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There is a mutual intention on the part of Paris and Budapest to become acquainted with each other’s standpoints

Government spokesperson, June 27, 2017 1:24 PM

“There is a mutual intention on the part of the new Parisian leadership and the Hungarian Government to become acquainted with each other’s standpoints and to engage in dialogue”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Paris following talks with the advisors of recently elected French President Emmanuel Macron.

Statement of the Government Communication Centre

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, June 27, 2017 12:33 PM

Reaction to the statement of Amnesty International Hungary.

An increase in migration can be expected in July and August

Government, June 27, 2017 10:59 AM

“An increase in migration pressure can be expected in July and August, primarily along maritime migration routes; large numbers of people will be setting out for Europe during the summer”, the Prime Minister’s Chief Security Advisor said on Hungarian M1 television’s Tuesday morning current affairs program.

Hungary will not open its doors

Ministry of Justice, June 27, 2017 10:58 AM

“The European Court of Justice is under huge pressure in the quota case; those with the intention of influencing the Court would like the body to dismiss the arguments put forward by Hungary and Slovakia”, Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner said in an interview for Hungarian daily Magyar Idők published on Tuesday, in which he declared: “Hungary will not open its doors to illegal immigrants”.

An overwhelming majority reinforced the government’s standpoint

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, June 26, 2017 7:31 PM

“An overwhelming majority, 99 percent of respondents reinforced the Governments’ standpoint with regard to all six questions put forward in the National Consultation”, The Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary said at a press conference in Budapest on Monday.

Hungarian-Kazakh cooperation to be particularly developed within the fields of the oil industry, agriculture and water management

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 26, 2017 5:48 PM

“Hungary has an opportunity to develop its cooperation with Kazakhstan particularly within the fields of the oil industry, agriculture and water management”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a telephone statement from Astana on Monday.

Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog received OECD Secretary-General

Ministry of Human Capacities, June 26, 2017 4:23 PM

Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog received Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) in his office today.

Global OECD forum in Budapest: seeking escape routes out of a low-growth trap

Ministry of Finance, June 26, 2017 4:22 PM

OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría opened the 3rd Global Forum on Productivity organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Budapest with a keynote speech on the importance of enhancing SME productivity within global value chains. In the introductory remarks delivered at the opening of a high-level policy panel on the first day of the event, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga analysed productivity challenges which the Hungarian economy is facing and pro-competitiveness measures the country has implemented or plans to introduce.

Viktor Orbán and Hunor Kelemen discuss further funding for Hungarians in Romania

The Prime Minister, June 26, 2017 1:59 PM

The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has informed the kormany.hu government news portal that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Kelemen Hunor, President of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, met in the Hungarian Parliament Building on Monday to discuss the current problems and challenges faced by the Hungarian community in Romania.

Nobody is endangering academic freedom

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 26, 2017 1:34 PM

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Press Chief, Tamás Menczer, there is no need to protect Hungarian academic freedom during the course of negotiations with the Governor of the State of New York State on the Central European University (CEU), because nobody is endangering it.