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Quota regime would impose enormous burden on family and social systems as well

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 15, 2017 12:03 PM

We would be required to face the expenditure of the building of hospitals in the health care system in the magnitude of a hundred billion forints, but by virtue of the family reunification plans the quota regime would impose an enormous burden on the family and social systems as well, Bence Rétvári, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Human Capacities told the newspaper Magyar Hírlap.

Construction sector output higher again in July 2017

Ministry of Finance, September 15, 2017 11:44 AM

In July 2017, construction sector output gained 22.7 percent year-on-year, and thus the sector’s dynamic growth, observed since the beginning of the year, has continued. The upward trend is expected to remain in place, as the volume of contracts concluded until the end of the month in the sector was up by 83.7 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Government measures, such as the Family Housing Allowance (CSOK) and reduced VAT on housing, have also invigorated the demand and supply sides of the sector.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Prime Minister, September 15, 2017 11:02 AM

It is a common interest of Hungary and Britain that economic cooperation between the two countries should remain close also in the future, it was established at the meeting of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond about which the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the government website kormany.hu.

Coca-Cola opens 6.5 million euro warehouse in Dunaharaszti

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 15, 2017 10:36 AM

“Thanks to investments such as the construction of Coca-Cola HBC Hungary Ltd’s new warehouse in Dunaharaszti, Hungarian exports could reach 100 billion euros this year”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday at a press conference held to mark the new facility’s official inauguration.

The most comprehensive free trade agreement possible must be achieved with Great Britain

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 14, 2017 6:25 PM

“The most wide-reaching and comprehensive free trade agreement possible must be achieved between Great Britain and the European Union to ensure that economic, trade and investor relations can continue as smoothly as possible”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.

Education in mother tongue: most important guarantee of advancement in native land

Prime Minister’s Office, September 14, 2017 5:28 PM

Education in the mother tongue is the most important guarantee of advancement in the native land, and they are now trying to take this away from Hungarians in Transcarpathia, Árpád János Potápi, Minister of State for Nation Policy at the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Thursday in Révkomárom in Upper-Hungary, at the opening ceremony of the new academic year of the Selye János University where he urged Hungarian communities to stand up for Hungarians in Transcarpathia.

Croatia is one of the most promising and rapidly expanding markets for Hungarian agricultural products

Ministry of Agriculture, September 14, 2017 2:00 PM

“Croatia has been one of the most promising and most rapidly expanding markets for Hungarian agricultural products in recent years, particularly since 2013, when the country joined the European Union”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday from Bjelovar, Croatia.

The Government regards conserving nature as an issue of national importance

Ministry of Agriculture, September 14, 2017 1:59 PM

“Protecting nature and the environment is a matter of national importance for the Government. The level of environmental development projects being realised during the current EU programming period exceeds all previous levels”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said at an event on Saturday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Danube-Ipoly National Park.

The quota case was just the beginning

Ministry of Justice, September 14, 2017 10:39 AM

“Jean-Claude Juncker is the sound of pro-immigration Brussels, and we have become used to the Commission repeatedly attacking because it is not pro-immigration; what they want to achieve is for us to demolished the fence and allow the migrants in”, the Ministry of Justice’s Parliamentary State Secretary Pál Völner said in an interview for Hungarian political daily Magyar Idők.

WHO Regional Committee for Europe elects Hungarian member for first time in many years

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 14, 2017 10:38 AM

“The 67th session of the World health organisation’s (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe is currently underway in Hungary, the presiding chair of which is Katalin Novák, the Ministry of Human Capacities’ Minister of State for Family, Youth and International Affairs.