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The ruling in the case of the Bangladeshi migrants is an attack on the Schengen Agreement

Ministry of Justice, June 16, 2017 8:27 AM

According to the Ministry of Justice’s Parliamentary State Secretary, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Bangladeshi immigrants Ilias and Ahmed is an attack on the Schengen Agreement.

Attempts made to put pressure on Hungary

Prime Minister’s Office, June 15, 2017 8:06 PM

The European Commission wants to put pressure on Hungary with the infringement procedure instituted in the quota case, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 92 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.

The tragedy was impossible to avoid - a reaction to opinions by German journalists

Ministry of Interior, June 15, 2017 5:21 PM

Employees of German provincial television channels jumped to unfounded conclusions when they stated that the death of 71 migrants found in the back of a refrigerated truck near Parndorf, Austria on 27 August 2015 “could have probably been avoided” had the Hungarian authorities translated and evaluated the tapped conversations of the people smugglers who were transporting them in time.

The EU should reward countries that are acting responsibly with relation to the migration crisis

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 15, 2017 11:56 AM

"The European Union should reward countries that are acting responsibly in handling the migration crisis, and accordingly closer cooperation should also be developed with the Republic of Cape Verde”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Budapest.

Knowing the identity of foreign financers is a legitimate demand

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 15, 2017 11:30 AM

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian people have a legitimate need to know the identities of the foreign financers of non-governmental organisations.

Viktor Orbán receives International Energy Agency Executive Director

The Prime Minister, June 15, 2017 11:27 AM

Bertalan Havasi, Press Chief of the Prime Minister has informed Hungarian news agency MTI that on Thursday in the Parliament Building Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol on global energy security issues.

When will the European Commission finally concern itself with the deaths of hundreds of innocent people?

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2017 6:02 PM

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade criticised Brussels on Wednesday for not concerning itself with the threat of terrorism, while it is instituting infringement procedures against Hungary and two other Central-European countries in the quota case.

Decision of Strasbourg court may induce business migration

Ministry of Justice, June 14, 2017 5:05 PM

Hungary has appealed against the March decision of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights adopted in connection with two Bangladeshi asylum-seekers because the Government takes the view that this kind of interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights may induce „business migration”, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Justice Ministry said at his press conference held on 14 June 2017 in Budapest.

Infringement procedure is exertion of pressure by European Commission

Ministry of Justice, June 14, 2017 5:04 PM

The infringement procedure related to the refugee quotas is major exertion of pressure on the part of the European Commission, but this is a consequence of the fact that the distribution mechanism is not working, and most of the Member States failed to implement it, Justice Minister László Trócsányi said in answer to a journalist’s question at his press conference held in Budapest on 14 June 2017.

Historic economic cooperation agreement concluded with the State of Indiana

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2017 4:35 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said it was historically significant from the perspective of the Hungarian economy that the Hungarian Government had for the first time concluded an economic cooperation agreement with one of the states of the United States of America, and that Hungary is the first country to conclude an agreement of this nature with the Midwestern U.S. state of Indiana.