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Hungary may produce the region’s most distinctive economic growth by 2020

Prime Minister’s Office, March 27, 2017 7:45 PM

Thanks to the revamping of development policy and the acceleration of calls for proposals, Hungary may become the country producing the region’s most distinctive economic growth by 2020, Nándor Csepreghy stated at his press conference which he held in connection with the parliamentary debate on the utilisation of EU funds.

Israeli scientist of Hungarian descent decorated

Prime Minister’s Office, March 27, 2017 7:43 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén handed over a high state decoration to Professor Daniel Hershkowitz, former Israeli Minister of Science and Technology, in the Parliament Building, in recognition of his manifold and committed activities serving the intensification of Hungarian-Israeli academic and social relations.

Viktor Orbán congratulates Bulgarian centre-right party on its election victory

The Prime Minister, March 27, 2017 7:39 PM

On Monday the Prime Minister’s Press Chief told kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter of congratulations to Boyko Borisov, leader of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party. Fidesz’s sister party in the European People’s Party won the largest number of seats in the parliamentary election at the weekend.

Cooperation between Hungary and the Philippines enters new dimension

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 27, 2017 4:55 PM

“Cooperation between Hungary and the Philippines is entering a new dimension thanks to the reopening of the Hungarian Embassy in Manila and the conclusion of several new agreements”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on the first day of his official visit to the Philippines.

Reducing the spheres of competence of EU Member States is unacceptable

Government spokesperson, March 27, 2017 4:00 PM

“According to the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4), the European Union integration process that takes away spheres of competence from Member States is unacceptable”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in an interview on M1 Hungarian television on Monday.

National consultation to be launched

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 27, 2017 12:34 PM

The Government is seeking the Hungarian people’s support so that we can protect our borders and prevent the resettlement of migrants, Csaba Dömötör said. The Minister of State at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister highlighted at his press conference: we are asking for the Hungarian people’s support so that we can continue to keep the regulation of taxes, wages and household utility charges in Hungarian hands.

There are more and more on our side, but the struggle continues

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 27, 2017 12:32 PM

The Hungarian position regarding illegal immigration is becoming increasingly more popular, but the Brussels struggle continues, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI.

Border protection agencies fully prepared for entry into force of reinforced legal border closure

Ministry of Interior, March 27, 2017 12:30 PM

The border protection agencies are fully prepared for the entry into force of the reinforced legal border closure on 28 March 2017, and the personal and material conditions necessary for its implementation are available.

Every nation must attend to its own security and well-being

The Prime Minister, March 25, 2017 7:56 PM

In Rome on Saturday – after the leaders of the EU Member States and central institutions had signed a declaration on the EU’s common future – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that normality in Europe can only be restored if every nation attends to its own security and well-being.

Hungarians unsatisfied with Brussels leadership, but not pro-exit

Prime Minister’s Office, March 24, 2017 5:34 PM

According to a survey conducted on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the majority of Hungarians are unsatisfied with the Brussels leadership, but would not leave the European Union. At the forum entitled „60 Years of the Treaty of Rome – Agony or Awakening in Europe?”, the State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office said in evaluation: there is cause to celebrate and to respect anniversaries as this gives us the opportunity to define the values of European integration.