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National Competitiveness Council debates job market issues

Ministry of Finance, April 6, 2017 2:12 PM

“Thanks to the strengthening of the economy and increasing workforce demand on the part of the private sector, the most important challenge to competiveness today has become assuring a suitably trained workforce”, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga said following the second session of the National Competitiveness Council. New measures to promote the employment of women, young people and pensioners could lead to hundreds of thousands of people returning to the job market, the Minister told reporters.

For the anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

Prime Minister’s Office, April 6, 2017 2:06 PM

For Hungary and the Visegrád countries, it is particularly important that we should protect and reinforce the tangible achievements of integration which serve the good of the people in our everyday lives: the smooth functioning of the internal market, the four fundamental freedoms, and the cohesion and rural development policies, our co-author Szabolcs TAKÁCS, State Secretary for EU Affairs writes, who takes the view that the underlying thought behind any contemplation regarding the future of Europe must be the concept of “a strong Europe of strong Member States”.

Hungarian interests must be protected

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, April 6, 2017 1:29 PM

On Thursday morning, Minister of State for Government Communication Bence Tuzson told Kossuth Rádió’s “180 Minutes” programme that Hungary is being attacked on all fronts, but it has no choice but to protect its own interests.

First quarter balance includes no surprises

Ministry of Finance, April 6, 2017 11:53 AM

At the end of March the cumulative deficit of the central subsystem of public finances was 198.1 billion forints, which is in line with the expectations of the Ministry for National Economy. The processes of the first quarter indicate that public finances continue to be stable, which should also remain the case with regard to the whole financial year.

The reduction of utility charges is in the interests of the Hungarian people

Ministry of National Development, April 6, 2017 11:28 AM

“The reduction of utility charges implemented by the Government is in the interests of the Hungarian people. Through the National Consultation, the Government is, among others, asking people to help protect the values of the utility charge reduction”, the Ministry of National Development’s Minister of State for Energy András Aradszki emphasised at a press conference on Tuesday in Budapest.

HUF 60 billion to be allocated to Sopron as part of Modern Cities development programme

Prime Minister’s Office, April 6, 2017 8:44 AM

The Government has already granted the City of Sopron almost HUF 5 billion from the some HUF 60 billion which has been allocated for the developments of the city as part of the Modern Cities Programme, Nándor Csepreghy highlighted in Sopron, at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the refurbishment of the historical city centre on Wednesday.

The international community must find a global solution to the situation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 5, 2017 7:51 PM

“It is the responsibility of the international community to find a global solution to the situation in Syria and Iraq, because the conflict in the region represents a major danger to the whole world”, István Mikola said on Wednesday in Budapest on the closing day of a two-day conference on Syria.

True non-governmental organisations are about performing a duty to society

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 5, 2017 7:43 PM

The work performed by non-governmental organisations, which reinforces and assists communities, provides an overall authentic picture of the state of mind of Hungarian society, and about its good intentions and willingness to act.

Religious life was not the only thing dictatorships wanted to destroy

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 5, 2017 6:48 PM

“Religious life was not the only thing dictatorships wanted to destroy, they also persecuted monks who undertook public duties and managed orphanages, hospitals, schools and the distribution of aid in the interests of hundreds of thousands of people in need”, the Ministry of Human Capacities’ Minister of State for Churches, Minorities and Social Affairs said on Wednesday in Mátraverebély-Szentkút.

America is Hungary’s number one export market outside the EU

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 5, 2017 6:09 PM

“The United States has become Hungary’s number one export market outside the European Union, with exports increasing by 11 percent in January of this year”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in Győr at the foundation stone laying ceremony for Dana Hungary Limited’s new 13 thousand square metre factory, which is being built with an investment of 46 million euros.