Based on a decision adopted by Parliament on Monday, the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister will be established as a separate ministry responsible for general political coordination.
It is an objective and an expectation on the part of the leaders of the European Union that there should be the same degree of security throughout the territory of the EU, and this will only be the case if the police respond to the challenges which threaten security in the same manner and have the skills and expertise which are necessary for the resolution of the task, Sándor Pintér said.
Hungary welcomes the announcement by the UNSG Special Representative Bernardino León about the formation of the new Libyan Government of National Accord.
The European Union continues to significantly underestimate the threat of migration in the millions, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said after the meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday.
Visiting the city of Mumbai after the signing of a cooperation agreement in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Dr. László Szabó said that “In India – which now has better economic growth prospects than China – it is necessary to strengthen economic and political relations not only at national level, but at state level.”
Statistical data released by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) show that tourism traffic at accommodation establishments was higher – once again -- in the month of August 2015. In the observed period, the number of guests and tourism nights was up by 7.1 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively, while revenues at accommodation establishments rose by 16.6 percent, year-on-year. Tourism traffic was higher concerning eight out of Hungary’s ten largest sender countries; of these, three countries posted double-digit increases (United Kingdom: +20.9 percent, Spain: +16.7 percent, USA: +12.6 percent).
At the opening of the International Telecommunication Union’s World Congress, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Central Europe’s role in the digital economy will become more important; in the coming one or one and a half decades, this region will be the growth engine of the European Union.
The World Bank may in the future -- through financing and development programmes -- assume a role in resolving the migration issue, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga told Hungarian public service broadcaster Kossuth Radio.
The proximity of the two countries and the competitiveness of Hungarian enterprises within the EU market facilitate the further tightening of bilateral trade relations, Hungary’s Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and Switzerland’s Economic Affairs Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann concluded at a meeting on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank annual conference in Lima, Peru.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his sympathy to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu following the terror attack in Ankara on Saturday.