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Hungarian-Slovak foreign affairs consultation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 7, 2017 1:31 PM

Kristóf Altusz, Deputy State Secretary for European and American Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade had consultations on 6 March 2017 in Budapest with Iveta Hricova, EU Affairs Director General at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic.

Mihály Varga received IMF head of mission for Hungary Khaled Sakr

Ministry of Finance, March 7, 2017 11:48 AM

The IMD delegation, headed by mission chief Khaled Sakr, conducts the regular annual Article IV economic policy consultations on 23 February-8 March 2017 in Budapest.

Europe needs to re-plan

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 7, 2017 11:07 AM

“Europe needs to re-plan, because in addition to the increasingly frequent problems of an economic nature, it must also combat an identity crisis”, Parliamentary State Secretary Csaba Dömötör from the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said on Monday at a ceremony in Brussels to mark the 169th anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian revolution and war of independence.

Hungary continues to insist on Member State regulation of retail electricity prices

Ministry of National Development, March 6, 2017 6:18 PM

Hungary continues to insist on the Member State regulation of retail electricity prices. This is supported by a number of other EU Member States, in contrast to Brussels’ view, András Aradszki, State Secretary for energy affairs at the Ministry for National Development said on Monday at a press conference held in Budapest.

Hungary supports the affirmation of European defence cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 6, 2017 6:00 PM

“Hungary supports the affirmation of European defence cooperation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a press conference in Brussels to mark a meeting of EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers.

Hungary strongly condemns the missile test conducted by North Korea

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 6, 2017 5:26 PM

The Government of Hungary condemns, in the strongest terms, the missile test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 6 March 2017. It is cause for grave concern that several of the missiles came down inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Pyongyang’s repeated provocations pose a direct threat to the stability of the region and to the security of both Japan and the Republic of Korea.

The fence is protecting the EU, not Hungary

Government spokesperson, March 6, 2017 4:10 PM

“The fence is protecting the European Union, not Hungary, and if Hungary can stop illegal migration in this manner, then there is no need for the tailbacks at the Hegyeshalom border crossing station either, since it has also defended Austria”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI following background discussions at the Hungarian Embassy in Vienna on Monday.

European Commission may consent to state grant for Paks enlargement

Prime Minister’s Office, March 6, 2017 12:25 PM

The European Commission may consent to the state grant to be provided for the enlargement of the Paks atomic power station in the near future, Attila Aszódi, the Government Commissioner responsible for the maintenance of the performance of the Paks atomic power station said on Monday on the public service television news channel M1.

Masses marching through safe countries is not a fundamental human right

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 6, 2017 12:19 PM

It is not a fundamental human right for masses „to march through” safe countries, to violate the relevant international and national laws and to choose where they wish to live, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade responded on Saturday to the usual annual human rights report of the US Department of State.

Action must be taken against penalisation of those opposed to mandatory resettlement

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, March 6, 2017 12:16 PM

Action must be taken to prevent the European Commission from imposing penalties on the EU Member States which refuse to implement the decisions on the resettlement of asylum-seekers, the State Secretary responsible for government communication said on the public service television news channel M1 on Friday evening.