The Hungarian automotive industry is competitive; this is underlined by the fact that it sells 91.8 per cent of its production abroad, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
On his Facebook account Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said thank you to the members of the Hungarian men’s short track speed skating relay team for the historic gold medal they won at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games.
The Hungarian-owned company Qualitative Production Gépipari és Kereskedelmi Zrt. is expanding its Győr metalworking and assembly plant by virtue of an investment worth HUF 6.2 billion, and will thereby create 120 new jobs, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference.
Rising wages have caused retail sales to gain 5 percent in 2017 and 6.1 percent in the period December 2016-December 2017. As result, retail sales have been on the rise for the 54th consecutive month. Job growth, favourable economic conditions and the six-year wage and tax agreement have also been among the positive factors seen behind the upward trend.
In the year 2017, 38 thousand building permits have been issued, the highest figure in nine years, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga was quoted as he was commenting on the latest housing data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
“There is full agreement between Hungary and Australia on the issue of migration, and on the fact that preserving a country’s sovereignty, maintaining security, handling the causes of migration and strong border security are all important”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest following a meeting with his Australian counterpart.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Transparency International (TI) is attacking Hungary because of the border security fence. At a press conference on Thursday on another topic, Péter Szijjártó said: TI has downgraded two countries, Hungary and Bulgaria, the only two countries in the European Union that have built security fences along their borders to stop illegal immigration.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Bishop of Erbil Mar Abris Youkhanan discussed Hungary’s tasks and duties as part of the global Christian community during their meeting on Thursday in the Parliament Building, the Prime Minster’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed the kormany.hu government news portal.
President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons in on a visit to Budapest and was received by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday morning in the Parliament Building, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
Speaking at the opening event of the program series “170 years of the Hungarian Defence Forces” held in Budapest on Wednesday, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó stated that an eternal truth is that Hungary cannot be a sovereign state without combat-worthy Hungarian Defence Forces.