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Tax reductions and wage deal to facilitate economic growth

Ministry of Finance, February 16, 2017 4:08 PM

The six-year wage deal brokered last year enables faster economic growth in 2017, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga told Mokka, the popular morning show on TV2.

The EU has made several “strange” decisions since the beginning of the migration crisis

Government, February 16, 2017 3:54 PM

“The uncontrolled entry and free movement of people ’of unknown identity, who arrive with unknown intent’, and who represent a security risk in Hungary and in the EU, must be prevented”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said.

Hungarian economy posted growth even without the support of EU funds

Ministry of Finance, February 16, 2017 2:45 PM

The rate of growth was 2 percent of GDP, above the EU average, in 2016, and thus Hungary has continued to narrow the economic gap with the EU. The country achieved growth without the inflow of EU funding. Thanks to the recently brokered wage deal, Hungary’s economic growth is expected to pick up this year.

Hungary finds reassuring the American approach to combating terrorism

Ministry of Defence, February 16, 2017 12:04 PM

Speaking to Hungarian journalists during a two-day Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó stated that the American approach to the fight against terrorism and to crisis management at multiple hot spots is reassuring to Hungary, because it is largely the same as Hungary’s position.

Foreign trade and consular office to be opened in Sydney

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 16, 2017 12:01 PM

A foreign trade and consular office will be opened in Australia’s largest city, Sydney, in order to better enforce Hungary’s economic interests and to promote the unity and continued survival of the Hungarian national community in Australia, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday on the occasion of his visit to Sydney.

The Hungarian Defence Forces must be made a major military force in the region by 2026

Ministry of Defence, February 16, 2017 9:27 AM

Speaking at the annual assessment and tasking conference of leaders of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó emphasized that the goal is to ensure that the Hungarian Defence Forces become a major military force in the region by 2026.

Sándor Pintér receives Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration

Ministry of Interior, February 15, 2017 4:34 PM

On Wednesday Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér received Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson, in the Ministry of Interior in Budapest.

Government launches internet consultation

Government spokesperson, February 15, 2017 4:32 PM

“The Government is launching an internet consultation on regulatory issues that have arisen as a result of the Verona bus accident”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in the recess of today’s cabinet meeting.

Migration policies of Australia and Hungary fully coincide

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 15, 2017 4:30 PM

The migration policies of Australia and Hungary fully coincide, and therefore Hungary firmly supports Australia’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated in a telephone interview given to the Hungarian news agency MTI after his talks in Canberra on Wednesday.

Migrants have explored loopholes of former rules of asylum procedure

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, February 15, 2017 4:26 PM

The need has emerged for tightening the procedures conducted on border guarding premises because migrants have explored the loopholes of the former rules, State Secretary for Government Communication Bence Tuzson said.