“The Hungarian economy can become successful through the work of Hungarian people and Hungarian enterprises, and the government is contributing to this by providing funding towards the preservation of workplaces”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in the Veszprém County town of Halimba.
“According to Hungary’s position, the EU recovery package aimed at rebooting the economy must be equitable, flexible, and free from politics. For this reason, it is incomprehensible that disproportions may be noticed in the case of certain countries with relation to the mitigation of damages and the drawing up of the principle for funding”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga emphasised today at a videoconference meeting of EU finance ministers.
The signature collection of the Szekler National Council can continue, the Justice Minister informed members of the public on her Facebook account on Thursday evening.
“Cooperation between Hungary and Angola has a long history, and its development is in the interests of both countries”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a Facebook post of Friday following a phone conversation with Angola’s new Foreign Minister, Tete Antonio.
“We must make sure all Hungarians are safe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday in Budapest at a ceremony to present awards in recognition of people who in recent months have helped Hungarians in trouble to return home.
We must defend ourselves against the introduction of the coronavirus into Hungary as in the case of each new domestic infection, we can see that there is a foreign “connection,” the Prime Minister said on Kossuth Radio on Friday.
“Hungarian and German defence policy thinking is extremely similar in its values and direction”, Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő said on Thursday after receiving Germany’s new Ambassador to Budapest Johannes K. Haindl for an introductory visit.
The tightening of some rules due to the coronavirus infection cannot be ruled out, Government Spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi said on the public service television news channel M1 on Thursday evening.
The government did not only retain, but extended the available family support programmes during the coronavirus epidemic, the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said at the 8th conference of Family Organisations held on Friday at the Budapest Millennium Café.
While in Hungary the number of coronavirus cases is decreasing day after day, this is not true of the majority of neighbouring countries. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that, based on the recommendation of the Operational Group, the government might introduce tighter measures, even as early as in the coming few days, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference ‘Governmentinfo’ held on Thursday.