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Hungary has asked the right questions and has given the right answers

The Prime Minister, March 31, 2017 5:08 PM

On Kossuth Radio’s programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that, on the issue of immigration, right from the beginning Hungary has asked the right questions and has given the right answers, while the West is lagging behind by a year or two.

The national consultation packages are already being delivered, including a letter from the Prime Minister

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 31, 2017 4:08 PM

“The national consultation questionnaires are being delivered to households from this Friday, including a letter from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán”, the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary, Csaba Dömötör, told Hungarian news agency MTI.

No university can stand above the law

Ministry of Human Capacities, March 31, 2017 3:37 PM

“The Government is happy to enter into negotiations with any university, but nobody can stand above the law”, the Minister of Human Capacities said with relation to the Bill on regulating the operations of foreign-founded universities.

Hungary supports NATO joining Global Coalition to Counter ISIS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 31, 2017 3:06 PM

“Hungary supports the American proposal that NATO should formally join the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian reporters in the recess of a meeting of NATO ministers in Brussels.

New biomass power plant to be built in Szabadegyháza

Ministry of Agriculture, March 31, 2017 2:34 PM

“Europe’s largest maize processing company is capable of producing higher added value products thanks to continuous development and technological modernisation. This is in harmony with the Government’s and the Ministry’s vision that the Hungarian food sector should produce healthy, safe, natural, GMO-free and competitive products”, the Minster of Agriculture said at the foundation stone laying ceremony for Hungrana Ltd’s latest biomass power plant in Szabadegyháza.

Visit of the Assistant Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 31, 2017 2:19 PM

Within the framework of the bilateral consultation mechanism established between Hungary and the Arab Republic of Egypt, Deputy State Secretary for Opening to the South Szilveszter Bus held talks with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Ihab Nasr in Budapest on 30 March 2017.

Commemorative plaque unveiled for the victims of the Petržalka forced labour camp

Ministry of Justice, March 31, 2017 2:04 PM

Hungarian Minster of Justice László Trócsányi and his counterparts from Slovakia and Austria, Lucia Zitnanská and Wolfgang Brandstetter unveiled a commemorative plaque to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Pozsonyligetfalu (Petržalka) forced labour camp, at the former site of the camp on Wednesday.

The future of the “Soros university” depends on intergovernmental negotiations

The Prime Minister, March 31, 2017 2:00 PM

On Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The future of the ‘Soros university’ depends on American-Hungarian intergovernmental negotiations”.

Lower fiscal deficit and general government debt show a stronger Hungary

Ministry of Finance, March 31, 2017 1:42 PM

Thanks to a predictable and responsible fiscal policy, the general government budget deficit was – in line with prior estimates -- 1.7 percent of GDP in the year 2016, while the government debt-to-GDP ratio fell to 74.1 percent. These data are in accordance with Government efforts and confirm the adequacy of measures implemented.

Expansion of transit zones completed

Ministry of Interior, March 31, 2017 1:10 PM

The expansion of the transit zones at Röszke and Tompa has been completed under the supervision of experts from the prison service and with the involvement of prisoners. A total of 324 containers were deployed at the two sties. The containers have been fitted with public utilities, electricity and heating in accordance with regulations.