“During the period of the coronavirus epidemic, 806 enterprises have committed themselves to realising investment projects at a total value of 377 billion forints (EUR 1.07 billion), and by doing so have protected over 143 thousand workplaces”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday at Paulik Ltd.’s facility in Nyíradony, where he officially presented the company with its funding certificate.
Although economic recovery has already begun, the rebooting of the economy following the state of emergency continues to require major resources from the budget. The government’s intent is to provide all possible assistance to Hungarian enterprises, and to create at least as many jobs as are eliminated by the epidemic.
The refurbishment process of the Hungexpo exhibition venue to the value of HUF 55 billion is nearing its end; by the end of the spring, the area of more than 70,000 square metres which will host the ‘One with Nature’ World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition between 25 September and 14 October next year will be fully renovated, Zoltán Kovács, the government commissioner responsible for the implementation of the world exhibition and the related series of events said on Monday at a background discussion about the exhibition.
“Hungarian-Chinese cooperation must be relaunched at the earliest opportunity, and the political will to achieve this exists on both sides”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an online press conference on Monday to report on his official visit to China.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has summoned Germany’s Ambassador to Budapest with relation to Saturday’s statement by German politician Michael Roth”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stood up for Ukraine’s sovereignty, the discussion of issues awaiting a solution and good neighbourly relations in a message he sent to his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal on the occasion of Ukraine’s national holiday, Independence Day, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.
“The Jewish community is safe in Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a Facebook post on Saturday.
The introduction of the coronavirus into the country can be prevented most effectively with border measures, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the Friday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.
Within days, the government will launch a campaign to promote Hungarian products, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister announced on his Facebook account on Friday.
The reintroduction of the coronavirus infection into the country continues to remain the biggest threat; therefore, further restrictive measures will be required, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.