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The UN’s migration package is unbalanced and dangerous

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 16, 2018 5:19 PM

“The UN’s migration package is an unbalanced and dangerous document because it further inspires the processes that have posed many dangers to Europe in recent years”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian reporters in the recess of a one-day meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

The costs of holding a bank account to become more transparent

Ministry of Finance, July 16, 2018 2:41 PM

As of the middle of next year, banks are going to be obliged to draw up a list of fees for each type of retail payment account and upload the resulting Terms and Conditions to a comparative data base. The Ministry of Finance has released a draft of the relevant Government Decree for social consultation.

Minister Varga met with Amazon and Boeing managers on the last leg of his US trip

Ministry of Finance, July 16, 2018 1:23 PM

Hungary is determined to maintain strong bilateral relations with the USA; last year, the volume of bilateral trade exceeded USD 5.4bn, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said when he visited the Amazon headquarters and met with Vice Presidents Susan Pointer and Dave Bozeman in Seattle.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow

The Prime Minister, July 16, 2018 11:48 AM

Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has told the government website kormany.hu that in the Kremlin on Sunday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President of Russia Vladimir Putin had talks which touched on the organisation of the FIFA World Cup, energy projects and economic cooperation.

There is no choice but to leave UN pact

Government, July 16, 2018 10:40 AM

The Hungarian government takes the view that there is no choice but to leave the migration pact proposed by the UN, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the Sunday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.

The Government will continue to protect the security of the Hungarian people in future

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 16, 2018 10:18 AM

“The Government will continue to protect the security of Hungary and the Hungarian people in future, and is giving the strongest possible indication of the fact that it in no way regards documents that are at odds with this to be applicable to Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday papers” show.

Viktor Orbán assures Italy’s new government of Hungary’s respect

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 16, 2018 9:53 AM

“Viktor Orbán has assured the Italian Government, which is protecting Europe’s borders via its new migration policy, of Hungary’s respect”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.

Hungary must exit the adoption process of the Global Compact for Migration

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 13, 2018 7:10 PM

“In view of the fact that the UN Compact for Migration will be mandatory for member states, Hungary must exit the adoption process and make it absolutely clear that it in no way regards any of the measures or guidelines included in the migration package as applicable to itself”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday in New York.

The UN Compact for Migration represents an extreme danger

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 13, 2018 11:52 AM

“In its current form, the UN’s migration package may be regarded as an African migration package because it represents African interests, but doesn’t represent European interests”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Communication declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Friday morning current affairs program.

Another American university to begin operating in Hungary next year

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 13, 2018 9:00 AM

“Another American university will be able to launch its education programme in Budapest from next September”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday in New York.