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Next year’s EP elections will be crucial both for Hungary and Europe

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, December 20, 2018 1:37 PM

Next year’s EP elections will be crucial both for Hungary and Europe, Antal Rogán, the Prime Minister’s cabinet chief stated in an interview published in the Thursday issue of the newspaper Magyar Hírlap.

We do not support the replacement of the populations of continents

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 20, 2018 1:16 PM

“The standpoint of the Hungarian Government is that migration is dangerous and must be stopped”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minster of State for Communications and Hungary’s International Image said on Hungarian M1 television’s Thursday morning current affairs program with relation to the UN Global Compact for Migration.

The Global Compact for Migration is a betrayal of Europe; Hungary will be voting no

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 20, 2018 12:19 PM

“Hungary will be voting no to the Global Compact for Migration, because most of its goals are at odds with Hungary’s national interests”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Wednesday in New York at the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly, the topic of which was the adoption of the UN Global Compact for Migration.

The agreement adopted in the UN is more African–Asian–Latin-American than global

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 20, 2018 11:26 AM

“There was no surprise at Wednesday’s vote on the UN Global Compact for Migration during the organisation’s plenary session in New York with relation to the fact that the adoption of the Compact was supported by the African, Asian, Latin-American and the Small Island countries, obviously because it conforms to their interests”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to public media from New York following the vote.

The police response was subdued compared to the attacks

Government spokesperson, December 20, 2018 11:21 AM

According to State Secretary for International Communications and Relations Zoltán Kovács, the police response to the protests that have been held in the country since last Wednesday evening have been extremely subdued compared to the fact that Members of Parliament and political activists have attacked police and public institutions.

Ministry of Justice issues foreign language translations of acts on public administration courts adopted by National Assembly

Ministry of Justice, December 20, 2018 10:18 AM

The Ministry of Justice has prepared the English and French translations of the texts of the Act on Pubic Administration Courts and the Act on the Coming into Force of the Act on Pubic Administration Courts and certain Transitional Regulations, which have been sent to the President of the Republic for signature.

Government regards acts of violence of past few days as unacceptable

Government spokesperson, December 19, 2018 4:50 PM

The government regards the acts of violence of the past few days as unacceptable, the government spokesperson said at a press conference held on Wednesday at Kossuth tér, in Budapest.

World organisation makes a serious mistake with adoption of migration compact

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 19, 2018 4:46 PM

The UN General Assembly is making a very serious mistake by adopting the global migration compact at its Wednesday plenary meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said shortly before the beginning of the meeting in New York.

The police will continue to do everything possible in the interests of the security of Hungarian families and border protection during the Christmas holidays

Ministry of Interior, December 19, 2018 1:33 PM

“The police will continue to do everything possible in the interests of the security of the country and Hungarian families during the Christmas holidays, and accordingly will assure the protection of the border with continued vigilance and intensity”, The Ministry of Interior’s Parliamentary State Secretary said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

American-Hungarian cooperation agreement concluded on the protection of persecuted christians

Prime Minister’s Office, December 19, 2018 10:37 AM

A cooperation agreement on humanitarian aid was signed on Tuesday by the State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Hungary Helps Program and USAID, the international development agency of the United States of America. The conclusion of the agreement is a major opportunity and a recognition of the achievements of the Hungary Helps Program.