On Wednesday, Justice Minister Judit Varga received Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yury Chaika and his delegation with whom she signed a cooperation agreement as part of a bilateral meeting in Budapest.
The number of illegal immigrants at Hungary’s borders is increasing intensively; this year, the number of those attempting to cross the border illegally has exceeded ten thousand.
The Ministry of Finance has submitted new economy protection and competitiveness improvement bills to the National Assembly. The Hungarian economy is expected to perform well above the EU average again this year. In the interests of preserving Hungary’s economic results, the Cabinet decided in May on the first Economy Protection Action Plan, and Parliament has already decided on six of the Plan’s seven points relating to tax cuts, for instance the reduction of social contributions tax and small business tax (KIVA), while the seventh point is part of the bill that has been submitted today.
The framework agreement on education between Hungary and China will also be extended to cooperation in vocational training, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday in Beijing.
Hungary has a vested interest in supporting the EU’s enhanced acting capacity, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő stressed on Tuesday, 12 November after the Brussels meeting of the European Union’s defence ministers. The agenda of the meeting included the implementation of the European security and defence package, the status of missions and operations, and the current issues of EU-NATO cooperation.
On Tuesday in Beijing, on the occasion of the signing of further cooperation agreements, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics reported results which serve to further strengthen cooperation between Hungary and China in the fields of investments, the emergence of Chinese companies in Hungary, transport, education and research, finance and culture.
“The government has provided 1.8 billion forints (EUR 5.38 million) in funding towards GlaxoSmithKline’s 18 billion-forint (EUR 53.8 million) development project in Gödöllő”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the official opening of GSK’s new vaccine production plant in Gödöllő on Tuesday.
“Respect for historical facts cannot be regarded as revisionism”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a session of Parliament’s National Solidarity Committee on Tuesday.
“Increasing migration pressure is to be expected in the upcoming months because of the onset of winter and the European assessment of Turkey’s offensive in Syria”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday in Brussels in the recess of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
“The investment record has already been broken this year, with agreements concluded on 62 major investment projects that mean the creation of 9682 new workplaces, towards which the government has provided 129 billion forints (EUR 386 million) in cash funding”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Tuesday at his annual hearing before Parliament’s Economic Committee.