This year so far, more than two hundred people smugglers have been apprehended, while last year during the whole year this number was only a hundred and fifty, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the public service television news channel M1 on Wednesday morning.
In a detailed letter addressed to Speaker of the House László Kövér, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rendered an account of the fulfilment of the five-point parliamentary mandate he received for the July summit of the European Council. According to this, he accomplished the first two objectives: there is no obstacle to the conclusion of the procedure instituted against Hungary under Article Seven; and he succeeded in taking important steps towards excluding the attachment of political conditions to the disbursement of funds. However, Hungary has not yet accomplished the goal of putting an end to grants provided for parties and political agencies functioning in the guise of non-governmental organisations, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó expressed his condolences and sympathy to the Polish President’s cabinet chief Krzysztof Szczerski with relation to the accident involving a coach transporting Polish citizens, the Minister said on his social media page.
Compared with earlier periods, the threat of infection due to migrants arriving in masses has increased, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister stated on the Sunday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.
The primary duty of the disease control deployment unit is to localise infection epicentres and to prevent the further spread of the virus, members of the press were informed at a display of the unit held in conjunction with a press conference on Friday in Budapest.
In the interest of preventing the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán asked people not to interact with others when ill, displaying symptoms such as a cough and a temperature.
After a decline in the spring, the pressure of migration has increased significantly at the Hungarian-Serbian border, the Deputy Police Commissioner said at a press conference held on Thursday in Röszke.
The government is asking everyone travelling abroad to exercise special caution, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
In a message to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Cardinal Béchara Boutros al-Rai, Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch thanked Hungary for its condolences and the financial assistance of EUR 1 million provided for the alleviation of the losses caused by the Beirut explosion, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó had a telephone conversation with Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Vahba on Wednesday with relation to the Beirut explosion.