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Activity can be observed on all three European migration routes

Government, August 4, 2017 8:56 AM

Activity can be observed on all three main European migration routes, the Chief Advisor for Security of the Prime Minister said at his press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.

Despite tax reductions tax revenues are up

Ministry of Finance, August 3, 2017 3:53 PM

Last year, the Government has brokered the six-year wage agreement aiming to end the era of low wages in Hungary, Minister of State for Taxation András Tállai told political daily Magyar Idők. This year, wages have risen rapidly, more and more people have a steady job, and budget revenues have increased, he added. In the first six months of the year, revenues were up by HUF 140bn compared to the same period of the previous year.

Young Hungarians from beyond the borders may spend time in summer camps in Hungary by virtue of united efforts

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 3, 2017 8:49 AM

Minister of State for Church, Nationality and Civil Society Relations Miklós Soltész finds it a joyful development that not only the Government supports the summer camps of young Hungarians from beyond the borders in Hungary, but this is now also a wide-spread and natural practice for municipalities and civil society organisations.

We remember not only victims, but also heroes

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 2, 2017 9:01 PM

The Roma Holocaust did not only have victims, but also heroes, and it is our duty to remember and to talk about them so that as many people as possible should know about their courageous conduct, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday.

Interest in Hungarian language has increased significantly in Transcarpathia

Prime Minister’s Office, August 2, 2017 8:53 AM

Interest in the Hungarian language has increased significantly in Transcarpathia, the Government Commissioner of the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for the governmental coordination of the cooperation and development responsibilities of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County and Transcarpathia said on Tuesday at the Zánka Erzsébet Camp where he met Ukrainian children learning Hungarian.

Impact of World Championships on country image is outstanding

Ministry of National Development, August 1, 2017 5:10 PM

The impact of the World Aquatic Championships on Hungary’s image is overwhelmingly positive, foreign tourists are satisfied with the country, Zoltán Guller, Chief Executive of the Hungarian Tourism Agency said at a press conference held on Tuesday in the Duna Arena.

It is important that Hungarians beyond the borders should register for voting in largest possible numbers

Prime Minister’s Office, August 1, 2017 10:26 AM

It is important that Hungarian citizens from beyond the borders should register for participating in the parliamentary elections to be held next year in the largest possible numbers, Árpád János Potápi, Minister of State for Nation Policy at the Prime Minister’s Office said in Gödöllő, at the opening of the Summer University entitled Minority Protection in Europe held on Monday.

French Minister in Hungary again after seven years

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 1, 2017 10:12 AM

Minister of State for Sports Tünde Szabó had talks with French Sports Minister Laura Flessel at the Duna Arena. It adds to the significance of the meeting that no French leader of the rank of minister had been to Hungary since 2010.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed US authorities that claims regarding quality of Hungarian drinking water are completely without foundation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 1, 2017 9:43 AM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has taken the necessary measures in the interest of correcting the erroneous information released with respect to the quality of Hungarian tap water. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has initiated diplomatic steps vis-a-vis the US authorities in order to clarify the erroneous information released on the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerning the quality of Hungarian drinking water. At the request of István Joó, Ministerial Commissioner for water diplomacy, water industry exports and the Strategy for the Danube Region at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Hungarian Embassy in Washington consulted with the competent officers of the CDC last week.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade advises those travelling abroad to be cautious

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 1, 2017 9:02 AM

According to the press chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, compared with past decades the security situation is at its worst today in Europe, and the Ministry is therefore appealing repeatedly to everyone travelling abroad to exercise more caution and recommends that they register on the website of Hungary’s consular services.