The Government of Hungary has been aiming to make Hungary’s investment environment as attractive and predictable as possible, and in these efforts the Government continues to rely on the cooperation of German enterprises, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a conference organized by the Osteuropaverein der Deutschen Wirtschaft.
In August 2015, the volume of exports and imports was up by 6.6 percent and 7 percent year-on-year, respectively. The surplus in the month of August 2015 was EUR 455 million, up by EUR 21 million compared to the month of August 2014. In the period January-August 2015, accumulated surplus reached EUR 5.3bn. Along with the export of machinery and equipment, the export volume of pharmaceuticals products has also contributed to export growth and improved its composition.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend the funeral of former Head of State Árpád Göncz.
The Hungarian Government will not tolerate hate speech Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said at a conference in Budapest on 30 October 2015.
On Friday, Minister of State for Government Communication Bence Tuzson told public television channel M1 that if a permanent distribution quota were to be introduced among EU Member States for accepting migrants who are arriving continuously, then hundreds of thousands of people could arrive in Hungary.
The agenda of the EU chiefs of defence meeting included crises in the east and the south as well as the issue of migration. The European Union Military Committee (EUMC) met at the level of chiefs of defence in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, 28–29 October 2015 in the spirit of preparing for the meetings of the European Council at the level of Heads of State and Government and the Defence Ministers to be held in December.
On Thursday, Minister of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs Miklós Soltész said that last week’s municipality elections in the Transcarpathian region were a success to the ethnic Hungarian minority there, due to the cooperation of the two organizations of the Hungarian minority coupled with the support of churches, NGOs and the Government of Hungary.
“Following a forced break of several decades, the Church school system is now in its renaissance”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday in the protestant church of Kunszentmiklós at the ceremonial opening of the renovated Sándor Baksay Reformed Secondary and Primary School and the inauguration of the building’s new wing.
It was with deep sorrow that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade heard of the tragic loss of life in last night’s Bucharest nightclub fire.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was deeply shocked to learn of the Russian passenger jet tragedy.