The Land Act ensures that land belongs to those who farm it and the sale of 200 thousand hectares of state land in recent years served the interests of those who farm the land, according to the Minister of Agriculture.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes Hungary, our development plans, pension increases and family benefits would all be “crushed” if we were to become an immigrant country and were required to pay HUF 9 million per migrant.
The Hungary/North Rhine-Westphalia Intergovernmental Joint Committee held its fourth session in Budapest on Friday, after which the parties signed the minutes of the meeting.
On Thursday, Defence Ministers of the two countries met in Budapest to discuss the strengthening of defence cooperation between Turkey and Hungary.
“People in Western Europe are continuing to accuse Hungary of breaching judicial independence because it represents a different standpoint on the issue of migration and border protection”, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said in an interview published in French daily Le Figaro on Friday.
“Migration is a bad and dangerous phenomenon, but it can be stopped”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at an election forum in Budapest on Thursday.
The fifth session of the Hungarian-Indian Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation was held in New Delhi on 6-7 March 2018 and was co-chaired by Minister of State for Cultural and Science Diplomacy István Íjgyártó and his Indian counterpart, Secretary for Industrial Policy and Promotion Ramesh Abhishek. At the meeting, the parties reviewed the current state of economic cooperation and possible directions for its further development.
The South Korean company SK Innovation will build a plant manufacturing batteries for use in electric cars in the industrial park in Komárom with an investment worth HUF 97.5 billion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at the ceremony launching the construction works.
According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, if there is no transit zone, the two foreigners who are accused by the authorities of financing terrorism would have been settled in accommodation within the territory of the country from which they would have left within 24 hours.
According to Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács the government has proved that borders can be protected, it is possible to create the necessary statutory framework to back up these efforts, and it is possible to avoid the type of law interpretation which leads to a system “that results in unforeseeable consequences and poses further challenges”.