The Government will spend a total of HUF 44 billion (EUR 139m) on the introduction of career models for the armed forces and law-enforcement staff in 2015, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced.

The Prime Minister said that salaries in the sector would increase by an average 30 percent as of next July, and the new career models would assist staff members in purchasing a home as well. 

He spoke at a ceremony at which 385 new cars were handed over to the police, and underlined that a total of 1587 vehicles will be provided to them, the majority of which was made in Hungary.

The Skoda, Mercedes and Audi vehicles handed over were custom-made for the police force at a total cost of HUF 9.4 billion, partly supported by the European Union’s External Borders Fund.

(Prime Minister's Office, MTI)