“The migration situation is becoming increasingly serious; the number of migrants that have accumulated in the Western Balkans is approaching 100 thousand”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Vienna at a high-level panel discussion at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).
“As a result of the vote that occurred at the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference, Hungary has been elected to the organisation’s Executive Board; after an absence of ten years the country will be returning to the highly prestigious body”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s press chief, Máté Paczolay said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
“The new European Commission must accelerate its negotiations on free trade agreements; Hungary has an interest in the global economy being as open as possible”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in the recess of a meeting of EU foreign Ministers discussing international trade affairs on Thursday afternoon in Brussels.
The Hungarian economy’s growth this year will be around five per cent, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at his press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
“The strong and modern insurance sector is playing an important role in the growth of the economy, the maintaining of financial stability, and the financial security of families”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga declared at an international conference organised by the Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies (MABISZ).
In a message written to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA) thanked the Hungarian Prime Minister for the Hungarian government’s position related to Jewish settlements in the West Bank, for Hungary’s consistent support of Israel and for the comprehensive agreement concluded with the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday evening.
“Hungary has decided on the deployment of a further 170 soldiers, with which it is increasing the number of its military personnel in NATO missions by one third”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated on Wednesday following a one-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.
Statement of the Government Communication Centre
Government Communication Centre: The government is not planning to change the electoral law.
The government will raise judges’ and prosecutors’ pay in three instalments: From 1 January judges will receive a 32 per cent pay rise on average, while prosecutors 21 per cent, to be followed by 12 and 13 per cent pay rises in 2021 and 2022, respectively, Justice Minister Judit Varga announced at a press conference held on Wednesday in Budapest.