The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has informed the kormany.hu government news portal that, following the death of Father Placid Olofsson, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter to the Archabbot of Pannonhalma and the grieving Benedictine congregation, expressing his shock and condolences.
The Government will insist on tax reductions “tooth and nail”, the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister stated at a press conference.
Hungary has been Hong Kong’s number one trade partner in the CEE region, and the existing mutual confidence may be further improved by Hungary’s participation in the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said after having met with Hong Kong government members and economic stakeholders on the sidelines of the 10th Asian Financial Forum.
On Tuesday, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told the Kossuth Rádió programme “180 Minutes” that extraordinary measures against the illegal entry of migrants are still unwarranted on the Romanian and Ukrainian border sections.
On Monday, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel M1 that many migrants are providing authorities with false data and are not waiting for their asylum requests to be processed.
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) uncovered losses in the magnitude of some HUF 167 billion in its report on the metro 4 project, and the European Commission may impose a fine of HUF 76.6 billion on Hungary, the Minister of State at the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference.
“Each new year is full of new challenges, but our desire for security never changes”, Minister of Defence István Simicskó said on Monday in Budapest at a New Year’s reception for military attachés to Budapest.
“Last year’s figures show that, although to a lesser extent than in 2015, the Hungarian-Serbian border is still under permanent pressure”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said.
As Hong Kong is a gate to Asia, Hungary is a gate to Europe, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said in Hong Kong, at the 10th Asian Financial Forum. We, Hungarians, he added, are proud that our innovative solutions and recent achievements have made us the equal partner of developed countries all over the world.
One of the main priorities of our economic policy is to fuel economic growth, as thus increase the standard of living, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference on Friday.