he transaction through which the State of Hungary and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) obtained a stake of 15 percent each in Erste Bank Hungary was concluded on 11 August, as the purchasing price has been transferred.
The Government Spokesperson described the summer information campaign related to the quota referendum as absolutely necessary. Zoltán Kovács also said that the Government will take action to extend the state of crisis caused by illegal migration which will expire on 9 September.
The Hungarian Government made efforts to change the church law, but the opposition did not consent to the passage of the two-third legislation, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told the Hungarian news agency MTI in response to the religious freedom report of the US Department of State.
According to preliminary data, in the second quarter of 2016 Hungary’s GDP grew by 2.6 percent, well above market expectations.
The Government will increase the personnel of the police by three thousand in the interest of reinforcing the policing of the borders, Bence Tuzson, State Secretary for Government Communication announced at his press conference held during the break of the cabinet meeting.
Kakha Kakhishvili, Georgia’s Minister of Corrections and Probation is on a three-day official visit to Hungary between 8 and 10 August.
On Tuesday, responding to an invitation by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Jarosław Kaczyński, President of the Polish Law and Justice party (PiS) travelled to Hungary.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán replied in a letter to the petition written by the supporters of the football club Ferencváros at the end of July. In this, he refers back to his speech delivered upon the inauguration of the team’s new stadium, and points out: he does not interfere in issues related to the management of FTC, Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed kormany.hu.
The recently established Strategic Cabinet of the Government has started its work by discussing thirty one agenda items.
In July 2016, consumer prices edged down by 0.3 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Inflationary processes continued to be benign, as price dynamics remained subdued in most product categories. Slightly lower prices helped preserve the value of wages and pensions, which have underpinned consumption growth and economic expansion.