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The statement by the outgoing Dutch Ambassador is outrageous

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 25, 2017 11:17 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called the statement by the outgoing Ambassador of Holland outrageous and rejected the comments in the strongest possible terms at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.

Europe’s debate culture should be reformed

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 25, 2017 11:15 AM

“Europe’s debate culture and decision-making techniques should be reformed to enable every citizen to feel that they are an equal member of the European Union (EU), to which 16th century reformers provide an excellent example”, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.

Vladimir Putin to visit Budapest

The Prime Minister, August 25, 2017 11:14 AM

“On the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Budapest on 28 August to attend the opening ceremony of the Wrestling World Championships”, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief informed Hungarian news agency MTI.

President Macron had not planned to visit Hungary

The Prime Minister, August 24, 2017 3:40 PM

Replying to a question from Hungarian news portal Origo, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi said the following: “There are no plans for French president Emmanuel Macron to visit Hungary during his current tour of Central and Eastern Europe, but a meeting between the V4 and France may be held before the end of this year; a precise date for this meeting is still under discussion.”

Central Europe’s largest tomato processing plant opens in Kecskemét

Ministry of Finance, August 24, 2017 1:41 PM

“Our flagship industries also include the Hungarian food industry, and accordingly it is particularly important to increase performance within this field”, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the official inauguration of Univer product Zrt’s new tomato processing plant in Kecskemét.

Let us listen to survivors of totalitarian regimes while we can

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 24, 2017 10:38 AM

The generation of witnesses is bidding farewell, the generation of Katyn, the lads of Pest and the survivors of the Gulag, but let us listen to them while we can, the Minister of Human Capacities said on Wednesday evening in Budapest, at the end of the memorial march organised on the occasion of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarian Regimes, at the House of Terror Museum.

The Government will not back down in the quota case

Ministry of Justice, August 23, 2017 5:18 PM

“The Government will not back down in the quota case and has also made this absolutely clear in its reply to the European Commission”, the Ministry of Justice’s Minister of State for European and International Judicial Cooperation declared at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

The security situation in Europe has never been so bad

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 23, 2017 3:18 PM

“Never during the course of modern history has the security situation in Europe been as bad as it is now, as a result of illegal immigration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Wednesday morning current affairs program.

It is important that the EU should break with its current migration policy

Government, August 23, 2017 2:08 PM

According to Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi, the European Union (EU) should break with its existing migration policy and should not regard the implementation of the “Soros Plan”, i.e. assuring that as many illegal immigrants arrive in Europe in an organised manner, as its main priority.

The background for budget stability is provided by the performance of the economy

Ministry of Finance, August 23, 2017 12:09 PM

“The fundamental background for budget stability is provided by the performance of the Hungarian economy, thanks to which public finances closed July with a surplus of 94.4 billion forints”, the Ministry of National Economy’s Minister of State for Public Finances Péter Benő Banai said on M1 Hungarian television’s Monday evening current affairs program.