Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó discussed the attack on the headquarters of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ) in Uzhhorod (Ungvár) by telephone with the Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Wednesday.
“An answer must be found for the African migration pressure that is expected in the upcoming decades”, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi said on Hungarian M1 television’s Wednesday morning current affairs program.
The Bulgarian EU Presidency’s proposal that every EU Member State should take part in the mandatory resettlement programme is unacceptable, Csaba Dömötör, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered the government’s help to László Brenzovics, President of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ) after the organisation’s head office in Ungvár (Uzhhorod) was set on fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Restoring trust between Roma and non-Roma people is a goal of Hungary’s nation strategy, and culture and the arts play an essential role in this, the Minister of State for Social Affairs and Social Inclusion stressed on Wednesday in Koroncó in Győr-Moson-Sopron County.
The defence cooperation of the V4 has recently gained in strength, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Defence Ministry stressed on Wednesday in Budapest, at the press conference held as part of the meeting of the deputy defence ministers of the V4 countries.
Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, has informed the Hungarian news agency MTI that in the Parliament Building on Wednesday morning Viktor Orbán – Prime Minister and President of Fidesz – and Zsolt Németh – head of the Foreign Affairs Cabinet of Fidesz – received Giorgia Meloni, President of the Italian political party Brothers of Italy (FdI).
The strategic partnership between Hungary and Kazakhstan provides a great opportunity for discussing global economic challenges, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the latest session of the Hungarian-Kazakh Strategic Council in Budapest. “We must have an overview of strategic issues that concern cooperation between our countries and define future priorities,” he stressed.
According to Minister of State for Sport Tünde Szabó, the fact that Budapest will be 2019’s European Capital of Sport is a fantastic acknowledgement for both the capital and Hungarian sport.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier on Tuesday; the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine.