“The Brussels hearing on Hungary planned for Thursday by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) is a cross between a ruthless witch-hunt and a show trial familiar from communist times”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács declared at an international press conference in Brussels.
Improving relations between Hungary and Iran, among them the health industry partnership we have started, are expected to open up great opportunities for Hungarian enterprises, Minister Mihály Varga said after having met with Minister of Health S.H. Zadeh Hashemi in Tehran. The Minister had arrived in Iran for a two-day official visit on Saturday with a delegation of twenty businesspeople and several high-ranking officials of state institutions.
“The value of Japanese working capital investments in Hungary could increase by up to 50 percent within the next two to three years”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary Levente Magyar said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday following a two-day visit to Japan.
According to the Prime Minister’s Chief Security Advisor, György Bakondi, the proposal put forward by the current Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union with relation to the mandatory quotas indicates that Hungary and the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) are not alone in their standpoint.
“The rate of unemployment in Hungary is continuously decreasing, and the number of people in employment is increasing”, Minister of State for Government Communication Bence Tuzson said on Kossuth Radio’s Sunday morning show.
On Saturday, the Government said thank you to every citizen who took part in the National Consultation, and who according to the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary Csaba Dömötör reinforced democratic dialogue in Hungary by doing so.
Iran, as a market of almost 80 million people, can provide great opportunities for Hungarian companies, while Hungary may become a gateway Iran to Europe for, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said after he had met with Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbassian in Tehran.
On Friday, on the Kossuth Radio programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “the Soros network” has entered the Hungarian election campaign.
“The new EU immigration package could determine the future in the long term, and accordingly the Government is counting on the support of both the National Assembly and members of the public who are replying to the National Consultation questionnaire”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on Hungarian M1 television’s Sunday evening current affairs program.
“Hungarian and Belarussian economic cooperation is a market that holds perspective for both countries” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Cultural and Science Diplomacy and Co-Chair of the Hungary-Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic Cooperation István Íjgyártó said on Thursday at an event organised by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.