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Migration pressure does not decrease

Government, July 25, 2016 3:02 PM

On Sunday evening György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told public television channel M1 that the migration pressure is not decreasing at all: this year, almost 18,000 people have attempted to cross the Hungarian-Serbian border illegally.

More than two hundred illegal border crossers apprehended over the weekend

Government, July 25, 2016 2:00 PM

“217 illegal border crossers were apprehended on the territory of Hungary between Friday and Sunday”, according to a statement by the National Police Headquarters.

The migrants are keeping the Hungarian-Serbian border under intense pressure

Government, July 25, 2016 1:55 PM

“The migrants are keeping the Hungarian-Serbian border under intense pressure”, the Prime Minister’s Chief Advisor on Homeland Security said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Magazine” programme.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is continuously being updated; he expressed his condolences

The Prime Minister, July 25, 2016 1:13 PM

On Friday evening, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was staying in Tusnádfürdő in Transylvania, consulted Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó with respect to the Munich events and the measures that may be required in the wake thereof by telephone, Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed kormany.hu.

Another Hungarian police contingent left for Macedonia

Government, July 25, 2016 12:11 PM

Another Hungarian police contingent left for Macedonia on Monday morning. The unit comprised of twenty-five members will serve at the Macedonian-Greek border section.

Nothing can be more important that the safety of the European people

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 25, 2016 12:09 PM

“It is unacceptable that fear has instilled itself into the everyday lives of the people of Europe, and for this reason we must restore legal order; nothing van be more important that the safety of the European people”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

Volume of retail sales on the rise for almost three years

Ministry of Finance, July 25, 2016 12:03 PM

The volume of retail sales was up year-on-year by 6.8 percent and 5.2 percent in May 2016 and in the initial five months of 2016, respectively. The upward retail sales trend of 35 months is expected to remain in place for the remainder of the year, thanks to job and wage growth, low inflation and the reduction of the personal income tax rate.

Order must be restored in Europe

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 25, 2016 11:35 AM

“It is the firm position of the Hungarian Government that order must be restored in Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in reaction to the Friday shootings in Munich.

Statement on the deadly shootings in Munich

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 25, 2016 11:33 AM

The Government of Hungary expresses its deep shock and condolences to the families of the victims of the Munich shootings on 22 June 2016, and wishes the injured a speedy recovery.

Those who do not vote leave the decision to others

The Prime Minister, July 25, 2016 11:20 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said regarding the autumn referendum that those who do not cast their votes leave the decision to others.