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Number of active infections is decreasing significantly and continuously

Government, June 10, 2020 3:49 PM

The number of active coronavirus patients is decreasing significantly and continuously, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Wednesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.

State funding for the competitiveness program has been increased to 490 million euros

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 10, 2020 3:35 PM

“806 enterprises submitted their applications within the framework of the competitiveness-increasing funding program, undertaking to realise 377 billion forints (EUR 1.09 billion) in investment projects; the government is providing up to half of the value of the investments realised in the interests of protecting jobs for all applications that are legally valid, and accordingly the government has increased the budget for state funding to 169 billion forints (EUR 490 million)”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

The Hungarian-Croatian border will also be opened from Friday

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 10, 2020 10:54 AM

“The Hungarian and Croatian borders may now be reopened, and accordingly people who travel to Croatia will no longer have to enter quarantine”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his social media page on Wednesday.

The EU must allow member states to pay over 800 thousand euros in funding towards job-creating and protecting investment projects

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 10, 2020 10:51 AM

“The European Union must allow member states to pay over 800 thousand euros in funding out of their own budgets towards job-creating and protecting investment projects”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a video posted to his social media page on Tuesday.

Brussels’ recovery plan is unfair towards Hungary

Ministry of Finance, June 10, 2020 10:47 AM

“The European Recovery Plan is essentially a concept that is tailored to the requirements of southern member states, the undeclared goal of which is to prevent the economic collapse of these countries, which have been struggling with financial and structural problems for a long time”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said with relation to the European Commission’s package of measures published at the end of May.

Hungarian Villages Programme serves to promote life in villages

Government spokesperson, June 10, 2020 9:16 AM

The Hungarian Villages Programme launched in 2018 helps people to stay in villages and to make life in villages better and more liveable, Government Spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi said in a video message sent to the Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.

With political will illegal migration could be stopped

Government, June 10, 2020 9:08 AM

According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, with political will illegal migration could be stopped.

We expect more respect from Croatian politicians who are criticising Hungary and spreading fake news

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 9, 2020 3:25 PM

“We expect more respect from those Croatian politicians who in recent days have been criticising Hungary and spreading fake news with relation to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s State Secretary wrote on his social media page on Tuesday.

Applications for the competitiveness program have arrived from over 30 different sectors of industry

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 9, 2020 2:53 PM

“The diversity of the Hungarian economy is indicated by the fact the enterprises that have applied for funding within the framework of the competitiveness-increasing program are active in over 30 different sectors of industry”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.

Checks on Schengen internal state borders brought to a conclusion

Government, June 9, 2020 2:28 PM

The police have terminated border checks on all of Hungary’s Schengen internal state borders, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Tuesday.