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Reports about Hungarian brutality towards refugees are untrue

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 21, 2016 10:18 AM


“Reports about brutality by Hungarian police towards migrants are untrue; the people who wrote these have not been to Hungary, or if they did they are lying”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on the BBC World’s Hard Talk programme, which aired on Wednesday evening and Thursday.

Ukraine must be granted visa-free travel

The Prime Minister, October 21, 2016 9:28 AM

On Thursday, at his arrival in Brussels at the two-day summit of EU head of states and governments, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that it would be time to do something for Ukraine and there is one thing we can do for the Ukrainians: we can grant them the possibility of visa-free travel.

Viktor Orbán holds talks with Ukrainian President

The Prime Minister, October 20, 2016 8:52 PM

Bertalan Havasi, Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed Hungarian news agency MTI that ahead of the summit of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Maastricht on Thursday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

We must not give way to anarchy

The Prime Minister, October 20, 2016 8:41 PM

On Thursday, German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse published an interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán entitled “We must not give way to anarchy”.

Man charged with Teréz körút blast

Government, October 20, 2016 6:48 PM

The Central Prosecution Service has charged a young Hungarian man with no criminal record with attempted, pre-meditated murder perpetrated against multiple individuals acting in official capacity and explosive violation in connection with the Teréz körút blast, Chief Prosecutor Imre Keresztes announced at his Thursday press conference in Budapest.

Hungary has become a major motor vehicle manufacturing hub in Europe

Ministry of Finance, October 20, 2016 3:38 PM

Motor vehicle manufacturing is playing a key role within the Hungarian economy, and thanks to the performance of the more than 700 enterprises active in the sector the volume of output soared by more than 17 percent over the past one year, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a conference organized as part of Automotive Hungary, a car industry exhibition event.

60-150 border crossing attempts daily

Government, October 20, 2016 3:09 PM

György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told Hungarian public television channel M1 that there is still continuous movement at the Hungarian border section secured by the border fence at present, and every day 60-150 people attempt to cross the border illegally.

The Hungarians are a people of freedom

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, October 20, 2016 2:30 PM

“The sixtieth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence sends the message that the Hungarians are a people of freedom, who stand up for justice even against the tide” Parliamentary State Secretary Csaba Dömötör from the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said.

We are proud of our police

The Prime Minister, October 20, 2016 2:18 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his appreciation of the Hungarian police on Thursday with reference to the fact that the suspected perpetrator of the bombing on Teréz Körút in Budapest has been apprehended; the man has duly been remanded in custody by the Central Prosecutorial Investigation Office.

Huawei to join development projects in Hungary

Ministry of Finance, October 20, 2016 2:13 PM

Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga met with Huawei Technologies Hungary Ltd CEO Zheng Weifeng to discuss new cooperation options. One of the most dynamically developing info-communication companies wants to join, among others, the implementation of an automotive test track project near Zalaegerszeg, the Minister said.