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Hungarian foreign policy has successfully achieved its designated targets

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 26, 2019 7:00 PM

“2019 has provided several pieces of evidence regarding the fact that Hungarian foreign policy has successfully achieved its designated targets, and that the instruments we have chosen to achieve these goals have proven to be effective”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at Tuesday’s session of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.

All forms of Christian persecution are unacceptable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 26, 2019 4:26 PM

“The Hungarian government rejects the approach that often appears on the part of the international community, according to which Christian phobia and any form of anti-Christian sentiment is acceptable”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the second International Conference on Christian Persecution on Tuesday in Budapest.

Mihály Varga holds talks with Chinese Finance Minister

Ministry of Finance, November 26, 2019 3:39 PM

“Economic and financial relations between Hungary and China are increasingly strong and rest on secure foundations, and opportunities for cooperation will also open within a host of new fields in future”, Mihály Varga said following talks with Chinese Minster of Finance Liu Kun in Beijing. The Hungarian Finance Minister drew attention to the fact that this was the first Hungarian-Chinese finance ministers’ meeting since the 1990 regime change. During the meeting, it was stated that more Chinese banks are preparing to establish their regional centres in Budapest.

Europe can only be saved if it finds its way back to its Christian identity

The Prime Minister, November 26, 2019 3:18 PM

Europe can only be saved if it finds its way back to the source of its true values, to its Christian identity, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Tuesday in Budapest.

Hungary moves up thirty places in the World Bank’s tax rankings thanks to the government’s tax cuts

Ministry of Finance, November 26, 2019 11:09 AM

“Hungary has moved up thirty places compared to last year in the World Bank’s Paying Taxes rankings, meaning it is now in 56th place. The improvement is predominantly the result of the government’s policy of reducing taxes, the major decrease in administrative burdens, and the tax office’s increasingly efficient monitoring practices”, State Secretary for Tax Affairs Norbert Izer said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.

New opportunity opens for Central Europe’s gas supply

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 25, 2019 8:00 PM

“A new opportunity is opening for Central Europe’s energy supply, and within it for its natural gas supply”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Veľké Zlievce (Felsőzellő), Slovakia, following talks with Slovakian Economy Minister Peter Ziga at the gas compressor station centre operating there.

New opportunity opens for Central Europe’s gas supply

Government spokesperson, November 25, 2019 8:00 PM

“A new opportunity is opening for Central Europe’s energy supply, and within it for its natural gas supply”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Veľké Zlievce (Felsőzellő), Slovakia, following talks with Slovakian Economy Minister Peter Ziga at the gas compressor station centre operating there.

Communism has no heroes, only victims

Government spokesperson, November 25, 2019 8:00 PM

Communism has no heroes, only victims, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister stated on Monday in Budapest on the occasion of the memorial day of Soviet-deported Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers.

An agreement is required with Africa that facilitates the region’s population retention capacity

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 25, 2019 4:12 PM

“Hungary is only prepared to support an EU agreement with the countries of Africa that concerns the funding of effective repatriation policies and facilitates the region’s population retention capacity”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Brussels on Monday.

Remembering Soviet-deported Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers

Ministry of Human Capacities, November 25, 2019 4:07 PM


The 20th century’s two most devastating dictatorships were equally anti-human and anti-God. The survivors of these dictatorships had the opportunity to experience first hand that those who want to create a godless world are capable of the most inhumane deeds. Yet, today we observe that some politicians in the West and in Hungary – who describe themselves as responsible and progressive – resort to double standards and make a shameless distinction between one dictatorship and another, Dr Csaba Latorcai, Minister of State for Public Administration of the Ministry of Human Resources said in his speech delivered at a conference organised by the International Society of Gulag Researchers which was held in the Upper House Hall of the Parliament Building on the memorial day of Soviet-deported Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers.