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Security is the most important communal value today

Ministry of Interior, April 23, 2018 3:04 PM

Today security is the most important communal value, and for the government the security of the Hungarian people is the top priority, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Interior Ministry stressed on Friday at the ceremony held in Budapest on the occasion of the Day of the Police and the Fire Brigade.

Seventy illegal border-crossers detained at weekend

Government, April 23, 2018 3:00 PM

Seventy illegal border-crossers were detained by police in the territory of the country from Friday to Sunday, the National Police Service informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

A migration flow more intensive than ever before may head towards the continent

Ministry of Justice, April 23, 2018 2:50 PM

Pro-migration international forces are resorting to new methods because they have realised that due to the resistance of some national governments they will not be able to populate Europe with hundreds of thousands of migrants within a short time, the Deputy Justice Minister told the 23 April 2018 edition of the newspaper Magyar Idők. He added that if there is no legal protection, migrants may come in the hundreds of thousands.

George Soros’s circles of financial speculators backed the wrong horse

The Prime Minister, April 20, 2018 6:25 PM

Commenting on Hungary’s recent parliamentary election result on Friday’s edition of the Kossuth Radio programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that George Soros’s circles of financial speculators backed the wrong horse, and “right now they are on the losing side”.

Goals and growth momentum are to remain the same

Ministry of Finance, April 20, 2018 2:05 PM

The economic policy objectives of the Government are unchanged: robust and sustainable economic growth, financial stability, full employment, to reduce government debt, cut taxes and raise wages, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the annual staff meeting of the Hungarian Banking Association. Besides the strengthening of families and maintaining their safety, the new Government is prioritizing sustainable development and the improvement of competitiveness, he noted. He confirmed that PM Viktor Orbán has asked him to continue in his post as minister and become the head of the economic cabinet.

Rate of earnings growth the highest in fifteen years

Ministry of Finance, April 20, 2018 12:43 PM

In the period January-February 2018, net and gross earnings rose by 12.9 percent year-on-year, the largest increase in the past one-and-a-half decades. Thanks to low inflation, this corresponds to real earnings growth of 10.7 percent, which factor substantially enhances the financial status of Hungarian families and increases their purchasing power.

Heavy artillery fire will rain down upon us, but our fort has been hugely reinforced

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, April 20, 2018 10:37 AM

“Heavy artillery fire will rain down upon us, but that artillery fire will be targeted at a fort that the people of Hungary reinforced extremely strongly on 8 April”, the Minister heading the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said in an interview for the PestiSrácok.hu news portal.

We trust that Hungary will remain an island of peace for the Jewish community

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 19, 2018 2:52 PM

“We trust that Hungary will remain an island of peace for the Jewish community, for all Hungarian peoples and for everyone else, where nobody has to fear that they will suffer discrimination because of their origins, traditions or culture”, Bence Rétvári said on the Day of Remembrance for the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust.

Industrial sector cooperation within the V4 has entered a new phase

Ministry of Finance, April 19, 2018 1:24 PM

Amidst the global competition Europe needs a new industrial policy; one which bolsters innovation capacities, facilitates the faster introduction of new technologies, fosters entrepreneurial spirit thus ensuring the position of the Visegrad Four as the EU’s growth engine, Mihály Varga said at the press conference held after a ministerial level meeting of V4 countries. As the Minister for National Economy added, the MoU signed now on industrial policy cooperation would serve as a stepping stone for further partnership within the V4.

Péter Szijjártó honours CEO of Citi Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 19, 2018 11:49 AM

“Citi has played a pioneering role in Hungary, and its innovative activities have contributed to the advancement of the national economy”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said before presenting the Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit to the company’s Chief Executive Officer Kevin A. Murray on Wednesday in Budapest.