Hungary condemns in the strongest terms the intercontinental ballistic missile launch carried out by North Korea on 29 November local time, which once again violated North Korea’s international obligations as determined by multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions. Moreover, the ballistic missile fell into the sea only 250 km west of the Japan coast, which is a clear infringement of Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
According to Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi, there is no question of migration coming to a stop, because although the number of people arriving in Europe from war zones in Syria and Iraq is decreasing, more are arriving from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The agreement concluded by the Asian Financial Cooperation Association (AFCA) and the Hungarian Banking Association heralds a new era in the financial cooperation between the two countries, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the high-profile forum organized for sector representatives in Budapest.
The unemployment rate has hit 4 percent, the lowest figure ever since the regime change in 1989 – according to data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) for the period August-October 2017. The number of people in employment has also risen by 84 thousand on the primary labour market, and thus the total number of people with a job in Hungary was 4 million 445 thousand. Government measures have also contributed to steadily improving labour market indicators: since the change of government in 2010 the number of people in employment has increased by 736 thousand, and within that the number of private sector jobs has been up by 560 thousand.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter of greeting to former French President Jacques Chirac on the occasion of his 85th birthday, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday.
“2.2 million people have returned their National Consultation questionnaires so far”, Minister of State for Government Communication Bence Tuzson said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.
In Budapest on Tuesday, after his official talks with Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang in the Parliament Building, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that existing Chinese-Hungarian cooperation has been strengthened in every respect.
As a result of the global transformation of the energy sector, special attention must be paid to avoid disruptions in energy supply, an essential condition of which is close international cooperation, said András Aradszki, Minister of State of the Ministry of National Development, head of the Hungarian delegation, at the ministerial meeting of the Governing Council of the International Energy Agency (IEA) held in Paris on 7 and 8 November 2017.
Hungary supports the activation of the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Bosnia-Hercegovina, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated during his meeting with Bosnian Prime Minister Denis Zvizdić in Budapest on Tuesday.
At the opening of a two-day financial summit of the Asia Financial Cooperation Association (AFCA), Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary sees the manifestation of a new era in the world economy in the rise of China, which will be a dominant factor in the development of the world economy for a long time to come.