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Upcoming new legislation to protect Hungary’s southern border

Prime Minister’s Office, August 28, 2015 8:15 AM

“Parliament could amend several pieces of legislation at its extraordinary session next week, at which the General Assembly will review the steps taken so far to protect the country’s southern border and discuss further action”, Minister of Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár announced at a press conference entitled “Government Info 20 – What is the Government doing and why?”, held jointly with Minister of State for Government Communication András Giró-Szász.

Awards for Successful Enterprises, June-July 2015

Ministry of Finance, August 27, 2015 4:19 PM

The Government holds enterprises in high esteem and helps them to extra funding by publishing calls for tender of operative programmes until the summer of 2017, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the presentation ceremony of the Awards for Successful Enterprises in Budapest at which the Minister this time honoured tourism enterprises.

High-level UN Strategy Forum on South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Ministry of Agriculture, August 27, 2015 2:52 PM

A UN High-level Meeting on South-South and triangular cooperation, which serves as a forum for sharing knowledge and experience with developing countries, was held in Macao, China on August 25-26. The meeting was organised jointly by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, the Chinese Government and the Municipality of Macao. The meeting was attended by representatives of some 100 countries, several relevant UN organisations (FAO, IFAD, UNDP, UNOSSC, WHO, ILO) and a high-level OECD delegation.

Hungarian retail sector maintained growth momentum of past two years

Ministry of Finance, August 27, 2015 11:40 AM

In June 2015, calendar-adjusted data show that the volume of retail sales rose by 6.2 percent year-on-year, while unadjusted data signal an even larger increase of 7.2 percent. This growth figure is the fourth largest within the EU, and more than three times larger than the EU average. Remarkable food sales growth in June confirms that consumers have adjusted to the introduction of Sunday shopping restrictions.

Job Protection Action scheme proven successful

Ministry of Finance, August 26, 2015 4:35 PM

In light of data from June 2015, enterprises claimed allowances granted by the Job Protection Action for more than 850 thousand employees and thus employers have saved some HUF 300bn over the past two-and-a-half years, Minister of State for Employment Sándor Czomba told public news channel M1.

The aim is to strengthen civic consolidation

Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2015 2:09 PM

Following a government conference on Tuesday, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said that the main topic of the conference had been the strengthening of civic consolidation.

Statement from the Hungarian National Police Headquarters

Government, August 26, 2015 1:34 PM

On Wednesday, Chief Commissioner of the Hungarian National Police Károly Papp announced that on 1 September 2015 a Border Police Directorate will be established within the Riot Police.

Three R&D calls for tenders published

Ministry of Finance, August 26, 2015 10:54 AM

One of the main aims of the Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme (EDIOP) is to boost the research, development and innovation activities of domestic enterprises. The three calls for R&D&I tenders announced on 25 August, which grant funding of altogether HUF 71bn, focus on this goal, Minister of State for the Utilization of EU Funding Balázs Rákossy said.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: hard work and commitment is needed from the state apparatus to carry out civic consolidation

Prime Minister’s Office, August 25, 2015 6:30 PM

Minister of State for Government Communication András Giró-Szász informed MTI that at a governmental conference held on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that hard work and commitment is needed from the whole state apparatus in order to successfully carry out civic consolidation and to make it a part of everyday life.

Government to tighten legislation on dealing with migrants and people smuggling

Ministry of Justice, August 25, 2015 6:27 PM

The Government will put forward new legislation which can provide a “legal barrier” for Hungary’s border, following the physical barrier, Secretary of State Róbert Répássy has said.