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Notes for 1 May, the International Workers’ Day

Ministry of Finance, May 2, 2018 1:25 PM

Landing a job is increasingly worth it in Hungary. Since 2010, the unemployment rate has fallen by two-thirds, to a historic low; tax cuts and wage hikes are leaving more and more money at employees and wages in real terms have been rising steadily for more than five years now.

Joint action must be taken against tax avoidance by digital enterprises

Ministry of Finance, May 2, 2018 1:23 PM

Taxation requires an innovative approach also when it comes to challenges of digitalization, therefore cooperation and data exchange between the tax authorities of member states must be bolstered, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a recent ECOFIN session in Sofia, Bulgaria.

An economic policy boosting competitiveness is the key to convergence

Ministry of Finance, May 2, 2018 12:13 PM

The factor that can best facilitate economic convergence is not membership in the euro-zone but an economic policy which prioritizes competitiveness, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said in Sofia, Bulgaria, at an informal ECOFIN session.

Government may build another school in Iraq

Ministry of Human Capacities, May 2, 2018 12:02 PM

The Hungarian government may build another school in Iraq, the Minister of Human Capacities announced on Friday in Budapest at the year-end ceremony held for persecuted young Christians studying in Hungary as scholarship holders.

Hungary alone responded to Iraqi request for assistance

Ministry of Human Capacities, May 2, 2018 12:01 PM

Hungary alone responded to the request for assistance of the Iraqi town of Tel Askuf to enable Christians living there to return to their homes and to rebuild their town, Father Salar Kajo, parish prient of the settlement destroyed by the organisation Islamic State, said.

Increased movement on both green and sea borders

Government, May 2, 2018 12:00 PM

According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, there has been increased movement on both the green and sea borders recently; more immigrants are arriving at the Greek islands and Sicily than earlier.

The V4 and the United Kingdom agree on the importance of integrating the Western Balkans

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 2, 2018 10:27 AM

“The countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) and the United Kingdom agree on the importance of integrating the Western Balkan region, and on the fact that this process must be accelerated”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement following talks between the V4 foreign ministers with their British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of Friday’s summit of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

Hungary welcomes the dialogue between North and South Korea

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 2, 2018 10:27 AM

The Hungary Government trusts that the meeting between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 27 April could be the first step towards reinforcing the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula.

The claim that a Russian order is behind Hungary’s Ukraine policy is a lie

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 2, 2018 10:26 AM

“It is a lie that Hungary has been commissioned by Russia to pursue its Ukraine policy; the exclusive intent behind the Government’s measures is to force Kiev to withdraw the pieces of legislation that grossly violate the acquired rights of the 150 thousand strong Hungarian minority as soon as possible”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in the recess of Friday’s summit of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

The Austrian President has sided with George Soros and the migrants

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 1, 2018 11:19 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó expressed his regret that the Austrian head of state has sided the George Soros and the migrants.