From Friday, Austrian, Czech and Slovak nationals as well as Hungarian nationals arriving from these countries are allowed to enter Hungary without being required to retire to compulsory home quarantine, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Friday.
The number of patients treated with coronavirus infection has fallen to below four hundred, and there are four counties where there are no active infections, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will recommend the appointment of Barnabás Virág, Managing Director for Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis at the National Bank of Hungary, for the post of Deputy Governor of the central bank to President of the Republic János Áder, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.
On Friday in Minsk, during the first part of his talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attended by members of the press, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged the development of Hungarian-Belarusian political and economic relations.
The opinion published on EUObserver under the title ‘Anti-Roma hatred on streets of Budapest’ is opportunistic, biased and “all too familiar,” Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács stated in his writing published on the Brussels news portal EUObserver on Friday.
“People will be able to travel without restriction to Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia from this Friday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Thursday evening.
“In the new global economic competition, Hungarian enterprises will be able to stand their ground if they gain strength, develop new capacities, purchase new technologies and expand their product portfolios”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest at a ceremony to present competitiveness program funding certificates.
The Operational Group will make recommendations with respect to the operation of theatres, cinemas and museums after the state of danger and about whether events can be organised, the Government Spokesperson said on the Thursday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.
The questionnaire of the national consultation will feature thirteen questions, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations announced on his Facebook account on Thursday.
Hungary will not restrict judicial immunity, the Justice Minister told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.