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All students to receive their textbooks free from the 2020/21 school year

Ministry of Human Capacities, July 20, 2020 2:57 PM

“Beginning in the 2020/21 school year, all students, a total of 1.2 million, will be receiving their textbooks absolutely free of charge”, the Ministry of Human Capacities’ Parliamentary State Secretary told reporters in Budapest on Monday.

Over 600 settlements awarded funding for development of community spaces thanks to Hungarian Village Program

Prime Minister’s Office, July 20, 2020 11:58 AM

“Over six hundred settlements have been awarded funding for the development of community spaces within the framework of the Hungarian Village Program”, Government Commissioner for the development of modern settlements Alpár Gyopáros said at a press conference in Budapest on Monday.

Hungary has defended results of reduction of household utility bills

Ministry for Innovation and Technology, July 20, 2020 10:35 AM


Hungary did not violate EU law by prohibiting the inclusion in system usage charges of the special tax levied on energy networks and the costs related to financial transaction charges, the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union adopted in connection with the EU infringement procedure instituted against Hungary lays down, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced on Monday.

The Hungarians must decide on Hungary’s EU resources

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 20, 2020 9:20 AM

“The Hungarians must decide on how and in what manner Hungary’s European Union resources are utilised”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Paper” show.

If we fail to come to an agreement on issues in dispute, that will be because of Holland

The Prime Minister, July 19, 2020 4:19 PM

If we fail to come to an agreement on issues in dispute in connection with the budget and the rescue package, that will be because of Holland, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in Brussels on Sunday, ahead of the third working day of the EU summit about the next seven-year budget of the European Union and the attached economic recovery package.

Only Hungarian people can decide about Hungarian people’s money

Government spokesperson, July 18, 2020 6:56 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continues to firmly and consistently represent the principle with which he set out for the summit in Brussels: only the Hungarian people can decide about the Hungarian people’s money, Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács said on Saturday, speaking to the Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone.

After lifting of restrictions people smugglers have become active again

Government, July 17, 2020 10:00 PM

At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, people smugglers, too, came to a halt; however, as soon as the authorities lifted the restrictions imposed, criminal gangs became active again, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the public service television news channel M1 on Friday evening.

In ten years grants awarded to organisations representing persons with disabilities have doubled

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, July 17, 2020 4:02 PM

Since the 2010 budget adopted by the socialist government then in office, state grants awarded to organisations representing persons with disabilities have more than doubled, appointee of the Prime Minister Zsolt Nyitrai stressed on Friday in Budapest.

Azerbaijan is playing a prominent role in increasing the security of Hungary’s energy supply

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 17, 2020 2:05 PM

“Azerbaijan is playing a prominent role in increasing the security of Hungary’s energy supply”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Baku on Friday.

Hungary is only able to consent to EU Recovery Fund if procedure under Article 7 is brought to a conclusion

Ministry of Human Capacities, July 17, 2020 12:20 PM

Hungary is only able to consent to the European Union’s Covid-19 Recovery Fund if the EU brings the procedure instituted against Hungary under Article 7 to a conclusion, Fidesz Vice President Katalin Novák stressed in an interview given to Die Welt on Thursday.