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Egypt is in negotiation with Hungary concerning the procurement of 1300 railway cars

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 9, 2018 11:19 AM

“Egyptian State Railways would like to procure 1300 railway cars from Hungary; the negotiations are still ongoing, but an agreement is expected to be concluded within the next 6-8 weeks based on which a Hungarian-Russian joint venture will be manufacturing the carriages with financing from Hungary’s Export-Import Bank”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI following a meeting of the Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Economic Committee (EJC) in Cairo on Friday.

Cooperation between Central Europe and China is also in the interests of the whole of the EU

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 9, 2018 9:46 AM

“It is in the interests of both Central Europe and the whole of the EU for cooperation with China to be tightened”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared following a meeting of the heads of government of China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries (China-CEEC) in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the meeting, Hungary was represented by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Hungarian-Chinese cooperation is expanding dynamically in all fields

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 7, 2018 3:26 PM

“Hungarian-Chinese cooperation is expanding dynamically in all fields”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in a statement to public media on Friday in Sofia.

French Ambassador Éric Fournier awarded Commander’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 6, 2018 2:02 PM

France’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H. E. Mr. Éric Fournier was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit; the decoration was presented to the Ambassador on Friday in Budapest by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.

Economic trends also help meet the deficit target

Ministry of Finance, July 6, 2018 11:01 AM

Extra fiscal revenues other than tax revenues also confirm the adequacy of the Government’s economic policy. The growth in expenditures is mainly due to the pre-financing of state- and EU-funded projects. The Ministry of Finance continues to expect economic growth of above 4 percent of GDP and fiscal deficit of 2.4 percent for the year 2018.

Hungary was one of the first to call for the development of a joint European military force

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, July 6, 2018 10:32 AM

“Hungary was one of the first to call for the development and reinforcement of a joint European military force, and Germany could play an important role in this”, The Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary, Csaba Dömötör said.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán left for Sofia

The Prime Minister, July 6, 2018 10:22 AM

From Berlin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Sofia where he will attend the next summit of the China – Central and Eastern Europe cooperation, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief announced on Thursday evening.

Pressure of migration has been ongoing since 2015

Government, July 6, 2018 10:20 AM

According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, the pressure of migration has been ongoing ever since 2015, and while there were times when the sea route was more dominant than the Balkans route and migrants arriving from Libya sometimes outnumbered those coming from Turkey, migration “has not stopped for a second”.

It is more humane for EU to provide assistance locally

Government spokesperson, July 6, 2018 10:18 AM

Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács believes it would be more humane if Member States of the European Union provided assistance for the needy locally and if they attempted to prevent migrants from setting out on a journey of thousands of kilometres and coming to Europe illegally only to have to send them back.

We look at the world from a different viewpoint and see it differently, but we strive for close co-operation with Germany

The Prime Minister, July 5, 2018 7:14 PM

“We look at the world from a different viewpoint and see it differently, but we strive for close co-operation with Germany”: Viktor Orbán has talks with Angela Merkel in Berlin.