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The receiving centres must be established outside the EU

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 3, 2018 4:50 PM

“The protection of the European Union’s external borders cannot be complete if the so-called hot-spots, the centres for receiving and collecting migrants, are not established outside the EU”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Tuesday morning current affairs program.

The relationship between terrorism and migration cannot be disputed

Government, July 3, 2018 9:52 AM

According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, the relationship between illegal migration and terrorism cannot be disputed.

Alarming reports from the Western Balkans

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 2, 2018 3:30 PM

“There are alarming reports arriving from the Western Balkans, where migration pressure is equal to, or in certain instances exceeds the level experienced in 2015, and where new migration routes are being established, and accordingly Hungary is prepared to assist Montenegro so it can defend itself from the waves of illegal immigration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday from Podgorica.

Protecting the population is of primary importance in Hungary

Government, July 2, 2018 11:54 AM

“Protecting the population is of primary importance in Hungary”, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi stressed on Friday in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI concerning the UN’s High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism in New York.

Visegrád Group achieves major success at EU summit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 2, 2018 11:54 AM

“Led by the Prime Minister of Hungary, which is the current President of the Visegrád Group, the V4 achieved a major success with relation to the fact that the resolution adopted at the EU summit deals with the responses to migration within a totally different framework of interpretation than during the past three years”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said.

Tax authority to supervise data traffic of each vending machine in Hungary

Ministry of Finance, July 2, 2018 10:47 AM

The 1st of July is a milestone in Hungary’s tax history: as of today, the National Tax and Customs Administration will be capable of directly seeing data of large VAT bills and vending machines for food and beverages. Besides improving taxation morale, these two measures are also expected to reduce the country’s tax gap to 10 percent of GDP within the coming years.

Hungarians expect the Government and police to defend the country

The Prime Minister, June 30, 2018 6:22 PM

In Budapest’s Castle District, at the National University of Public Service’s passing out ceremony for police cadets, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that today the Hungarian people expect the Government and the police to defend the country, families, shared values and achievements from external and internal threats.

Major V4 victory in the Brussels negotiations on migration

The Prime Minister, June 29, 2018 3:41 PM

In a video message evaluating the first day of the latest European Council summit, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that it had resulted in a major victory for the Visegrád 4 (V4).

Hungary is calling for the renewal of the strategic partnership between the EU and Azerbaijan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 29, 2018 2:43 PM

“Hungary is calling for the negotiations on the renewal of the strategic partnership between Hungary and Azerbaijan to be successful, because the use of natural gas from Azerbaijan is the most likely scenario for the diversification of Europe’s gas supply”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI concerning his official visit to Baku on Friday.

People across the whole of Europe want us to defend the borders

The Prime Minister, June 29, 2018 11:29 AM

In a video message posted on his Facebook account ahead of the latest EU summit, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that today border defence is wanted not only by people in Hungary, Central Europe and Italy or Austria, but by people across the whole of Europe.