Ninety-two per cent of eligible settlements, meaning almost all settlements have already been awarded development funds through the Hungarian Villages Programme, the government commissioner responsible for the development of Hungarian settlements stated on Monday in Budapest.
Legal security in itself prohibits the introduction of vague concepts such as the rule of law as EU obligations, Justice Minister Judit Varga said in an interview given to the German newspaper Die Welt that was released on Friday.
A memorandum of understanding on humanitarian cooperation between the Hungarian and Polish governments was signed on Monday in Budapest.
“The strength and importance of the Visegrád cooperation has once again become apparent: we also support the Polish position with respect to Belarus”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a Facebook post on Monday.
On the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of Indonesia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent his congratulations and best wishes to Indonesian head of state Joko Widodo, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó discussed the situation in Minsk with the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borell and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas by telephone on Sunday.
On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of India, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his sincere greetings and best wishes to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Saturday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun in a message on the occasion of the National Liberation Day of Korea, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Saturday.
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, when the 2020/2021 international football cup season begins next week a new protocol will come into force for Hungarian teams who take to the pitch broad and come home, and for foreign teams who visit Hungary, according to an announcement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Saturday.
If due to coronavirus infections an epicentre were to develop in a refugee centre in Greece, based on the regulations of the World Health Organization (WHO), it should be quarantined, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the Friday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.