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Improved situation for every foreign currency debtor
Prime Minister’s Office, May 8, 2015 8:48 AM
After the comprehensive settlement of foreign currency loans in the banking sector, every foreign currency debtor’s situation will improve compared with their earlier status, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at his Thursday press conference held in Budapest, where he rendered an account of the decisions adopted at the cabinet meeting the day before. He confirmed: the proposed 2016 budget will be presented to the House next week. The Minister also informed the press about contemplated changes in taxation, including the plan that general practitioners may be exempted from the payment of the local trade tax.
Hungary is still a Europe-friendly country
Prime Minister’s Office, May 5, 2015 6:43 PM
At a podium discussion in Berlin organised as part of Europe Week, Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Vince Szalay-Bobrovinczky said that Hungary is still a Europe-friendly country, despite the debates of recent years.
We can and must talk about the topics which arouse people’s attention
Prime Minister’s Office, May 1, 2015 3:48 PM
It is the duty of politicians to talk about the topics which arouse the people’s attention because if they do not listen to them, they will lose touch with reality, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told the television channel M1 on Friday morning.
János Lázár ordered immediate inspection at chemical site on Illatos út
Prime Minister’s Office, May 1, 2015 12:13 PM
An immediate on-site inspection has been ordered at a chemical site located on Illatos út in the 9th district where some 2,800 tonnes of waste were deposited illegally, János Lázár announced at today’s Government Info session. The Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office also spoke about the local and international public hearings related to the development of the Paks Atomic Power Station, the covering up of the shop windows of tobacco shops, the new procurement law and the social debate concerning the death penalty.
Szabolcs Takács holds talks with the leader of the EPP Party in the European Parliament and other MEPs
Prime Minister’s Office, April 30, 2015 1:21 PM
In Strasbourg on 28 April 2015, Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács held talks on cooperation and dialogue in EU affairs with the leader of the parliamentary group of the European People’s Party (EPP) Manfred Weber.
Prime Minister’s words deliberately misconstrued
Prime Minister’s Office, April 30, 2015 8:47 AM
Press release by Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács, concerning an article published in today’s issue of the British newspaper The Guardian.
The Government to approach Brussels in the Altus case
Prime Minister’s Office, April 29, 2015 4:28 PM
In order to clarify the situation regarding the Altus issue, the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár has written a letter to the European Commission’s Director General Walter Deffaa, and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker’s Head of Cabinet Martin Selmayr. Following reporters’ questions and requests made at the press conference “Government Info” on 23 April, the Prime Minister’s Office has made the letters available to the public.
Latvian EU Presidency: the Commission’s proposal provides good basis for a comprehensive migration strategy
Prime Minister’s Office, April 28, 2015 6:24 PM
Following a meeting of EU ministers on Tuesday, Edgars Rinkevics, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia – the current President of the Council of the EU – announced that the ten-point plan presented by the European Commission on Monday provides a suitable basis for a comprehensive migration strategy.
The EU is the victim of migration, not the cause
Prime Minister’s Office, April 27, 2015 6:09 PM
In an interview with public TV channel M1, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said that Hungary shares the opinion that the EU is the victim of migration and not the cause, in the sense that it must deal with the situation in some way.
Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács receives IHRA member and observer state ambassadors to Budapest and introduces the 2015 Hungarian chairmanship
Prime Minister’s Office, April 27, 2015 5:01 PM
On 24 April 2015 Szabolcs Takács, Ministerial Commissioner of the Prime Minister’s Office and 2015 Chairman of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), received Ambassadors of the IHRA’s 31 member states and 8 observer states, to mark the start of Hungary’s chairmanship of the organisation.