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Finance Minister Varga: Hungarian economic growth is sustainable

Ministry of Finance, October 1, 2019 8:00 PM

On Tuesday in Budapest, at a conference entitled Inspiring Hungary organised by the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA), the Finance Minister described Hungary’s economic growth as sustainable despite the slowing down of the global economy.

Hungary wishes to play an active role in UN’s world food programme cooperation

Ministry of Agriculture, October 1, 2019 8:00 PM

Hungary supports FAO’s goals; several years of cooperation as well as operational projects and scholarship programmes testify to this, among others, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture said on Tuesday at the 41st session of the European Commission on Agriculture of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Budapest.

Elderly people represent social order resting on common sense

Government spokesperson, October 1, 2019 8:00 PM

Elderly people are the bearers and authentic representatives of the social order and values resting on common sense which are capable of guaranteeing the survival of a nation, the active experience of Christian freedom, and the possibility of a happy and full life, the Government Spokesperson said at a Budapest conference entitled “Value Throughout” organised by the Club of Young Families (Ficsak) on the occasion of the International Day for Older Persons.

In the past 10 years we have modernised some 600 kilometres of railway tracks

Ministry for Innovation and Technology, October 1, 2019 8:00 PM

In Hungary in the past ten years, some 600 kilometres of railway tracks have been modernised and 300 kilometres of railway lines have been electrified, railway stations have been refurbished, the rolling stock has been upgraded, new electric engines and multiple units have been procured, and the Hungarian state railway company MÁV has manufactured 20 self-developed railway carriages, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics listed on Tuesday at the conference 2019 Hungarian Railways of the Hungrail Hungarian Railway Association in Budapest.

Hungary will remain an investment destination in the upcoming years

Ministry of Finance, October 1, 2019 4:12 PM

“Thanks to its over the European Union average economic growth, falling tax burdens, and its consistent and calculable economic policy, Hungary will be able to remain an attractive investment destination it the upcoming years”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga declared at the Inspiring Hungary international economy conference in Budapest.

Free trade is in Hungary’s interests

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 1, 2019 2:05 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said open global trade and free trade are in Hungary’s interests at a conference on Tuesday in Budapest.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s letter to Kurz: Austria’s citizens support politics based on Christian values

The Prime Minister, October 1, 2019 1:03 PM

In a message Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated Sebastian Kurz, Chairman of the Austrian People’s Party on the “convincing victory” achieved in the Austrian federal parliamentary elections, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.

Average pension premiums of HUF 20,000 and pension supplements of HUF 11,000 to be paid in November

The Prime Minister, October 1, 2019 12:10 PM

The average amount of the pension premium will be HUF 20,160, while that of the pension supplement will be HUF 11,000 this year. Pensioners will receive them in one sum in November, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the meeting of the Council of the Elderly held in the Parliament Building on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to nominate Olivér Várhelyi as new candidate for commissioner

The Prime Minister, September 30, 2019 11:05 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will nominate Ambassador Olivér Várhelyi, head of Hungary’s Permanent Representation in Brussels as Hungary’s commissioner in the EU. He announced this on Monday evening in Budapest at a press conference held jointly with Antti Rinne, Prime Minister of Finland which currently holds the EU presidency. Mr Orbán also said in answer to questions of journalists that in Hungary the rule of law is not a legal issue, but an issue of honour.

Dr Csaba Latorcai inaugurated Memorial of Andrew of Jerusalem in the Holy Land

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 30, 2019 9:00 PM

Hungary is a Christian country which believes that strengthening Christian life in the Holy Land is important, Dr Csaba Latorcai, Minister of State for Public Administration of the Ministry of Human Capacities said in his address which he delivered in the Holy Land, in the settlement of Mi’ilya at a memorial inauguration ceremony where local Christians commemorated the Hungarians who found a home there 800 years ago.