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Nine hundred and four persons have already recovered

Government, May 11, 2020 9:35 AM

The number of recovered patients is rising continuously, reaching 904, a senior physician at the infectology department of the South Pest Central Hospital said at the Saturday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.

Every tenth resident of elderly care homes operated by metropolitan municipality is a confirmed coronavirus patient

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, May 11, 2020 9:17 AM

Mayor of Budapest Gergely Karácsony has for weeks been trying to shift the responsibility in connection with the Pesti út elderly care home; it is, however, not a one-off case, the Spokesperson of the Government Communication Centre posted on his social media account on Saturday.

As many as 266 individuals in compulsory home quarantine have agreed to electronic monitoring

Government, May 11, 2020 9:14 AM

As many as 266 individuals in compulsory home quarantine have already agreed that compliance with the applicable restrictive measure should be checked by the police electronically, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Saturday.

There has never been a greater need for cooperation among European countries than now

The Prime Minister, May 11, 2020 9:10 AM


There has never been a greater need for cooperation among European countries than now, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the occasion of Europe Day.

Epidemic spreading most in metropolitan elderly care homes

Government spokesperson, May 10, 2020 8:00 PM

Mayor of Budapest Gergely Karácsony is making desperate attempts to shift responsibility while the data of the past few weeks evidently reveals that the epidemic is spreading most in elderly care homes in the capital, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations said on his social media account on Saturday.

Authors of campaign against Hungary should apologise

Ministry of Justice, May 10, 2020 6:00 PM

The Justice Minister believes it is time for the authors and organisers of the wide-ranging, coordinated international smear campaign conducted against Hungary in recent weeks and the politicians of Hungarian opposition parties to apologise to the Hungarian people after the Vice President of the European Commission officially recognised yesterday that the coronavirus legislation is not contrary to EU law.

More than two hundred thousand migrants are waiting to set out

Government, May 8, 2020 10:13 PM

More than two hundred thousand migrants are waiting to set out, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the Friday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.

The global pandemic is also an economic issue

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 8, 2020 8:33 PM

“The global pandemic is not just a health issue, but also an economic issue in view of the fact that in addition to human health, the coronavirus is also endangering jobs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated on his Facebook page on Friday.

Political attacks against Hungarian government work against strong and unified Europe

Ministry of Justice, May 8, 2020 7:37 PM

The political attacks against the Hungarian Government’s response to the coronavirus work against a strong and unified Europe, Justice Minister Judit Varga stated in an article published on the Brussels news portal Euractive on Friday.

Expired deadline of Szekler National Council’s signature collection should be extended

Ministry of Justice, May 8, 2020 3:38 PM

If the European Commission indeed believes that the opinions of European citizens count, if they indeed regard European Citizens’ Initiatives as an important tool for involving citizens in the European Union’s legislative process, they can pursue no other course of action than extending the deadline for the Szekler National Council’s signature collection that expired on Thursday, the Justice Minister wrote on her Facebook account.