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Hungary supports Macedonia’s EU and NATO membership

The Prime Minister, November 18, 2016 7:30 PM

After meeting former Prime Minister of Macedonian Nikola Gruevski in the Parliament Building on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Macedonia can continue to rely on Hungary’s support in obtaining membership of the European Union and NATO.

Office of Deputy State Secretary for Persecuted Christians seeks assistance of churches

Ministry of Human Capacities, November 18, 2016 4:55 PM

The Office of the Deputy State Secretary for Persecuted Churches is seeking the assistance of churches in Hungary with its efforts, the Minister of Human Capacities said on Thursday in Budapest.

Hungary is a good ally

Ministry of Defence, November 18, 2016 4:49 PM

Hungary is an experienced, committed, cooperating and reliable ally of NATO, Defence Minister Dr István Simicskó said on 17 November at the 20th International Parliamentary NATO Conference held in the Parliament Building.

EU accession negotiations with Albania must commence as soon as possible

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 18, 2016 4:04 PM

“Albania is a determinative NATO member state with relation to the security of the Western Balkans and in fact the whole of the Southeast European region, in addition to which it is one of the main arteries of European energy supply and the gas pipeline from Azerbaijan will pass through the territory of Albania, and accordingly Hungary strongly supports Albania’s EU accession efforts”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone following talks in Tirana.

Reduction of corporate income tax rate to 9 percent expected to leave HUF 145bn at enterprises

Ministry of Finance, November 18, 2016 10:28 AM

At a press conference organized on the sidelines of the Regional Digital Conference in Budapest, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga announced that Hungary’s current corporate income tax rates of 10 percent and 19 percent are set to be reduced to a flat rate of 9 percent as of next year.

The quota-based system for distributing immigrants does not work

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 18, 2016 10:14 AM

“Time has proven that the quota-based system determined by the EU for the distribution of 160 thousand immigrants who are awaiting resettlement does not work, the system has failed”, declared Deputy State Secretary for European and American Relations Kristóf Altusz, who informed Hungarian news agency MTI about his negotiations in Holland in a telephone statement.

Shortage of labour is not caused by exodus of workers

Government spokesperson, November 18, 2016 10:10 AM

A shortage of labour in Hungary has not emerged because people with qualifications have moved to other countries, but because the Government has created more than 600 thousand jobs in the past few years, Zoltán Kovács said on the public service television news channel M1 on Thursday evening.

European Commission closed infringement procedure

Prime Minister’s Office, November 17, 2016 8:46 PM

The European Commission has closed the infringement procedure brought against Hungary in connection with the refurbishment of the Paks atomic power station in the context of public procurements, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 70 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.

European leg of alliance to be reinforced

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 17, 2016 6:08 PM

The European leg of the North-Atlantic alliance must be reinforced as it will lead nowhere if we always rely on the assumption that the United States will protect us if we are in trouble. We, too, must have adequate capacity, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday at the international parliamentary NATO conference held in the Parliament Building.

Péter Szijjártó discusses preparations for upcoming Hungarian-Serbian intergovernmental cabinet meeting in Belgrade

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 17, 2016 5:12 PM

Within the framework of the meeting of the Hungarian-Serbian Joint Economic Committee on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Serbian Minister of Economy Goran Knežević discussed preparations for the Hungarian-Serbian inter-governmental cabinet meeting due to begin in the south Serbian city of Niš on Sunday.