“The global pandemic caused by the coronavirus is leading to new waves of migration, and for this reason reinforcing the protection of the external borders and eliminating all eternal reasons that are increasing or could increase migration pressure on the EU must be among the European Union’s most important tasks”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on his Facebook page in a statement to report on Monday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
In a congratulatory message written to the re-elected Polish head of State, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described Andrzej Duda’s victory as “crucial” from the viewpoint of the reinforcement of Central Europe, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday afternoon.
There is enormous interest in the national consultation, and while the final deadline for returning the questionnaires is far away, based on Monday morning’s aggregated data, as many as 396,000 persons have already completed the questionnaire, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister announced.
The government’s goal is to put an end to overcrowding in prisons by 30 September, and by creating almost three thousand new places, to eliminate the ‘prison business,’ the Justice Minister said on Monday in Veszprém at the joint inauguration of the new annexes of ten prisons.
“The stability of the Western Balkans is a strategic priority for us”, Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő declared after receiving Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach for a courtesy visit on 10 July.
On Sunday, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced restrictions on entry into the country in connection with the coronavirus epidemic.
Due to a possible surge in the coronavirus epidemic, it is important to know which previously introduced measures people support the most, the Government Spokesperson said on Saturday at a Governmentinfo Plus press conference posted on her social media account.
The version of the national consultation with access for persons with disabilities has been completed, and so every Hungarian citizen is now able to complete it, Zsolt Nyitrai, the Prime Minister’s appointee announced.
The flow of illegal migrants setting out for Europe has not abated, and in the coming weeks and months a further increase can be expected, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister stressed on the Friday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.
“Only nations that have a strong national identity and are capable of preserving their cultural, religious and historical heritage can be successful”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the inauguration of the refurbished Benedictine Abbey Museum in Tihany on Friday.