“The Hungarian government’s Vojvodina Economic Development Program is continuing with five new tenders, and the program will also continue in future”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Wednesday in Bácsfeketehegy (Feketić), where he attended a contract-signing event for successful applicants to the economic development program.
The Operational Group’s duty centre has proceeded in 14,000 cases since the establishment of the unit on 5 February, the head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Wednesday.
In the past 24 hours only one new coronavirus patient has been registered, the Chief Medical Officer stated at the Wednesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
“After having handled the epidemic, the time has now come for economic protection in view of the fact that the global pandemic is not just a healthcare issue, but also an economic issue, and if we work in close cooperation during the course of economic protection then both Serbia and Hungary could achieve major success”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Belgrade at a joint press conference with his Serbian counterpart.
The Hungarian government is urging a fair EU financial framework through which the European Union will be able to help economic recovery in Europe with flexible means and measures, Justice Minister Judit Varga stated after a video conference of the General Affairs Council.
“The new school textbooks have been completed, in line with the amended National Curriculum (NAT)”, it was announced at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, international companies are important in Hungary’s open economy, but “the soul of the Hungarian economy is provided by Hungarian-owned enterprises”.
“One of the conclusions that may be drawn from the coronavirus pandemic is that never again can Europe be so vulnerable to external stakeholders with relation to strategic issues”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a video posted on his Facebook page on Monday to report on an online meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.
“Beginning on Wednesday, the obligation of the two countries’ citizens to enter quarantine after crossing the border between Hungary and Romania will be eliminated”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon.
“The restrictions concerning the state funding of investment projects should be lifted as soon as possible within the European Union, in view of the fact that funding enterprises would be extremely important in the interests of protecting jobs given the difficult economic situation caused by the coronavirus epidemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Tuesday in Vienna prior to a meeting with his Austrian, Czech, Slovakian and Slovenian counterparts.