As part of the Visegrád cooperation, the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have arrived in Budapest to attend a working meeting, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the press on Thursday morning.
“The Hungarian Government Bond Plus is successful and popular; over 500 billion forints (EUR 1.55bn) worth of bonds were purchased during the first week of issue. This is the highest ever figure for first-week trading on the market”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
The primary goal of the legislative amendment bill currently before parliament, and required for the reorganisation of the institutional system and the financing of Hungarian research & development and innovation, is for there to be more research that effectively assists the Hungarian economy.
The purpose of the assistance provided for the most populous African country as part of the Hungary Helps Programme is to alleviate the consequences of the armed conflict that also affects local Christians.
“The European Union would be poorer and less competitive if it hadn’t taken on the countries of Central Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó explained on Wednesday in Trieste, where he attended a meeting of foreign ministers from the countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI).
“Based on the broad mandate received from the population, the Hungarian Government is doing everything possible to assure that the European Union’s migration policy changes and the security of the European people can be guaranteed”, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi said on Hungarian M1 current affairs television.
“The Government is supporting Hungarian applicants to enable them to be as successful as possible in their efforts to receive direct research & development & innovation (R&D&I) funding (Horizon 2020) from Brussels”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Tuesday in Budapest at a professional event jointly organised by the Ministry and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH).
726 nursery school places will be created in the upcoming years based on the Government’s tender for the establishment of family nurseries, out of 465 million forints (EUR 1.45 million) in funding.
In connection with the boat accident on the Danube, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon thanked Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for his condolences, and also thanked the Hungarian government for its support and cooperation, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
“The Hungarian Government expects the Romanian authorities to restore the military cemetery in Úzvölgy to its original state, and to eliminate the violation of sanctity and the vandalization of graves”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Parliament.