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40 million euro Hungarian food industry investment in Mélykút

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 10, 2017 3:59 PM

“Hunent Zrt is building a new waterfowl processing plant in the Bács-Kiskun County town of Mélykút with an investment of some 12.5 billion forints (40 million euros) and the creation of 350 new jobs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced.

The Holocaust is our national tragedy

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, April 10, 2017 12:49 PM

“We Hungarians can never forget what happened, because it happened to us; the Holocaust is our national tragedy”, Antal Rogán, Minister heading the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said at an event to commemorate the Day of Remembrance for the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust in Budapest on Sunday.

Increased interest in Roma culture

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 10, 2017 9:43 AM

There is increasing interest in Roma culture and majority society has become more open towards the Roma during the past year, according to Minister of State for Social Affairs and Social Inclusion Károly Czibere.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered his condolences on account of victims of church attack in Egypt

The Prime Minister, April 9, 2017 9:38 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered his most sincere condolences to Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, and Pope Tawadros II, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, on account of the bombings committed in the Church of St. George in the city in Tanta in Egypt on Sunday.

The Government is asking it Ukrainian partners to refrain from harassing Hungarian institutions in Subcarpathia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 9, 2017 7:00 PM

“The Hungarian Government is requesting in the strongest possible terms that its Ukrainian partners ask its authorities to refrain from harassing Hungarian institutions in Subcarpathia, and that legislators in Kiev do not introduce laws that represent a step back with regard to minority rights”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy declared in Munkács (Mukacseve) on Friday.

Public safety in Europe has decreased significantly

Government, April 9, 2017 6:58 PM

“Public safety in Europe has decreased significantly”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on M1 Hungarian television’s Friday evening current affairs program with relation to the terrorist attack in Stockholm.

Finance Ministers discuss future of EU economic policy

Ministry of Finance, April 9, 2017 6:55 PM

“European growth is driven by Central and Eastern Europe; a multi-geared Europe could not grow if it lost is engine. The continent can only remain competitive on the world market if it is unified”, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said on Friday at an informal meeting of the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN). EU Finance Ministers discussed the future of EU economic policy and possible methods for handling the aftermath of non-performing bank loans.

Statement on the terrorist attacks against Coptic Christians on Palm Sunday

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 9, 2017 6:50 PM

Hungary was extremely shocked to hear about the latest terrorist attacks against the Coptic Christian community in Egypt, which occurred while people were at Mass on Palm Sunday in the Mar Guirguis Church in Tanta, north of Cairo, and a few hours ago in Alexandria. According to news reports the attacks have claimed over 30 lives and injured at least 50 people.

Hungary condemns terrorist attack against Egyptian church

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 9, 2017 5:22 PM

The Government of Hungary strongly condemns today’s terror attack during Mass in the Mar Guirguis Church in Tanta, Egypt, which claimed the lives of at least 15 people and injured over 40 others. We hereby express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish the injured a speedy recovery.

Truck attack in Sweden – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offers his condolences in a letter to the Swedish prime minister

The Prime Minister, April 7, 2017 9:16 PM

Bertalan Havasi, head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter to Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven in relation to Friday afternoon’s attack in Stockholm. On behalf of the Hungarian people Mr. Orbán offered his condolences to the families of the victims and wished swift recovery to those injured.