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New bill to close legal loopholes enabling aggressive tax planning and avoidance by multinational enterprises

Ministry of Finance, April 4, 2017 3:45 PM

Hungary’s National Assembly debates today a bill designed to close legal loopholes facilitating the avoidance of paying taxes by multinational enterprises. It is estimated that these schemes reduce fiscal revenues by EUR 50-70 each year at EU member states. Through the adoption of the bill, the National Assembly can prevent massive revenue shortfalls concerning the state budget of not only Hungary but almost 60 countries.

Reaction to report by Freedom House

Government spokesperson, April 4, 2017 3:34 PM

Freedom House is an institution funded by George Soros. The Government of Hungary is not surprised to see such an institution attacking Hungary.

The legislative amendment serves the interests of Hungary and the Hungarian people

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 4, 2017 2:18 PM

“The proposed legislative amendment concerning foreign universities serves Hungary’s interests and those of the Hungarian people, the new regulations can be conformed to and “assure rights, not privileges”, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said at an exposé launching the debate on the Bill to amend the Act on Higher Education in Parliament on Tuesday.

Saint Petersburg bombing – Viktor Orbán writes letter to Vladimir Putin

The Prime Minister, April 4, 2017 10:40 AM

On Monday evening Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, Bertalan Havasi, informed kormany.hu that in a letter to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán had expressed his shock at the bomb attack in Saint Petersburg.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó expresses his condolences regarding the bus accident in northern Sweden

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 4, 2017 9:45 AM

At 7 a.m. on the morning of 2 April 2017, a bus carrying schoolchildren rolled over and crashed into a roadside ditch for as yet unknown reasons near the town of Sveg in northern Sweden. According to news reports, three of the 52 secondary school children on board died as a result of the accident, and dozens more were injured.

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 4, 2017 9:45 AM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was shocked to learn about the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg, which we condemn in the strongest possible terms.

The situation in Europe’s southern neighbourhood is becoming increasingly unstable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 4, 2017 9:44 AM

“There is increasingly instability in Europe’s southern neighbourhood; more and more increasingly serious crises are emerging and there have been no successful breakthroughs in resolving these issues despite the efforts of the European Union and the international community”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Luxembourg as a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

Physical border barrier system to be considered on Romanian border section if necessary

Government, April 4, 2017 9:42 AM

On Sunday György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian public television channel M1 that the Romanian authorities are strictly protecting the border with Hungary. Nevertheless Hungary will, if necessary, consider establishing a physical border barrier system in consultation with its Romanian partners.

The Hungarian and American governments will sit down to negotiate

The Prime Minister, April 3, 2017 8:31 PM

On Monday in the Parliament Building in Budapest, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters that “The Hungarian Cabinet and the Government of the United States of America will sit down to negotiate the matter of the Central European University”.

Hungarian-Serbian relations continuously developing

The Prime Minister, April 3, 2017 8:29 PM

Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, has told kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote a letter of congratulations to Aleksandar Vučić on his landslide victory in the Serbian presidential election. Mr. Orbán also expressed the hope that the successful Serbian-Hungarian strategic relations witnessed in recent years will continue to develop at the same pace.