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Tunisia and Hungary to enhance counter-terrorism and border guarding cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 21, 2016 8:31 AM

Tunisia and Hungary will enhance their counter-terrorism and border guarding cooperation, fifty Palestinian students will receive scholarship grants at a Hungarian university, Hungary will take joint action with Lebanon in the interest of the protection of Christians in the Middle East, and Hungary will support Kuwait’s membership of the UN Security Council.

European and Arabic countries are reliant on one another in the field of security

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 21, 2016 8:30 AM

European and Arabic countries are reliant on one another in the field of counter-terrorism and creating security. This is obvious based on the fact that, in light of yesterday’s incidents, the threat of terrorism in Europe is graver than ever before, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated on Tuesday upon talking to the Hungarian news agency MTI after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Arab League and the European Union.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó had talks in Seoul about sanctions against North Korea and investments in Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 21, 2016 8:29 AM

During his two-day visit to Seoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó had talks about the sanctions proposed by the European Union against North Korea and South Korean investments coming to Hungary.

The attack was aimed against the whole of Europe

Government, December 20, 2016 6:31 PM

“The attack on Monday evening in Berlin was aimed against the whole of Europe, meaning Hungary was also attacked”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said at a press conference in Budapest, held jointly with György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to Prime Minister.

Guarding of German and Russian Embassies reinforced

Ministry of Interior, December 20, 2016 6:29 PM

Chief Police Commissioner Károly Papp has ordered the ongoing guarding of the Embassy of Germany and the German Ambassador’s residence, as well as of the reinforced and enhanced guarding of the Embassy of the Russian Federation, Tibor Lakatos, Head of Division responsible for the maintenance of public order at the National Police Headquarters announced at an extraordinary press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest.

In 2016 the pace of migration has slowed

Government, December 20, 2016 3:44 PM

György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said that in 2016 the pace of migration has slowed in comparison to the previous year.

The stability of Turkey is in the interests of Hungary

Government, December 20, 2016 3:43 PM

Following the armed attack in the Turkish capital, in which the Russian Ambassador to Ankara was shot dead, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has told Hungarian television channel M1 that Turkey’s stability is in the interests of Hungary.

Hungary is to strengthen further next year

Ministry of Finance, December 20, 2016 3:25 PM

Thanks partly to the six-year wage agreement concluded in November 2016, Hungary’s economy is expected to expand by more than 4 percent next year, while the fiscal deficit will continue to be below the 3 percent threshold and resume a descending path in 2017-2020, according to the latest macro-economic and fiscal estimate of the Ministry for National Economy. In coming years, the Ministry prognosticates stable economic growth: 4.1 percent in 2017 and 4.3 percent in 2018.

Level of terror alert is not to be raised

Ministry of Interior, December 20, 2016 12:22 PM

In the wake of the attacks carried out in European cities on 19 December 2016, the Counter-Terrorism Coordination Committee did not alter terror alert level 3 (medium) which is currently in force in the territory of Hungary.

No information on planned acts of terrorism in Hungary

Government, December 20, 2016 12:20 PM

There is no information that would relate to specific acts of terrorism planned to be carried out in Hungary, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the Tuesday morning programme of the public service television news channel M1.