“Hungary is among the most effective environmental protectionists in Europe, and will be fulfilling its undertakings with relation to pollutant emissions”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at the Climate Summit conference in Budapest on Friday.
Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics and Managing Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Patrick Ky renewed the cooperation agreement between the two organisations on 9 October in Budapest. The Agency’s liaison office in Budapest will continue to provide on-site support in the interests of assuring an even higher level of aviation safety during the first half of 2021.
On 12 October, the Cered-Tajti border crossing point between Hungary and Slovakia will open to passenger traffic, the Spokesperson of the National Police Constabulary announced at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
An epidemic epicentre developed at a Tiszaújváros construction site where 242 of the 1,717 tests performed came back positive. The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hospital is prepared for the reception of patients, one person from the city is currently being treated in the institution, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
There will be no vaccine against the coronavirus any sooner than the middle of next year, and therefore “we Hungarians, too, will have to endure until the middle of next year, around June to July,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.
The processing and evaluation of the national consultation on the coronavirus have been completed. As is known, Hungarian citizens were able to return the questionnaires by mail and online. The results were also certified by a notary public.
“There are three highly major migrations risks around Europe today, and unfortunately we have the European Union to thank for all of them”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Bratislava.
On Wednesday, throughout the country, the police took action due to mask-wearing violations in 42 instances, the Spokesperson of the National Police Constabulary said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic held on Thursday.
“Without the Visegrád Group, Europe would be a lesser, weaker and more dangerous place”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Bratislava during a speech at the Globsec security policy forum.
From 1 January next year, the government wishes to guarantee that general practitioners should not earn less than stated in the pay scale, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.