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Sales volume at retail stores rose significantly in March 2018

Ministry of Finance, May 7, 2018 1:34 PM

The rate of retail sales growth in the month of March was even higher, 8.5 percent year-on-year, than in the first two months of the year. It has been the highest rate of growth since January 2015. Thanks to the Government’s economic policy based on tax reductions and wage hikes, sales volume at retailers has increased spectacularly: the sector has been expanding for the 57th consecutive month, and sales have increased by some 30 percent since January 2010.

Economic policy to focus on the strengthening of economic growth

Ministry of Finance, May 7, 2018 1:16 PM

The main economic policy task of the next four years will be to step up economic growth, Minister Mihály Varga told MTI, presenting Hungary’s Convergence Programme for 2018-2022.

European Commission predicts accelerating economic growth 2018-2019

Ministry of Finance, May 7, 2018 11:23 AM

Compared to the previous forecast, in the latest spring study the European Commission has turned markedly more upbeat on the Hungarian economy’s outlook. Despite the upward revision of growth estimates, the new figures are still below those of the Government of Hungary.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received his mandate

The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 11:08 AM

Members of Parliamentary who obtained their mandates on national party lists in the 8 April parliamentary elections and advocates for national minorities received their mandates in the Parliament Building on Friday.

Reaction to decision of Metropolitan Court of Appeal

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 10:55 AM

The government acknowledges the judgement of the Metropolitan Court of Appeal, but does not agree with it.

Curia has grossly interfered in elections

The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 10:45 AM

The Curia (Hungary’s supreme court) has clearly and grossly interfered in the parliamentary elections “as it has taken a mandate away from the electors of the government parties”; the body has clearly not risen to the challenge of its task intellectually, Bertalan Havasi, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press chief told the news portal PestiSrácok.hu outlining the Prime Minister’s position on the matter.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will thank voters for their participation in a letter

The Prime Minister, May 7, 2018 10:41 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will thank people who exercised their democratic right and took part in the elections of 8 April in a letter, the Government Information Centre informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.

Anti-migration constitutional amendment would be an important step

Government, May 7, 2018 10:37 AM

The anti-migration constitutional amendment which would effectively lay down in the Constitution the rejection of illegal migration quotas would be an important step, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the public service television news channel on Sunday.

It is a moral duty to “see through” the anti-migration constitutional amendment

The Prime Minister, May 4, 2018 1:46 PM

On Friday morning’s edition of the Kossuth Radio programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that it is a moral duty to “see through” the anti-migration amendment to the Constitution.

Péter Szijjártó warns of the dangers of migration at a conference in Dushanbe

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 4, 2018 11:04 AM

“Hungary is calling on the European Union to increase the funding it provides to the countries of Central Asia so they can protect their own borders and do not become transit countries of the migration process that is beginning to move in the direction of Europe, primarily from Afghanistan”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, at an international conference on terrorism and curbing extremism.