Germany did not have the right to make such a decision, Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács said at a discussion organised by the 21st Century Institute that could be followed on Facebook.

Young people continue to account for majority of confirmed cases

Government, September 22, 2020 3:26 PM

Young people between the ages of 20 and 29 continue to account for the vast majority of confirmed cases, and this is why it is necessary to close entertainment venues at 11.00 p.m., the Chief Medical Officer said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

Persons returning from abroad face ten-day quarantine

Government, September 22, 2020 3:24 PM

Persons returning from abroad are required to face quarantine for 10 days instead of 14, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Tuesday.

The emergency measures have withstood the test of all international legal systems

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 22, 2020 3:06 PM

“The Hungarian measures introduced by Hungary and authorised by Parliament during the period of the emergency legal regime have withstood the test of all international legal systems, and were in no way damaging from the perspective of human rights and freedoms”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó highlighted in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Minister of Defence receives Georgia’s Ambassador to Budapest

Ministry of Defence, September 22, 2020 1:37 PM

Minister of Defence Dr. Tibor Benkő received Georgia’s Ambassador to Budapest Zaal Gogsadze on Monday 21 September to discuss the upcoming meeting between the two countries’ defence ministers.

We must prepare for a protracted, multi-front struggle

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, September 22, 2020 12:59 PM

We must prepare for a protracted, multi-front struggle, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said regarding the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic on the public service television news channel M1 on Monday evening.