“Demographics and family policy are not just an ideological issue, but also an economic issue, and are also of determining importance with relation to international competitiveness”, State Secretary for Family and Youth Affairs Katalin Novák said at a professional forum entitled ‘Work and Family’ organised by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkó received his Czech counterpart with full military honours on Heroes’ Square in Budapest on Friday 21 June, following which the parties held a joint press conference at the Hotel Hadik after holding negotiations. Mr. Benkő stressed that cooperation between the Czech and Hungarian military is extremely good.
On 21 June 2019, State Secretary for Defence Policy Péter Sztáray met with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Budapest Mohammed Al Matrafi, with whom he reviewed the increasingly tense security situation in the Persian Gulf region, with particular attention to the attacks and sabotage attempts against Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
Within the new framework strategy being negotiated by the European Commission, the Hungarian Government wishes to enforce the standpoint according to which migration must be stopped, not managed.
“The Government is providing three million forints (EUR 9.2 million) in non-returnable funding towards Austrian automotive industry company AVL Hungary Ltd.’s 12.5-billion-forint (EUR 38.5 million) regional development centre investment project in Érd”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in Érd on Monday.
“Another ten Hungarian companies are joining the Outstanding Exporter Partnership Programme, in which nine enterprises are already participating”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday at an event to mark the ceremonious signing of the new cooperation agreements.
Favourable economic trends experienced hitherto and expected for the future guarantee fiscal balance and stability. Including a deficit of HUF 137.4bn in the month of May, the central sub sector of the state budget closed the period January-May 2019 with a deficit of HUF 176.4bn, corresponding to 17.7 percent of the annual deficit target. The ESA full-year deficit target of 1.8 percent of GDP will be attainable.
“At the summit of the leaders of the European Union’s member states, we succeeded in having adopted the endeavours that are important to Hungary”, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Friday evening current affairs program.
“Hungary is establishing a port and logistics base in Trieste to enable Hungarian enterprises that export abroad to be able to ship their goods rapidly and without hindrance”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Mogyoród on Friday.
“German company Thyssenkrupp will be constructing a camshaft production plant in Pécs with the support of the Government and with an investment of 17.4 billion forints (EUR 53.7 million)”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference in Budapest on Friday.