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Government to double budget of enterprise modernisation program to 100 billion forints

Ministry of Finance, June 19, 2020 10:27 AM

“Applications for over double the 50-billion-forint (EUR 145 million) budget available have been submitted for the tender aimed at facilitating the technological modernisation of enterprises, as a result of which the government is doubling the original budget with an additional 50 billion forints”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga announced following a session of the Economic Cabinet.

Joint statement on protecting against the epidemic

Ministry of Finance, June 19, 2020 9:57 AM

“The coronavirus represents a global challenge: a response based on unity, solidarity, mutual support and multilateral cooperation is required”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said quoting the joint statement issued following the “One Belt One Road” international cooperation video conference organised by the Chinese government.

New waves of migration must be prevented

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 19, 2020 9:31 AM

“New waves of migration must be prevented from setting out towards Europe because of the coronavirus epidemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday, reporting on his visit to Malta.

We are committed to transparency of non-governmental organisations

Ministry of Justice, June 19, 2020 9:25 AM

The Hungarian government is committed to ensuring the transparency of non-governmental organisations, Justice Minister Judit Varga said after a judgment was delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union earlier today. This is the objective of the Hungarian legislation about the transparency of organisations funded from abroad, and the Court’s decision adopted today has confirmed the legitimacy of that objective, Ms. Varga stressed.

Fight against epidemic was successful

Prime Minister’s Office, June 19, 2020 8:32 AM

In Hungary the fight against the coronavirus epidemic was successful, more successful than in many states in Western Europe, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in evaluation at the press conference ‘Governmentinfo’ held on Thursday in Budapest after the state of danger came to an end after 98 days. He announced that the shopping hours reserved for the elderly would be abolished.

It is unacceptable that the EU’s indecisiveness is restricting the funding of investment projects

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 18, 2020 4:48 PM

“It is unacceptable that the EU has been incapable of deciding on abolishing the upper limit on state investment promotion for over one and a half months now”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Budapest at Thursday’s ceremony to present funding certificates within the framework of the competitiveness-increasing program.

There is a difference between xenophobia and taking pride in one’s own culture and traditions

Government spokesperson, June 18, 2020 2:28 PM

The Hungarian people love Prime Minister Viktor Orbán not on account of their linguistic and cultural isolation or xenophobia, but due to the support provided for culture and Hungarian families, and the pride they take in their traditions, Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács wrote in an opinion published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Thursday in response to an article published in the same outlet two days earlier.

European people want security

Government, June 18, 2020 2:26 PM

European people want security, they would like to prevent illegal immigrants from “flooding” the continent uncontrolled, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister stated on the public service television news channel M1 on Wednesday evening.

The Szeged-Subotica railway line will be completed by 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 17, 2020 8:00 PM

“After having overcome the virus, there now follows a period of economic protection, and this will be characterised by success stories that will relate to infrastructure development projects and investment projects, and it is to these that the refurbishment of the Szeged-Subotica railway line and its opening in 2022 is linked”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Wednesday in Palić (Palics), near the Hungarian-Serbian border.

Vojvodina is the joint success story of Serbia and Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 17, 2020 7:30 PM

“Vojvodina is a unique success story, the joint success story of Serbia and Hungary, and the better things are in Vojvodina, the better for the Hungarians, and the better for the Serbians, too”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Wednesday in Feketić (Bácsfeketehegy), where he officially inaugurated a new frozen vegetable processing plant established within the framework of the Hungarian government’s Vojvodina Economic Development Program.