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All attempts to disrupt the unity of the V4 are futile

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 14, 2017 10:37 AM

“There are several attempts underway to disrupt the unity of the Visegrád Group (V4), but these remain unsuccessful; the V4 is committed to rejecting the migrant quotas”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in an interview for the Reuters news agency published on Wednesday.

Plenty of Hungarian grain available for export

Ministry of Agriculture, September 14, 2017 10:36 AM

“Despite the relatively low results for this year compared to last year’s historic record, it may still be stated that the country’s grain supply is sufficiently catered for and there are also plenty of goods available for export”, Deputy Minster of Agriculture István Nagy said at the 15th Euro-regional Bread Festival in Győr.

Another 6 billion forints in funding for the milk sector

Ministry of Agriculture, September 14, 2017 10:36 AM

The 6 billion forints (EUR ) paid out to milk producers within the framework of exceptional adjustment aid (EAA) is part of series of measures that the Government has introduced during the past two years in the interests of handling the milk market crisis.

Crisps test: savoury snacks achieve mixed results

Ministry of Agriculture, September 14, 2017 10:35 AM

In its latest product test, the National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO) examined 10 kinds of crisps/potato chips. The products’ glutamic acid, trans fatty acid, acrylamide, fat and salt content were determined in the food safety authority’s laboratory. Two enterprises had to review their production processes in view of acrylamide levels that exceeded warning levels, in addition to which the authority is issuing warning to two further businesses because of inadequate labelling, and is ordering them to correct the mistakes.

OMÉK expo showcases Hungary’s world-class production

Ministry of Agriculture, September 14, 2017 10:34 AM

“Hungary is now capable of GMO-free, world-class agricultural production; this is what is being showcased at the 78th National Agriculture and Food Industry Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK), which opens in Budapest in to weeks’ time”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Wednesday at a press conference to promote the event at eh museum of Agriculture in the capital’s City Park.

Six Hungarians and a Slovenian successfully evacuated from Saint Martin

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 13, 2017 3:17 PM

“Six Hungarian citizens and a Slovenian national were successfully evacuated from the hurricane-torn island of Saint Martin on Tuesday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Wednesday.

The EU’s quota programme is a failure and a dead end, Minister Szijjártó tells Financial Times

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 13, 2017 2:12 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called the European Union’s quota programme aimed at distributing refugees a failure and a dead end in an interview published in the Financial Times.

The majority of migrants arrive without documents

Government, September 13, 2017 10:41 AM


“The vast majority of migrants arrive at the Hungarian border with no documents”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on Hungarian M1 television’s Wednesday morning current affairs program.

Seven Hungarian citizens are expected to be evacuated from St. Martin on Tuesday

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 13, 2017 10:40 AM

“On Tuesday afternoon, local time, a family of five, a woman and hopefully a man will be boarding the plane that the Hungarian Government has chartered to take them to Curacao from the island of St. Martin, which has been hit by hurricane Irma”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference.

Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog consulted with Greek Prime Minister also regarding health care provided for Roma

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 12, 2017 6:33 PM

The Minister of Human Capacities met with the Greek Prime Minister on Tuesday in Budapest, the public service television news channel M1 reported. The health care of Roma was a priority topic at the meeting of Alexis Tsipras and Zoltán Balog.