Hungary was deeply shocked by the news of the series of terrorist attacks in Egypt in the North-Eastern part of Sinai Peninsula on 1 July 2015, in which 17 soldiers lost their lives and 13 were seriously injured.
Hungarians and Americans love freedom, and this ties the two nations together.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Mayor of Érd András T. Mészáros (Fidesz-KDNP) have agreed on a development programme worth HUF 40 billion on Friday in Érd, where they signed a cooperation agreement on Friday as part of the Modern Cities Programme.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga received in his office the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. At the meeting, the parties discussed the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded in February this year and the EBRD’s upcoming Country Strategy Update on Hungary.
According to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, applying the wrong policy could multiply the present rate of migration, and consequently he is advocating a firm border protection policy.
The speed of the work must not increase the costs of the construction of the temporary border fence, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on the programme Tonight of the public service television channel M1.
The State Secretariat for National Policy of the Prime Minister’s Office welcomes the decision of the Ukrainian Supreme Council according to which teachers of higher education institutions and schools will be exempt from mobilisation.
Hungarian Minister of Justice László Trócsányi met with his Serbian counterpart, Minister Nikola Selaković, on the side-lines of the Hungarian-Serbian intergovernmental summit held in Budapest on 1 July.
Hungarian foreign trade indicators – similarly to past months and quarters – showed positive changes in the month of April 2015: the volume of Hungarian exports and imports rose by 8.4 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively, year-on-year. Thus, foreign trade surplus reached almost EUR 500 million in the observed period. The Ministry for National Economy is expecting these favourable foreign trade trends to remain in place for the entire year.
János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office and András Giró-Szász, State Secretary for Government Communications held a press conference under the title „Governmentinfo 15 - Government actions explained”.