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Upward retail sales growth trend persists for more than four years in Hungary

Ministry of Finance, September 22, 2017 10:51 AM

According to both unadjusted and working day-adjusted data, the volume of retail sales grew by 4.2 percent year-on-year in Hungary, thus the sector’s positive sales trend has been in place for 49 consecutive months. Comparison to international data shows that the pace of retail sales growth exceeded the average of the EU.

Minister of State for EU Affairs holds talks with European Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King

Prime Minister’s Office, September 22, 2017 9:45 AM

Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács from the Prime Minster’s Office held talks with European Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King on 21 September 2017 in Budapest.

Sándor Pintér receives European Commissioner for the Security Union

Ministry of Interior, September 22, 2017 9:44 AM

Minister of Interior Dr. Sándor Pintér received the European Commission’s Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King on 21 September 2017.

The Government will do everything to protect Hungarian interests

Prime Minister’s Office, September 21, 2017 8:01 PM

Those who jeopardise Hungarian interests can expect to have to face the Hungarian State, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 98 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.

Increasing the number of large Hungarian-owned enterprises is a fundamental interest

The Prime Minister, September 21, 2017 6:53 PM

In Szolnok on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave an address at the official inauguration of a factory expansion which will increase capacity at the plant of Hungarian-owned Béres Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Mr. Orbán said that no modern country can operate without foreign capital, but it is also a fundamental interest for there to be as many large Hungarian-owned enterprises as possible in Hungary.

The V4 and the United States are natural allies

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 21, 2017 5:39 PM

“The countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) and the United States are natural allies”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Washington.

The “Soros Plan” can do a lot of harm to humankind

Ministry of Defence, September 21, 2017 3:12 PM

Speaking in the Monday evening program of Hungarian M1 TV channel, Minister of Defence István Simicskó stated that the “Soros Plan” is a very bad plan and can do a lot of harm to humankind, but many cannot see or don’t want to see that.

Memorial to Hungarian soldiers assisting 1944 Warsaw uprising is inaugurated in Warsaw

Ministry of Defence, September 21, 2017 3:08 PM

On Tuesday, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a memorial to Hungarian soldiers assisting Polish insurgents in Warsaw, Deputy Minister of Defence Tamás Vargha, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence pointed out that although they were fighting on the side opposing the Poles, Hungarian soldiers played a positive role during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, in the spirit of thousand-year-old friendship.

New Mercedes vocational training centre to open in Kecskemét

Ministry of Finance, September 21, 2017 2:37 PM

It is in Hungary’s best interest to help the career start of young people who are open to learning new skills, dedicated to work and determined to put the newly-acquired knowledge to good use in their home country, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new vocational training centre of Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd in Kecskemét.

Big cities may become engines of rural development

Government, September 21, 2017 1:15 PM


Lajos Kósa, prospective Minister without Portfolio responsible for the development of county-ranked cities described big cities as the possible engines of the development of the countryside at his committee hearing held on Wednesday in Budapest. The Economic Committee of Parliament found the politician suitable for the post with nine votes for and two votes against.