The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade wishes to express its deepest condolences with relation to the terrible attack in the city of Turku, Finland, which claimed innocent lives and has left many people injured.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade expresses its sincere condolences regarding the vicious attack in Surgut, Russia, where many injured in a knife rampage.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary offers its sincere heartfelt condolences with regard to the outrageous attack in Turku which claimed innocent lives and injured so many.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, based on the example of Israel, Hungary must protect every Hungarian, no matter where they live in the world. The politician spoke about this on Friday at the award ceremony of the Award for Hungarian Communities Beyond the Borders in the Parliament Building.
There is a Hungarian national among those injured in the Barcelona attack: a Hungarian woman is lightly injured, but she has already been released from hospital, Levente Magyar, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at his press conference held on Friday.
The terrible Barcelona attack shocked every person with a kind-hearted disposition, and draws attention to the fact that every country of Europe is being threatened by the increasing risk of terrorism, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.
The Astana Expo is a major economic event this year, which offers a great opportunity alsor Hungary to present achievements of Hungarian enterprises related to future energies, Minister Mihály Varga said at the opening of the Hungary Day at the Astana Expo. As the Minister noted, the Hungarian pavilion has enjoyed special attention in the past two months, and the number of visitors at the Hungarian exhibition has now reached almost 200 thousand.
Advantage Austria conducted a survey scrutinising Hungary as an investment site. The International Agency of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce conducted a public opinion poll among Austrian branch offices in Hungary for the first time. In total 166 Austrian businesses settled in Hungary took part in the survey. Final conclusion: the businesses concerned are fundamentally optimistic as regards processes in Hungary. Eighty-one per cent of businesses believe that there is an unchanged or improving development in Hungary’s economic situation this year.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a telegram of condolence to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in connection with the Barcelona attack, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief informed kormany.hu.
The Hungarian border closure provides effective protection, but illegal immigrants continue to arrive in Europe in vast numbers via other routes, Csaba Dömötör, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday, indicating: the southern countries of the EU, such as Spain and Italy, continue to face significant pressure of migration.