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The signing of the planned free trade agreement between the EU and Canada is still uncertain

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2016 12:32 PM

“The planned signing of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA) next week is still uncertain, because several countries continue to have doubts”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told reporters on Tuesday following a meeting of EU foreign affairs and trade ministers in Luxembourg.

Brexit will also effect Hungary’s growth trajectory

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2016 11:04 AM

“The growth trajectory of the Hungarian economy will also be fundamentally affected by what concrete agreement is reached between the British Government and the European Union on the United Kingdom’s exit of the EU”, Péter Szijjártó said in London.

Every EU Member State must fulfil its obligations

Government spokesperson, October 19, 2016 3:34 PM

On Wednesday Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian public television channel M1 that it is important to raise awareness of the fact that every EU Member State must comply with the regulations and fulfil its obligations under the Schengen Agreement and the Dublin Regulation.

Foreign investments are safe in Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 19, 2016 3:09 PM

“Foreign-owned companies and investments are absolutely safe in Hungary, we are an extremely investor-friendly and open country”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is on an official visit to London, told CNBC on Wednesday in a live interview.

Hungary requested section referring to mandatory quotas to be deleted from declaration

Prime Minister’s Office, October 19, 2016 1:48 PM

As it is general information that the majority of migrants are staying in Europe illegally, Hungary requested the text part relating to the mandatory distribution quotas to be deleted from the declaration to be approved at the summit of EU heads of state and government, Szabolcs Takács, State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Tuesday in Luxembourg.

Hungary need not be afraid of withdrawal of cohesion funds

Prime Minister’s Office, October 19, 2016 1:09 PM

Hungary need not be afraid of the withdrawal of the EU cohesion funds. The Government may well be able to make the totality of the funds available already next spring, and is also preparing for operating developments from the country’s own resources beyond 2020, Nándor Csepreghy, Minister of State at the Prime Minister’s Office told the Tuesday issue of the newspaper Magyar Idők.

In EU grants 2016 may be year of calls for proposals, 2017 may be year of disbursement

Prime Minister’s Office, October 19, 2016 1:06 PM

In EU grants 2016 will be the year of calls for proposals, while 2017 will be the year of the disbursement of funds and the commencement of implementation, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the Tuesday meeting of the Agricultural Committee of Parliament.

Hungary’s goal is to remove quotas from the agenda

Prime Minister’s Office, October 19, 2016 12:05 PM

The goal the Hungarian Government wishes to achieve is the removal of the mandatory resettlement quotas from the agenda in Brussels, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 66 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.

The external borders must be protected in a way that does not require the introduction of restrictions at internal ones

Ministry of Interior, October 19, 2016 11:37 AM

“The goal is to protect the external Schengen borders to such an extent that the introduction of restrictions or the reinstatement of border controls within the Area is not required”, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér stressed on Tuesday in Budapest following a meeting with his Slovenian counterpart.

Wages in real terms gained more than 7 percent year-on-year in Hungary

Ministry of Finance, October 19, 2016 11:35 AM

In the first eight months of 2016, wages in real terms increased by 7.5 percent year-on-year, according to the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), This shows that an upward wage trend has been in place for the 44th consecutive month. Within the private sector, the number of jobs soared by 65 thousand since August 2015.