Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó consulted his Slovenian counterpart Karl Erjavec by phone and informed him that Hungary will not be building a permanent border protection infrastructure on the Hungarian-Slovenian border – the Minister said on Thursday.
“Hungary wants to protect its borders, not close them”, Government Spokesperson Zoltan Kovács explained on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme.
The Hungarian Ambassador to Stockholm will submit an official complaint to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs today with relation to “grossly slanderous statements” against Hungary by the Swedish Government’s migration minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Hungarian news agency MTI.
While migration-related tasks require higher spending, prudent fiscal management demands fiscal stability. Through the amendment of the 2015 Budget more funds will be made available in order to cover potential unforeseeable expenditures in coming months.
The Government will initiate a parliamentary debate on the quota system in order to acquaint itself with the views of the parliamentary parties on the matter before deciding whether to contest the EU quota decision before a court, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated at his press conference “Governmentinfo 24 – What does the Government do and why?” held jointly with State Secretary for Government Communications András Giró-Szász.
Hungary offers its deepest condolences on the tragic events, which occurred during the Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca on 24 September 2015, which left more than seven hundred people dead and more than eight hundred people injured in the stampede.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will travel to Vienna on Friday where he will conduct one-to-one talks with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner, Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed kormany.hu on Thursday.
Prime Minister Orbán Viktor has sent a letter of condolence to the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum following the recent death of his eldest son, the Prime Minister’s Press Office informed the kormany.hu government website.
In July 2015, the volume of retail sales was up by 6.8 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, and thus the positive retail sales trend has been in place for the 25th month in a row. The growth figure of July 2015 is the third best within the EU. Data compiled in the past months clearly show that along with shops families had also adjusted to shopping-free Sundays: sales turnover has been spread over the other days of the week. Higher sales volume, in turn, has boosted hiring in the sector.
Deputy State Secretary Kristóf Altusz visited Munich on 22 September 2015, where he took part in a roundtable discussion at the invitation of Bavarian Minister for European Affairs Beate Merk, had a meeting with head of European Affairs Jörg Vogel at the Office of the Bavarian Prime Minister, and held background discussions with Director of the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s Institute for International Cooperation Susanne Luther.