“Economic relations between Australia and Hungary have never been so close; the two countries realised one hundred million dollars in trade flow during the first two months of the year, for the first time in history”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday following a video meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
On Wednesday and Thursday, protective supplies were delivered to more than seventy hospitals and other organisations involved in the containment effort, 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 Thursday.
The government offers safe accommodation to victims of domestic violence also while the current disease control measures are in effect. The new rules facilitate communication for divorced or separated parents with their children, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Thursday, talking to the Hungarian news agency MTI.
On Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and US President Donald Trump had a working conference. During the telephone conversation, the parties spoke about the importance of border protection, the fight against the coronavirus, and the management of the world economic consequences of the epidemic, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief confirmed to the Hungarian news agency MTI.
With the attendance of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the summit of the Member States of the European Union and the Western Balkans countries – held within the framework of a video conference due to the coronavirus epidemic – has begun, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday afternoon.
BMW’s directors are committed to the Debrecen plant construction project, they assured Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó during a meeting on Wednesday, the Minister stated on his Facebook page today.
“The countries of the Turkic Council have decided to establish an investment fund, which Hungary will also be joining”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday after taking part in a video conference with the body’s ministers of economy and trade.
The upholding of the special rules relating to the restrictions on movement and on the opening hours of shops continues to remain justified in Budapest and Pest County, 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 Wednesday.
The number of active coronavirus patients has been on the decrease for two days, the Chief Medical Officer stated at the Wednesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
“The goal of the proposal concerning EximBank is for Central Europe’s fastest and most effective export financing system to come about in Hungary, including in the long term”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Parliament.