János Horváth belonged to the brave generation which even between two pagans – during the brown-shirt and communist dictatorships – faithfully stood by his political conviction, a set of independent, smallholder, civic and patriotic beliefs, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in a message sent to the mourning family after the death of János Horváth, former oldest Member of Parliament.
On Wednesday, the government decided to make available HUF 79.4 billion to hospitals for the implementation of health care developments and the reduction of their debt portfolio, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office announced at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
Hungary – similar to some other countries sharing its views, including Poland – will do everything it can to prevent the UN’s global compact for migration from becoming any kind of reference point in international law, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in New York addressing the UN General Assembly’s session dealing with human rights issues.
Despite all illegal migration attempts, law enforcement agencies will protect the borders of Hungary and the European Union as well as the security of Hungarian and European people.
The Ministry of Defence will have a total budget of HUF 616 billion next year, Parliamentary State Secretary Szilárd Németh announced at a press conference held in the Ministry of Defence on 18 December.
Since the beginning of the migration crisis, never before have we observed such intense activity on the Balkans route in the month of December.
The Hungarian community in Transcarpathia – which is an integral and constituent part of the country in which it lives – has proved time and again that it has not only a past and a present, but also a future in its native land, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said on Tuesday in Beregszász (Berehove, Ukraine) where he inaugurated a life-size equestrian statue of Francis II Rákóczi.
The UN lays much emphasis on the protection of the language rights of indigenous and national minorities; Hungary firmly supports these aspirations of the world organisation, and takes action to protect the rights of Hungarian national minorities beyond the borders, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated. On Tuesday, the Minister addressed the UN General Assembly at a high-level event that marked the closing of the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Forming ever closer technological investment and economic cooperation with Asia is in Europe’s best interests in order to improve its competitiveness, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Madrid on Monday.
On 16 December 2019 in Shanghai, the Minister for Innovation and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with President of Fudan University Xu Ningsheng. In the document the parties confirm their common interest in the establishment of a campus for the institution in Budapest.