At his regular Thursday press conference entitled Government Info 10, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár confirmed that the Government categorically rejects the EU’s proposed system of mandatory immigrant quotas.
The Government’s economic policy has proven to be effective and the 2016 Budget – based on recent achievements -- will be the budget of tax cuts and economic development, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said in the exposé opening the general debate of next year’s budget bill.
In Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s opinion, it is an outstanding example when a private enterprise decides to buy a company holiday resort which is not directly related to its activities, in a manner “that slightly recalls the atmosphere of old times”.
According to the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of people in employment has been above the 4 million mark over the past fifteen months in Hungary.
Following a hiatus of some fifteen years, Hungarian attendees of the International Investment Bank (IIB) session on 4-5 June 2015 in Mongolia will again participate as representatives of a member state with full voting rights.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has discussed the situation of Hungarian road hauliers with leading representatives from the sector.
“Hungarian troops are ready to fight the Islamic State in coalition forces, and to try to put an end jointly to massacre and killing” – the Chief of Defence said on Wednesday, 28 May at a ceremony held in Pákozd to mark the Peacekeepers’ Day.
Eight lorries carrying aid worth around 100 million forints (EUR 323,000) will leave next week to the Trans-Carpathian region and beyond the Carpathians, State Minister for Churches, National Minorities and Civil Affairs Miklós Soltész said at a Budapest press conference on Tuesday.
Commenting on the latest retail sales data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), Minister of State for Economic Regulation Béla Glattfelder pointed out that although many people had feared a retail sales slump following the introduction of restrictions on Sunday shopping and the subsequent loss of billions in tax revenues, the volume of sales actually increased in March 2015.
The Hungarian Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták and the head of the National Energy Office of the People’s Republic of China signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in training, the dissemination of information and research and development in nuclear science and industry on 26 May 2015 in Budapest.