Deputy State Secretary for Hungary’s foreign trade policy of Opening to the South Szilveszter Bus was on an official visit to Malaysia on 5-7 December, where he held talks with officials from the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry and gave opening speeched at the Hungary Fair 2016 trade fair and expo organised by the Hungarian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur to showcase the premium quality products of Hungarian enterprises, and at the opening ceremony of Hungarian Gastronomy Weeks.
“Within the framework of bilateral talks, Hungary has come to an agreement with Portugal on the significant expansion of cooperation on consular representation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a recess during the two-day meeting of NATO member states in Brussels on Tuesday.
It is shocking and unacceptable that the Department of State of the United States should comment on the judgements of Hungarian courts.
On Tuesday evening, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel M1 that it would be good if political measures and international agreements could prevent another migration wave similar to – or even greater than – the one last year.
The pressure of immigration continues to pose a security risk to the future of the European Union and the European continent, and Hungary will therefore initiate that NATO should assume a role in countering the immigration crisis not only at Member State level, but also as a military alliance as a whole, Péter Szijjártó stated.
Szabolcs Takács, State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office had consultations in Valletta on Tuesday regarding the priorities of Malta which will assume the Presidency of the European Union next January.
The state budget had for fifteen years not been as stable as it was recently. By the end of November 2016, the central sub sector of the state budget has accumulated a surplus of HUF 59.3bn. The favourable trend shows a prudent public finance policy, which benefits every Hungarian.
On the website police.hu, the Communication Department of the National Police Headquarters has announced that, at the Police Administration Centre on Monday, Chief Commissioner of Police Károly Papp presented recognition awards for outstanding work to 134 people who participated in capturing the person suspected of detonating a bomb on Teréz Boulevard, Budapest.
MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. may conclude a concession contract for hydrocarbon prospection, exploration and production in the areas of Bázakerettye, Bucsa, Jászárokszállás, Mezőtúr, Okány West and Zala West. PannErgy Geotermikus Erőművek Zrt. has obtained the right to prospect for, extract and utilise geothermal energy (in respect of the area of Győr) in the mining tender invited for the fourth time. Joint communication of the Ministry of National Development and the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology.
“It is not necessary to create a European Public Prosecutor’s Office, as we already have the framework within which action can be taken against corruption” Minister of Justice László Trócsányi declared after negotiations with his Dutch counterpart Ard van der Steur in The Hague on 5 December 2016.