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Victory of the right in Austria is good news for Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 19, 2017 7:47 PM

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the victory of parties of the right in Austria is good news for Hungary; this is because sincere Austrian politicians who reject hypocrisy now have the chance to give a real response to the historic challenges facing Europe.

Brussels should accelerate accession talks with Montenegro

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 19, 2017 3:00 PM

Hungary is urging the European Union to accelerate accession talks with Montenegro by opening in the first half of next year the remaining three negotiating chapters left of 35, following which there should be no more than four years before the negotiations are closed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at his press conference held in Podgorica on Tuesday.

Terrorists want to destroy entire European Christian civilisation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 19, 2017 3:00 PM

A terrorist attack committed at a Christmas fair is a clear message that terrorists want to destroy not only our everyday lives, but also our religion and culture: they want to annihilate the entire European Christian civilisation, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on the anniversary of the Islamist terrorist attack committed in Berlin on 19 December last year.

Viktor Orbán congratulates Sebastian Kurz on his appointment as Federal Chancellor of Austria

The Prime Minister, December 19, 2017 12:17 PM

The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to Sebastian Kurz, congratulating him on his appointment as Federal Chancellor of Austria.

Viktor Orbán congratulates Horst Seehofer

The Prime Minister, December 19, 2017 12:17 PM

In a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi said that Prime Minister of Hungary and Chairman of Fidesz Viktor Orbán has sent a letter of congratulations to Horst Seehofer, Chairman of the German Christian Social Union, on his re-election as leader of Fidesz’s sister party in Bavaria.

52-month positive retail sales trend persists in Hungary

Ministry of Finance, December 19, 2017 11:34 AM

In October 2017, the volume of retail sales in Hungary grew by 6.3 percent year-on-year. This has been the 52th month of rising sales in a row. Since January 2010, the sector posted sales growth of 24.4 percent, while compared to the beginning of 2014 sales have increased by 21.3 percent.

Hungarian-Macedonian cooperation is also crucial from viewpoints of security and the economy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 19, 2017 8:08 AM

Hungarian-Macedonian cooperation is crucial for Hungary for three reasons: migration, EU and NATO enlargement, and the economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed in his interview given to the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday from Skopje by telephone.

Solidarity cannot mean compliance with the quotas

Government, December 18, 2017 3:53 PM

In reaction to interviews with Members of the European Parliament broadcast on Hungarian television channel M1, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, said that compliance with the migrant quotas cannot be the sole criterion of solidarity and European identity.

Statement condemning terrorist attack on Christian church in Pakistan’s Quetta

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 18, 2017 3:45 PM

The Hungarian Government strongly condemns the barbaric and cowardly terrorist attack committed against Christian worshippers in Quetta on 17 December 2017.

Member States need right kind of solidarity

Ministry of Human Capacities, December 18, 2017 12:58 PM

Member States need the right kind of solidarity in the European Union in the context of the migration crisis, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told the German national public service radio station Deutschlandfunk.