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Two billion forint Swiss aviation industry investment in Eger

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 1, 2017 3:01 PM

“The RUAG Group, which is owned by the Swiss Confederation, will be realising a two billion forint (EUR 6.5M) aviation industry investment in Eger”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference held jointly with the directors of the Swiss technology company.

Minister of Defence receives Polish ambassador

Ministry of Defence, March 1, 2017 1:03 PM

On Tuesday, 28 February, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó received Polish ambassador Jerzy Snopek on a courtesy call in Budapest. The ambassador presented his letter of credence to President of Hungary János Áder in November 2016.

Visit by the members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Ministry of Defence, March 1, 2017 1:01 PM

On Tuesday in Budapest Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Vargha received a delegation from the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

New fence will enable reduction in staff manning southern border

Government, March 1, 2017 11:37 AM

According to the Prime Minister’s Chief Security Advisor, the construction of the new security fence will enable a reduction in the number of staff manning the southern border.

Human rights must not be used as a means of applying pressure

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 1, 2017 11:35 AM

“One of the UN’s most important duties is to protect human rights, and one of its most important institutions is the Human Rights Council (EJC), but it is very important that no country should be able to use human rights as a means of applying pressure on another country”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in his speech at the 34th session of the Council in Geneva on Tuesday.

Position of Central-European countries is in opposition in EU

Prime Minister’s Office, February 28, 2017 6:11 PM

The position which the Central-European countries represent today is in opposition, rather than in the majority, in the EU, and their situation is detrimentally affected by Brexit, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at his annual hearing at the European Affairs Committee of Parliament.

Socialists boycott investigation of metro scandal

Prime Minister’s Office, February 28, 2017 6:05 PM

The Economic Committee of Parliament sought to hear former socialist metropolitan deputy mayors Csaba Horváth and Miklós Hagyó, as well as Erzsébet Gy. Német, former leader of the MSZP group of the Metropolitan Assembly, now a politician of DK, with respect to the greatest corruption scandal of all time. The invited politicians, however, did not appear at the hearing. The left-wing politicians have all the necessary information at their disposal, yet, they choose to boycott the Economic Committee’s work, Nándor Csepreghy, Minister of State at the Prime Minister’s Office stressed at the meeting of the Economic Committee of Parliament discussing the OLAF report.

After 2020 growth of over five per cent must be reached

The Prime Minister, February 28, 2017 5:51 PM

The Prime Minister has said that in the coming years economic growth must remain between 3 and 5 per cent, while after 2020 it must reach levels of more than 5 per cent.

Economy about to enter a period of growth unseen in the past 14 years

Ministry of Finance, February 28, 2017 3:55 PM

Hungary’s economy is expected this year and next to grow at a pace unseen in the past 13-14 years, by above 4 percent annually.

V4 summit on joint action concerning the food scandal

Ministry of Agriculture, February 28, 2017 3:44 PM

“In addition to the countries of the Visegrád Group (Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, the V4), Romania and Bulgaria may also take action with regard to the dual quality of food within the European Union”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Minister of Sate for Food Chain Supervision Róbert Zsigó said on Hungarian M1 television’s Monday evening current affairs program.