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Schaeffler is constructing a new plant in Szombathely with an investment of 23.5 billion forints

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 28, 2019 9:00 PM

“The Schaeffler Group is constructing a new plant in Szombathely with an investment of 23.5 billion forints (EUR 70 million), creating 150 new workplaces, towards which the government is providing 5 billion forints (EUR 15 million) in non-returnable cash funding”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday in Budapest.

50-million-dollar tied aid loan programme to be launched with Kenya

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 28, 2019 8:00 PM

“Hungary has come to an agreement with Kenya on the launching of a 50-million-dollar tied aid loan programme”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday following talks with Kenyan Foreign Minister Monica Juma.

The government is funding the education of disadvantaged African children

Prime Minister’s Office, November 28, 2019 8:00 PM

“The government is funding the education of disadvantaged African children”, State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Realisation of the Hungary Helps Program Tristan Azbej, from the Prime Minister’s Office, announced in his speech closing the three-day International Conference on Christian Persecution in Budapest on Thursday.

Capital’s new leadership does not support construction of hospital centre in South Buda

Prime Minister’s Office, November 28, 2019 8:00 PM

After the Metropolitan General Assembly’s Wednesday meeting, members of the public were informed that the majority now in power in the assembly does not support the South Buda hospital centre project, and does not wish to contribute to the funding of health care developments, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.

Cooperation between service centres and the government is mutually profitable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 28, 2019 4:12 PM

“Cooperation between the business service centres operating in Hungary and the government is mutually profitable; this must be continued in future”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.

Protecting Christians is our moral obligation

Prime Minister’s Office, November 28, 2019 3:49 PM

Protecting persecuted Christians is our moral obligation, a cause which we must stand up for also on the international scene, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday, on the last day of the international conference on Christian persecution, held in Budapest.

May Baranya County and Slavonia be the centre of the world again

The Prime Minister, November 28, 2019 3:12 PM

Croatia and Hungary must be connected together so that Slavonia and Baranya County may become the centre of the world again, an envied region, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Eszék (Osijek) in Croatia.

Let there be an international day of remembrance for the victims of communist dictatorships!

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 28, 2019 3:08 PM

“Hungary will be submitting a proposal to the United Nations concerning an international day of remembrance for the victims of communist dictatorships”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference on Thursday in Budapest.

Palkovics: Hungary spent the most on research & development in 2018 as a ratio of its GDP

Ministry for Innovation and Technology, November 28, 2019 1:49 PM

“Hungary’s R&D expenditure to GDP ratio index, which has been around 1.3 percent for years, significantly exceeded the highest value measured to date in 2018, at 1.53 percent. The government will be providing 32 billion forints (EUR 95.1 million) in additional funding for research & development and innovation next year, and the target for 2020 is to reach a ratio of 1.8 percent. Hungary will be able to progress to be among the most significant innovators if it suitably exploits the opportunities inherent in cooperation between the government, industry and universities”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on 28 November 2019 in Budapest at the closing event of the national series of programmes presenting the Territorial Innovation Platforms (TIPs).

Minister of State Miklós Soltész met with Pope Francis

Prime Minister’s Office, November 27, 2019 8:00 PM

On 27 November, during his official visit to Rome, Minister of State for Church and National Minority Relations of the Prime Minister’s Office attended the Pope’s usual Wednesday’s General Audience at St. Peter’s Square.