“The stability of Iraq is one of the most important issues with regard to the security of Europe. Iraq is fighting a crucial battle against the Islamic State terrorist organisation, without whose eradication we cannot talk about peace in any corner of the world and there will be no solution to the immigration crisis either”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference held jointly with his Iraqi counterpart on Tuesday in Budapest.
The tax package endorsed today helps cut bureaucracy, bolster enterprise competiveness and combat the black economy, Minister of State for Parliamentary and Taxation Affairs András Tállai said.
“Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) Hunor Kelemen met in the Parliament Building in Budapest on Tuesday in preparation of next week’s session of the Hungarian Standing Conference”, the Minister of State heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, Bertalan Havasi, told kormany.hu.
Data from the first ten months of this year show the best fiscal balance of the past fifteen years, Minister of State for Public Finances Péter Benő Banai told public news channel M1.
At a joint press conference following the meeting of V4 interior ministers in Warsaw, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér has announced that the V4 will set up a common crisis management centre.
In the first nine months of 2016, wages in real terms rose by 7.6 percent within the national economy. Thus, an upward wage trend has been in place for 45 months in Hungary. In the private sector – at enterprises with at least five employees – the number of people in employment was up by 64 thousand compared to September 2015.
“We have reached a milestone now, as we have come to an agreement with our partners on raising the minimum wage and the guaranteed minimum wage”, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference that followed the standing consultation forum of the private sector and the Government.
“OTP has opened a regional headquarters in Southern Serbia; this may be the symbol of the economic cooperation that the Hungarian and Serbian governments discussed at the joint cabinet summit”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared at the opening of the branch office in Niš on Monday.
On Monday, at the Hungarian-Serbian business forum in the Serbian city of Niš, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The future, business, profit and economic opportunities lie in Central Europe”.
In a preview of an interview to be aired on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Hungarian M1 television that “If we can come to an agreement with businesses on a higher increase in the minimum wage, then higher salaries and higher inflation will provide an opportunity for a greater increase in pensions”.