It is in our economic interest that our productivity and competitiveness improve significantly, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, following talks with EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti.
The two leaders met in Budapest at a jointly organized conference on “Reinvigorating growth, competitiveness and investment.”
Although the Hungarian Government is more optimistic with regard to Hungary’s economic growth, the European Commission and the Government share a similar opinion on the country’s fiscal and financial status, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, following talks with European Commission Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis.
Hungary is expecting the advent of a better world with the election of the new President of the United States, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in evaluation of the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States at the press conference Governmentinfo 69 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
In the Hungarian Parliament Building, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented President of the Bulgarian Republic Rosen Plevneliev with the Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit with Chain and Gold Star.
At a conference of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called for significant wage rises.
The presence of avian influenza or bird flu (H5N8) has been identified in several European countries in recent days. In Hungary, a new outbreak occurred at a duck farm in Kiskunmajsa. In the interests of preventing the spread of the disease, the animal health service began cunning the livestock based on the suspicion of infection; the state will provide compensation.
György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told M1 Hungarian television’s Thursday morning current affairs program that the situation on the Greek islands is chaotic and mass migration is becoming difficult to manage in mora and more countries along the main migration routes.
Speaking in London on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary seeks to ensure that the rights of Hungarians living in Britain are not curtailed when Britain leaves the EU.
Based on figures to date, Hungarian exports may this year break last year’s record value, Tamás Menczer, the press chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on the public service television news channel M1 upon commenting on the latest data released by the Hungarian Statistical Office.
The State Secretary for Local Government of the Ministry of Interior described migration as the most burning issue of our time at the international conference entitled Modern-Day Mass Migration, or a Complex Approach to Migration organised by the Academic Council for Internal Affairs.