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Preparations for entry into force of reinforced legal border closure already in progress

Ministry of Interior, March 14, 2017 3:16 PM

We are making all the conditions available that are necessary for enabling members of the police and defence forces to protect the borders. We are reinforcing the legal border closure, and the construction of the second fence is under way as well, Károly Kontrát, Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior said in Parliament.

Ruining peaceful celebrations is not a fundamental human right

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 14, 2017 3:16 PM

Ruining peaceful celebrations is not a fundamental human right, Csaba Dömötör, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

Low wages must not be the one and only factor behind competitiveness

Ministry of Finance, March 14, 2017 1:33 PM

The knowledge possessed by domestic companies is competitive even from a global perspective, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the presentation of the Awards for Successful Enterprises. As the Minister added, there was one common feature in the leaders of successful companies: bravery, knowledge and agility that led to achievement.

Protection of borders is a fundamental criterion of Schengen Area

Government, March 13, 2017 3:49 PM

A fundamental criterion of the Schengen Area is the ability to protect the borders, the Prime Minister’s chief advisor for internal security said on the Friday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.

Government is committed to preserving job creation grants

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 13, 2017 3:48 PM

The Government is committed to preserving job creation grants, the State Secretary for Government Communication stressed in Pécs, in the context of the fact that „the European Union seeks to move this issue to its own competence”.

Immigration policy is main cause of Brussels and international attacks

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 13, 2017 3:47 PM

Hungary is being attacked in vain; the Government stands by the protection of the borders and says no to resettlement. If they attack us three times, we shall tell them nine times that also in this department, we do not accept the withdrawal of powers from the Member States, Csaba Dömötör said, who described Hungary’s immigration policy departing from the mainstream as the main cause of the Brussels and international attacks levelled against Hungary in recent weeks.

The relationship between Croatia and Hungary is based on common interest

Ministry of Defence, March 13, 2017 9:24 AM

After holding discussions in Zagreb with his Croatian host Damir Krsticevic, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó stated that the relationship between Croatia and Hungary is based on common interest, which must be strengthened and protected as effectively as possible.

We must do more for our security

Ministry of Defence, March 13, 2017 8:49 AM

Speaking at the jubilee celebration held on Thursday in Budapest to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hungarian Atlantic Council, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó emphasized that we must do more for our security, and the transatlantic relations are a key factor in this regard.

For Hungary the re-election of Tusk was about Europe’s operability

The Prime Minister, March 10, 2017 10:53 PM

In Brussels on Friday, after a summit of heads of state and government of the EU Member States, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that for Hungary the previous day’s re-election of Donald Tusk as President of the European Council was about Europe’s operability, rather than about one Member State or another.

Cooperation between the EU and the countries of the Eastern Partnership must be tightened

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 10, 2017 2:43 PM

“The success of the Eastern Partnership Programme is extremely important from the point of view of the long-term security of Europe, and accordingly Cooperation between the EU and the countries of the Eastern Partnership must be tightened”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest following talks with his Moldovan counterpart.