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Hungary is using EU development funds outstandingly well

Prime Minister’s Office, January 4, 2017 10:54 AM

The year 2016 was an extremely successful year in terms of EU developments: a higher sum of grants was successfully paid to applicants than at any time before.

Hungary’s economic outlook is promising

Ministry of Finance, January 3, 2017 11:35 AM

Minister of State for Financial Affairs Ágnes Hornung said that Hungary’s economic outlook was promising, stressing that GDP growth is expected to exceed 2 percent this year despite the lower volume of EU funding absorbed by the economy.

Hungary will be able to gain further strength in 2017

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, January 2, 2017 3:34 PM

“2017 will be about tax cuts, pay rises and increased support for families, while we must also apply all possible instruments to increase Hungary’s and Europe’s security”, Parliamentary State Secretary Csaba Dömötör from the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister emphasised at his press conference on the last day of the year.

General government debt-to-GDP ratio to decline further

Ministry of Finance, January 2, 2017 3:10 PM

The government debt-to-GDP ratio may decline this year and next, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference held jointly with Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) CEO György Barcza.

Istanbul atrocity – Prime Minister Orbán sends letter of condolence

The Prime Minister, January 2, 2017 11:01 AM

Bertalan Havasi, Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office, has informed kormany.hu that “In a letter of condolence to Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conveyed his sympathies to the families of the victims of the Istanbul terrorist attack, and wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured”.

Our goal is to make Hungary a winning country

The Prime Minister, December 30, 2016 4:25 PM

In an interview for the Mediaworks group of regional newspapers published on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that “Hungary is an island of stability in a troubled Western world”, adding that “our goal is to make Hungary a winning country”.

The EU has difficulty learning and drawing conclusions

Government, December 29, 2016 2:40 PM

According to the Prime Minister’s Chief Security Advisor, the European Union is continuing to work on unifying new refugee procedures and the quota system, and this clearly indicates that the EU has difficulty learning and drawing conclusions.

Viktor Orbán has personally informed President János Áder he has once again been nominated by Fidesz as Head of State

The Prime Minister, December 29, 2016 2:24 PM

“Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has personally informed President of the Republic János Áder that Fidesz has once again nominated him for the post of Head of State”, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief told kormany.hu on Friday.

The secret services are having to monitor too many dangerous people

Government, December 29, 2016 2:22 PM

“The secret services are overworked and are having to monitor too many people who pose a danger to national security, and this could also have played a role in Monday evening’s attack in Berlin”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on M1 Hungarian television’s Friday evening current affairs programme.

Hungarian police return from tour of duty in Serbia and Macedonia

Ministry of Interior, December 29, 2016 2:19 PM

Hungarian police officers who have been on tours of duty in Serbia and Macedonia have returned home. The contingent was received by Chief Police Commissioner Károly Papp on Friday in Budapest.