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Wages in real terms up for the 43rd consecutive month

Ministry of Finance, September 20, 2016 11:20 AM

In the initial seven months of 2016, wages in real terms were significantly higher year-on-year, having gained 7.4 percent. Thus, the upward wage growth trend has been unbroken for more than three years and a half in Hungary. Within the private sector -- at enterprises with at least five employees -- the number of people in employment rose by 65 thousand since July 2015.

The October referendum is more justified than ever before

Ministry of Defence, September 20, 2016 11:10 AM

Reacting to remarks made by European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó told Hungarian news agency MTI that the 2 October quota referendum is now timelier and more justified than ever before.

The October referendum is more justified than ever before

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, September 20, 2016 11:10 AM

Reacting to remarks made by European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó told Hungarian news agency MTI that the 2 October quota referendum is now timelier and more justified than ever before.

Hungary to put forward six-point proposal at Migration Summit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 19, 2016 5:27 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will be putting forward a six-point proposal in representation of Hungary at the Migration Summit in New York.

One third more Hungarians from beyond the borders registered for October referendum

Prime Minister’s Office, September 19, 2016 2:42 PM

The number of Hungarians from beyond the borders registering for the 2 October referendum has increased by almost a third compared with the previous vote, the State Secretary for Nation Policy stated before the National Cohesion Committee of Parliament on Monday.

Government utilizes development funds in an efficient and rewarding manner

Ministry of Finance, September 19, 2016 2:12 PM

The efficient and transparent absorption of EU development funds has been and continues to be instrumental in maintaining the growth momentum of the Hungarian economy seen in recent years, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, at the 25th conference of the audit authorities of EU member states, the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors in Budapest.

It is the people of Hungary who deserve recognition

The Prime Minister, September 19, 2016 1:46 PM

In Bratislava on Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, in relation to a decision by Standard and Poor’s, that “The hard work that the people of Hungary have performed in recent years is behind this upgrading of Hungary’s credit rating, and so it is primarily they who deserve recognition”.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds talks with the CEO of Magyar Suzuki

The Prime Minister, September 19, 2016 1:40 PM

Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi informed kormany.hu that “On Monday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received the new Managing Director of Magar Suzuki Zrt., Mr. Yoshinobu Abe, for an introductory visit”.

Maintaining economic growth is number one economic policy challenge

Ministry of Finance, September 19, 2016 11:36 AM

The S&P upgrade can convince the last sceptics that Hungary has achieved a positive economic trend reversal, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the 54th Conference of Hungarian Economists in Kecskemét.

V4 performance exceeds EU average

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 19, 2016 11:27 AM

“Together, the countries of the Visegrád Group – Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia – represent a highly attractive investment destination; their economic growth and most indices concerning their expected future performance all exceed the European Union average”, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs László Szabó from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Friday in Budapest at a forum of V4 chambers of commerce.