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Hungary will only have a future if we don’t forget our past

Ministry of Human Capacities, October 28, 2016 8:42 AM

Minister for Human Capacities Zoltán Balog spoke about the importance of remembrance in Mosonmagyaróvár on Wednesday at a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 1956 massacre. The Minister also announced that the Government had decided to double political rehabilitation pension supplements over the next two years.

Renzi’s threats have no legal basis

Prime Minister’s Office, October 27, 2016 8:45 PM

At present, the threats the Italian Prime Minister is levelling at the Central-European countries, including Hungary, have no legal or political basis of any kind, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 67 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.

The 1956 Revolution Showed the Whole World that the Hungarian Nation Wanted to Return to Europe

Ministry of Justice, October 27, 2016 6:48 PM

“The 1956 Hungarian Revolution showed the whole world that the Hungarian nation wanted to return to Europe, to live in freedom and not in intimidation locked up behind the iron curtain”, declared Minister of Justice László Trócsányi in Brussels at the commemoration and concert on the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and War of on 26 October 2016.

Average number of people in employment rose to 4.4 million in July-September 2016

Ministry of Finance, October 27, 2016 1:37 PM

The latest flash report by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office shows that favourable labour market trends continued in July-September 2016. The number of people in employment aged 15-74 years rose by 126 thousand, to 4 million 391 thousand, a new record high figure. The largest improvement was registered within the private sector, with 128 thousand new jobs. The unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in the observed period, the lowest level since the regime change.

The EU must conclude trade agreements with the countries of the Latin American and Caribbean regions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 27, 2016 11:26 AM

“The European Union must conclude the trade agreements with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to enable the enforcement of the interests of Hungarian enterprises in the region”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a telephone statement on Wednesday.

A modern Treasury system must be established

Ministry of Finance, October 27, 2016 8:24 AM

The Government is committed to operating a treasury system that can cope with the challenges of our era and ensuring the efficient safeguarding of the spending of public funds, Deputy State Secretary for Treasury Affairs Ábel Berczik said at a conference jointly organized by the state treasuries of Hungary and France.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sends his condolences to the family of the police officer murdered in Bőny

The Prime Minister, October 26, 2016 5:15 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed his condolences to the family of a police officer who was murdered in Bőny.

The goal of Hungarian agricultural policy is to protect the EU funding and money of Hungarian farmers

Ministry of Agriculture, October 26, 2016 2:46 PM

“The European Commission – citing the fact that it wishes to simplify the funding system – has proposed amendments which include some extremely cleverly smuggled in points that are totally unacceptable and violate our national interests”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said in Warsaw at a summit of Visegrád Group (V4) agriculture ministers and their Bulgarian, Slovenian and Romanian counterparts.

The goal of Hungarian agricultural policy is to protect the EU funding and money of Hungarian farmers

Government, October 26, 2016 2:42 PM

“The European Commission – citing the fact that it wishes to simplify the funding system – has proposed amendments which include some extremely cleverly smuggled in points that are totally unacceptable and violate our national interests”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said in Warsaw at a summit of Visegrád Group (V4) agriculture ministers and their Bulgarian, Slovenian and Romanian counterparts.

Brussels hasn’t yet found a solution for action against illegal migrants arriving in Greece and Italy

Government, October 26, 2016 1:08 PM

“Although Brussels has taken steps to establish a European border and coast guard, it hasn’t yet found a solution for taking effective action against illegal immigrants who arrive in Greece and Italy by sea, and as a result the European Commission has recommended that temporary internal border controls be extended by three months”, the Prime Minister’s Chief Advisor on Homeland Security said on Hungarian M1 public television’s Wednesday morning current affairs programme.