According to Eurostat data, in ten years, during the period between 2010-2019, the number of those who can afford to go on holiday increased by almost 2.5 million compared with periods before 2010, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Human Capacities said at a press conference held in Budapest on Wednesday.
“A project is being launched under the name ‘Let’s Clean Up the Country!’, part of which includes the elimination of the illegally dumped waste that has accumulated in recent decades, which will be facilitated by the already available HulladékRadar (‘WasteRadar’) mobile app”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Construction Economy, Infrastructure and Sustainability Anita Boros announced at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.
Joint action is required in the interests of European security, the Hungarian and Slovakian defence ministers agreed at a meeting on Wednesday in Budapest.
“Microchip developer ARM Hungary Ltd. will be expanding its development centre in Budapest; the company will be able to hire an additional 60 development engineers thanks to the 3-billion-forint (EUR 8.54 million) investment”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.
Universities of medical science and clinics from Hungary and Qatar will be cooperating to test and develop basic pharmaceutical products that could be effective against the coronavirus, it was agreed during a video conference call between Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, his Qatari counterpart and the country’s Minister of Energy and Industry on Wednesday.
“Improving the competitiveness of Central Europe requires reinforcing the links between the countries in the region within the fields of both transport and energy, and this is why it is an important step that Hungary and Slovenia will be increasing the number of joint border crossing points and are also placing major emphasis on interconnecting the electricity and natural gas networks of the two countries”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said after receiving Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec on Wednesday in Budapest.
“The government would like all large cities to be accessible by at least small aeroplanes, which is an everyday thing in Western Europe, and is related to investment promotion”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary said in Székesfehérvár on Friday.
The number of registered job-seekers has been on the decrease for five weeks as a result of the job creation wage support programme which will contribute to the creation of almost 38,900 new jobs, the Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Regulation at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said, outlining the progress of the implementation of the Economy Protection Action Plan at a press conference held on Monday in Budapest.
The production of the CLA 250 and CLA 250 e Shooting Brake hybrid models is to start shortly at the Kecskemét Mercedes factory.
The Parliamentary State Secretary at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister described the agreement concluding the EU summit as a major breakthrough as, he said, we have managed to defend our national pride and a significant amount of additional funds has been secured for the country.