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In 2020 government to spend HUF 645 billion more on education than in 2010

Prime Minister’s Office, August 31, 2019 8:55 PM

According to the already adopted budget for next year, in 2020 the government will spend HUF 645 billion more on education than in 2010, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Saturday in Pécs at the joint school year opening ceremony of Reformed Church educational institutions in the Carpathian Basin.

Hungarians are investing in their own country

Ministry of Finance, August 31, 2019 7:51 PM

According to the latest data, Hungarian Government Securities Plus (MÁP+) subscriptions now amount to HUF 1,795 billion, and subscription figures indicate that MÁP+ could, on the one hand, be capable of channelling also newly generated incomes to savings and on the other of reducing the portfolio of retail cash, Gábor Gion, Minister of State for Finances of the Ministry of Finance told the Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap.

More than 36,000 people have applied for support as part of the family protection action plan

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 30, 2019 3:09 PM

In just under two months, more than 36,000 people have applied for one form of support or another as part of the family protection action plan.

Incumbent European Commission has led astray cause of the enlargement of the European Union

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 30, 2019 2:55 PM

The incumbent European Commission has led astray the cause of the enlargement of the European Union. In doing so, it has greatly harmed Europe, Europe’s security and future, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone from Helsinki where he attended a meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Union’s Member states.

We have answers to new types of threats

Ministry of Defence, August 30, 2019 11:51 AM

Hungary continues to remain committed to the concept that the new types of threats that are currently emerging must be managed both with national and multinational solutions.

Hungarian economy’s performance offers new opportunities to German businesses as well

Ministry of Finance, August 30, 2019 11:01 AM

German businesses settling in Hungary have been important players in Hungary in the three decades since the fall of communism. They contributed to the creation of a market economy in Hungary with their investments, the sharing of experience and the requirements they set, Finance Minister Mihály Varga stated at the jubilee celebration of Continental Automotive Hungary Kft. established in 1989.

Double-digit pay rise supports economic growth

Ministry of Finance, August 30, 2019 10:58 AM

The government’s economic policy resting on pay rises and tax reductions, too, plays a key role in the fact that in the first half of this year wages increased by 10.6 per cent.

What is best about the incumbent European Commission is that it will be replaced

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 29, 2019 5:20 PM

For many years, the best news about the incumbent European Commission has been that it will be replaced soon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday by telephone from Helsinki where he is attending the meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Union’s Member States.

Viktor Orbán’s message to Matteo Salvini: regardless of political developments, we look upon you as a brother-in-arms

The Prime Minister, August 29, 2019 2:01 PM

At noon on Thursday Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, informed the Hungarian news agency MTI that Prime Minister and President of Fidesz Viktor Orbán has written a letter to Matteo Salvini – the leader of the Italian party Lega, and until today a member of Italy’s government. In his letter Mr. Orbán expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the work recently done by Mr. Salvini for Italy and the whole of Europe, including Hungary.

Domestic investments continue to grow dynamically

Ministry of Finance, August 29, 2019 1:32 PM

In the first half of this year, investments worth more than HUF 4,000 billion were implemented in Hungary; these are a meaningful contribution to the country’s spectacular growth. The government’s measures seeking to promote investment, the utilisation of EU funds, the success of the housing programme, Hungary’s economic policy and the positive business environment which attracts investments to the country all played a prominent role in an expansion in the magnitude of almost twenty per cent.