“The Government’s goals remain unchanged in 2019: The goal is a country that is growing and gaining strength, and which is capable of maintaining its security”, the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary, Csaba Dömötör said.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also had talks about the V4 summit to be held in Jerusalem at the beginning of 2019, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, it is a bad joke even at this time of year, with New Year’s Eve approaching, that Jean-Claude Juncker should want to tell us what Christian democracy is.
According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, this year the Spanish migration route has become dominant. A 120 per cent increase in the number of arrivals has been registered, and the fact that a left-wing government was formed in Spain plays a role in this.
At the meeting of the Permanent Consultation Forum of the Competitive Sector and the Government, a two-year agreement was reached pursuant to which the minimum wage and the guaranteed wage minimum for qualified workers will increase by 8 per cent in 2019 and by another 8 per cent in 2020. The forum determined the rate of the recommended wage increase at 8 per cent for both years, Finance Minister Mihály Varga announced.
Migration will be the main and determining issue of next year’s European parliamentary (EP) elections, György Bakondi said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó rejects Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström’s “arrogant” words of criticism levelled at Hungary in an interview given to a Swedish daily newspaper.
According to Finance Minister Mihály Varga, the opposition wants to deceive the people, and is intentionally misinterpreting the law on the extension of voluntary overtime.
The opposition continues to lie regarding the amendment of the Labour Code, Government Spokesperson István Hollik said.
Apostolic Nuncio to Syria Mario Zenari thanked Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a letter for the Hungarian government’s financial support with the Syrian humanitarian project Open Hospitals.