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New child support and interest-subsidised loans for used homes available from July

Ministry of Human Capacities, February 11, 2019 4:54 PM

From 1 July the interest-subsidised loans provided under the family housing benefit scheme (‘csok’) will also be available for the purchase of used homes, and families will be able to apply for the new child support in respect of children born after 1 July, Katalin Novák announced.

Many European Union countries are now stressing the importance of border surveillance

Government, February 11, 2019 2:52 PM

“In addition to Hungary, many other European Union countries are now also stressing that mass illegal immigration must be stopped outside the EU’s borders”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on Hungarian M1 television’s Friday evening current affairs program.

The acceleration of the European integration of the Western Balkans is in the EU’s economic and security interests

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 11, 2019 2:46 PM

“Hungary and Romania, the current President of the Council of the European Union, both support the acceleration of the European integration of the Western Balkans, because it is in both the economic and security interests of the EU”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed in an interview for Romanian Digi 24 television, a transcript of which was published on the channel’s website on Sunday.

Hungary is making progress with another milestone in the food industry

The Prime Minister, February 11, 2019 2:38 PM

In the village of Visonta in Heves County on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated the Viresol Kft. wheat starch plant. He described the plant as another milestone for the Hungarian food industry, assisting grain processing in Hungary to enter an entirely different dimension.

Viktor Orbán will present the Family Protection Action Plan during his state of the nation address on Sunday

Prime Minister’s Office, February 8, 2019 9:40 PM

“The economic performance achieved since 2010 is enabling the budget to undertake a greater role within the field of family support schemes, and for people who both work and raise children to receive increasing benefits within the tax system”, Gergely Gulyás said.

Timmermans has the advantage of made to measure legislation

Prime Minister’s Office, February 8, 2019 1:47 PM

Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás said the fact that First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans “is playing the role of a top European Union official” while also being the top candidate of the pro-immigration socialist forces is the result of “made to measure legislation”.

Hungary is one of the greatest supporters and most important centres of aquatic sports

The Prime Minister, February 8, 2019 11:20 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Managing Director of the National Federation of Swimming (FINA) Cornel Marculescu held talks in Budapest’s Carmelite Monastery on the prestigious aquatic sporting events to be held in Hungary in the upcoming years, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI.

Brussels’ mistaken migration policy is increasing the danger of anti-Semitism

Prime Minister’s Office, February 8, 2019 9:48 AM

“The mistaken migration policy of the Hungarian and European pro-immigration forces and the Brussels bureaucracy are increasing the danger of anti-Semitism”, Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács from the Prime Minister’s Office said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Brussels on Thursday.

Migration pressure must be eliminated

Government spokesperson, February 8, 2019 9:44 AM

“Migration pressure should be eliminated, not managed”, State Secretary for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács said on Hungarian M1 television’s Thursday evening current affairs program.

Training and knowledge transfer are key issues in agrarian sector

Ministry of Agriculture, February 8, 2019 9:24 AM

“The basic objective of Hungary’s upcoming Digital Agricultural Strategy is that farmers should learn and take advantage of new technologies in their daily work. For this reason, education and knowledge transfer will be of paramount importance in the coming years”, State Secretary for Agriculture Zsolt Feldman, said in Kecskemét.