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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Szijjártó: Jourová’s statements have no influence on Hungarian-Czech relations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The statements criticising Hungary by the European Commission’s Czech Vice President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourová have absolutely no influence on Hungarian-Czech relations”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó pointed out in an interview published in Saturday’s edition of Czech political daily Lidové Noviny.
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    <published>2020-10-16T11:47:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-16T11:47:00+02:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian enterprises could profit heavily from good Singaporean-Hungarian political relations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“In recent years, Hungary has succeeded in developing political cooperation with Singapore based on mutual respect and friendship, and Hungarian enterprises that represent the sectors of industry of the future could profit heavily from this”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Wednesday in Singapore following talks with government representatives, and leaders from the space industry and other sectors.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T16:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T16:04:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungarian-enterprises-could-profit-heavily-from-good-singaporean-hungarian-political-relations</id>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[From Thursday Hungarians are allowed to travel to Romania without quarantine obligation ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From Thursday, persons are allowed to travel from Hungary to Romania without a quarantine obligation, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Thursday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T16:02:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T16:02:00+02:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vaccine against flu is already with general practitioners ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The vaccine against the flu has arrived at the practices of general practitioners and occupational physicians, the Chief Medical Officer stated at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic held on Thursday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T16:01:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T16:01:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/vaccine-against-flu-is-already-with-general-practitioners"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/vaccine-against-flu-is-already-with-general-practitioners</id>
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      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fight against coronavirus epidemic will be the most important topic ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Upon arriving in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the coronavirus epidemic, the fight against it and related European coordination efforts as the most important topics of the EU summit beginning on Thursday afternoon. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T15:01:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T15:01:00+02:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó opens Hungarian Consulate in Geneva]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó opened a new Hungarian Consulate in Geneva on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T14:59:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T14:59:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade-peter-szijjarto-opens-hungarian-consulate-in-geneva"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade-peter-szijjarto-opens-hungarian-consulate-in-geneva</id>
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      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary’s performance in protecting against the epidemic is highly appreciated within the WHO]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The performance of Hungary and the Hungarian government in protecting against the coronavirus epidemic is clearly highly appreciated within the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the organisation’s opinion with relation to the fact that Hungary performed particularly well during the first wave of the epidemic is apparent”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared following a meeting with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T13:36:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T13:36:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungary-s-performance-in-protecting-against-the-epidemic-is-highly-appreciated-within-the-who"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungary-s-performance-in-protecting-against-the-epidemic-is-highly-appreciated-within-the-who</id>
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      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian enterprises will be rehabilitating the largest lake in the Philippines]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungarian enterprises will be rehabilitating, and improving and monitoring the water quality of the largest lake in the Philippines within the framework of the thirty-million-dollar program, in addition to which they will be shipping water purification equipment to every region of the Southeast Asian county, thereby assuring the population’s supply of clean drinking water”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday following his negotiations in Manila.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T12:02:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T12:02:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungarian-enterprises-will-be-rehabilitating-the-largest-lake-in-the-philippines</id>
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      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Singapore company Patec to realise another investment in Miskolc]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Singapore company Patec is realising another investment in Miskolc. This means new workplaces, and will also be reinforcing the Hungarian automotive industry supply sector”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on is Facebook page on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-15T10:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-15T10:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/singapore-company-patec-to-realise-another-investment-in-miskolc"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/singapore-company-patec-to-realise-another-investment-in-miskolc</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Central Europe is gaining in importance]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Central Europe is gaining in importance, it is in an ascending phase, its significance is increasing, and the growth centre of the entire European Union is shifting in an easterly direction, towards Central Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday in Kidricevo in Slovenia, at the foundation stone laying ceremony marking the beginning of the construction of the Pince-Cirkovce power line.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-14T15:48:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-14T15:48:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/central-europe-is-gaining-in-importance"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/central-europe-is-gaining-in-importance</id>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Not a word of opposition’s cries of ‘dictatorship’ was true ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to Justice Minister Judit Varga, after Momentum MEP Anna Donáth’s leaked statements, it is clear that the opposition accused the Orbán Government of building a dictatorship due to the coronavirus legislation knowing full well that not a single one of those accusations was true. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-14T15:40:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-14T15:40:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/not-a-word-of-opposition-s-cries-of-dictatorship-was-true"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/not-a-word-of-opposition-s-cries-of-dictatorship-was-true</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Police took action due to violation of rules relating to wearing of face masks in 75 instances in one day ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Due to the violation of the rules relating to the wearing of face masks, in the past 24 hours the police have been compelled to take action in 75 instances, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Wednesday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-14T14:59:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-14T14:59:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/police-took-action-due-to-violation-of-rules-relating-to-wearing-of-face-masks-in-75-instances-in-one-day"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/police-took-action-due-to-violation-of-rules-relating-to-wearing-of-face-masks-in-75-instances-in-one-day</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vaccine against flu to arrive this week ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The vaccine against the flu will arrive in the surgeries of all general practitioners this week, the Chief Medical Officer stated at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic held on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-14T14:58:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-14T14:58:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/vaccine-against-flu-to-arrive-this-week"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/vaccine-against-flu-to-arrive-this-week</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Statement of the Government Communication Centre  government programmes commemorating the 1956 revolution ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[With regard to the epidemic situation, this year’s government programmes commemorating the 1956 revolution and freedom fight will be confined to the ceremonial raising of the national flag – as part of which the national flag will be hoisted with military honours at 9.00 a.m. on 23 October at Kossuth tér – and the presentation of the Hungarian Legion of Honour awards. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-14T14:01:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-14T14:01:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/cabinet-office-of-the-prime-minister/news/statement-of-the-government-communication-centre-government-programmes-commemorating-the-1956-revolution"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/cabinet-office-of-the-prime-minister/news/statement-of-the-government-communication-centre-government-programmes-commemorating-the-1956-revolution</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This year only ceremonial raising of national flag and presentation of Hungarian Legion of Honour awards to be held ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This year due to the coronavirus epidemic, only the ceremonial raising of the national flag and the presentation of the Hungarian Legion of Honour awards will be held from among the government programmes commemorating the 1956 revolution and freedom fight, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-14T14:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-14T14:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/this-year-only-ceremonial-raising-of-national-flag-and-presentation-of-hungarian-legion-of-honour-awards-to-be-held"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/this-year-only-ceremonial-raising-of-national-flag-and-presentation-of-hungarian-legion-of-honour-awards-to-be-held</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of Defence receives new British Ambassador]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The United Kingdom plays an important role in preserving the continent’s security”, Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő said on 13 October after receiving the UK’s new Ambassador to Budapest Paul Leonard Fox for an introductory visit.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-13T21:28:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-13T21:28:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-defence/news/minister-of-defence-receives-new-british-ambassador"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-defence/news/minister-of-defence-receives-new-british-ambassador</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Prime Ministers of Hungary and Slovenia to lay down foundation stone of power line on Wednesday ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At a working visit, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet in Kidricevo in Slovenia on Wednesday, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday afternoon, confirming Slovenian press reports. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-13T19:06:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-13T19:06:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/prime-ministers-of-hungary-and-slovenia-to-lay-down-foundation-stone-of-power-line-on-wednesday"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/prime-ministers-of-hungary-and-slovenia-to-lay-down-foundation-stone-of-power-line-on-wednesday</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It is shocking that European Commission gives in to pressure  ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary finds it shocking that the European Commission gives in to political, direct and non-transparent pressure, while it is sad that they regard the opinion of the Hungarian opposition and organisations sponsored by the Open Society Foundations as unbiased and impartial, the Justice Minister stated in Luxembourg on Tuesday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-13T17:48:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-13T17:48:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/it-is-shocking-that-european-commission-gives-in-to-pressure"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/it-is-shocking-that-european-commission-gives-in-to-pressure</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nest box mounting programme to start nationwide ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As the launch of the nest box mounting programme of the One with Nature World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition, 3,500 nest boxes and 350 bird feeders are being mounted throughout the country, the government commissioner responsible for the implementation of the exhibition said on Tuesday in Nagymaros.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-13T15:23:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-13T15:23:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/nest-box-mounting-programme-to-start-nationwide"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/nest-box-mounting-programme-to-start-nationwide</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It is important to keep underlying conditions in check ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, the Chief Medical Officer drew attention to the importance of keeping underlying chronic conditions present for years in check. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-13T15:10:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-13T15:10:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/it-is-important-to-keep-underlying-conditions-in-check"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/it-is-important-to-keep-underlying-conditions-in-check</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Driver, too, is required to call on passengers travelling without face masks to observe the law ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The driver or the operator’s employee is required to call on passengers travelling on board public transport vehicles without face masks or those wearing their face masks incorrectly to observe the law, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Tuesday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-13T15:08:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-13T15:08:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/driver-too-is-required-to-call-on-passengers-travelling-without-face-masks-to-observe-the-law"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/driver-too-is-required-to-call-on-passengers-travelling-without-face-masks-to-observe-the-law</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian-Israeli partnership has brought our nations closer together than ever before ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In a message Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for his greetings sent on the occasion of the Jewish New Year, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T20:33:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T20:33:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/hungarian-israeli-partnership-has-brought-our-nations-closer-together-than-ever-before"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/hungarian-israeli-partnership-has-brought-our-nations-closer-together-than-ever-before</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Informal video conference meeting of European Union justice ministers]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The ministers of justice of the European Union held an informal meeting by videoconference today, at which State Secretary for European Union and International Judicial Cooperation János Bóka represented Hungary.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T19:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T19:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/informal-video-conference-meeting-of-european-union-justice-ministers"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/informal-video-conference-meeting-of-european-union-justice-ministers</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It would be dangerous if future EU foreign policy decisions did not require a unanimous vote]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The proposal according to which European Union foreign policy decisions would not require a unanimous vote in future is dangerous from Hungary’s perspective, and is totally at odds with the EU treaties”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Luxembourg on Monday following a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T18:53:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T18:53:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/it-would-be-dangerous-if-future-eu-foreign-policy-decisions-did-not-require-a-unanimous-vote"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/it-would-be-dangerous-if-future-eu-foreign-policy-decisions-did-not-require-a-unanimous-vote</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Virus could infect already 48 hours before symptoms start displaying ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The coronavirus could infect already 48 hours before symptoms start displaying, the Chief Medical Officer said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic held on Monday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T16:05:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T16:05:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/virus-could-infect-already-48-hours-before-symptoms-start-displaying"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/virus-could-infect-already-48-hours-before-symptoms-start-displaying</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Police took action in almost one hundred instances at weekend ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[During the weekend, the police took action due to the violation of the protective measures in effect in 99 instances, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Monday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T16:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T16:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/police-took-action-in-almost-one-hundred-instances-at-weekend"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/police-took-action-in-almost-one-hundred-instances-at-weekend</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Minister called upon Anna Donáth to resign from politics ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Hír TV’s Saturday programme, the Justice Minister called upon Anna Donáth to resign from politics due to the fact that the Momentum Member of the European Parliament “denied before the entire Hungarian public that she conducted regular consultations with Vice President of the European Commission Vera Jourová on the issue of the rule of law in Hungary”. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T15:13:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T15:13:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/justice-minister-called-upon-anna-donath-to-resign-from-politics"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/justice-minister-called-upon-anna-donath-to-resign-from-politics</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[European Commission’s rule of law report is wrong in many ways ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The European Commission’s rule of law report published last week is wrong in many ways, it cannot constitute as a basis for any further discussions related to the rule of law, Justice Minister Judit Varga concluded in an article published on the Brussels news portal EUObserver on Thursday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T15:13:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T15:13:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report-is-wrong-in-many-ways"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report-is-wrong-in-many-ways</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Commission disregarded detailed summaries sent by Hungary ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In its report about the state of the rule of law, the European Commission disregarded the detailed summaries, data and comparative analyses sent by Hungary, the Justice Minister wrote on Facebook on Saturday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T12:25:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T12:25:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/commission-disregarded-detailed-summaries-sent-by-hungary"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/commission-disregarded-detailed-summaries-sent-by-hungary</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Health care is fully prepared, all equipment is available ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Health care is fully prepared and all equipment is available during the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, the Government Spokesperson said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-12T12:18:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-12T12:18:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/health-care-is-fully-prepared-all-equipment-is-available"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/health-care-is-fully-prepared-all-equipment-is-available</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated Zsófia Koncz ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On his social media account, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated Zsófia Koncz who won the parliamentary by-election in Borsod County as the candidate of Fidesz-KDNP.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-11T21:58:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-11T21:58:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/prime-minister-viktor-orban-congratulated-zsofia-koncz"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/prime-minister-viktor-orban-congratulated-zsofia-koncz</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A rise in infections has characterised past two weeks, and is likely to characterise coming weeks as well ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The goal of the government is that general practitioners should create practice partnerships, there should be no vacant practices in Hungary, and the standard of local primary care should increase, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video message posted on Saturday, after the meetings of the task forces in charge of the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-10T21:47:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-10T21:47:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/a-rise-in-infections-has-characterised-past-two-weeks-and-is-likely-to-characterise-coming-weeks-as-well"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/a-rise-in-infections-has-characterised-past-two-weeks-and-is-likely-to-characterise-coming-weeks-as-well</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Imre Kertész cannot be pigeonholed]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Imre Kertész was a man of great intellect who cannot be pigeonholed, and so there was no question that his legacy should be built and fostered in Budapest, not in Berlin, because this is his city, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening of the Kertész Imre Institute in Budapest. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-10T16:48:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-10T16:48:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/imre-kertesz-cannot-be-pigeonholed"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/imre-kertesz-cannot-be-pigeonholed</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary Helps Programme to support famine-stricken Christian communities in Middle East and Africa with food aid ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The coronavirus epidemic and the consequences of natural disasters affect especially harshly Christians living in crisis zone who are compelled to endure multiple humanitarian crisis situations and are often exposed to the threat of terrorism. Therefore, based on Minister of State for Helping Persecuted Christians and the Implementation of the Hungary Helps Programme Tristan Azbej’s recommendation, as part of the Hungary Helps Programme, the Hungarian government will support Christian communities in Syria, Lebanon, Congo and Nigeria with food aid donations. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-10T10:51:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-10T10:51:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office/news/hungary-helps-programme-to-support-famine-stricken-christian-communities-in-middle-east-and-africa-with-food-aid"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office/news/hungary-helps-programme-to-support-famine-stricken-christian-communities-in-middle-east-and-africa-with-food-aid</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Péter Szijjártó holds talks on further possible investments at the Opel plant in Szentgotthárd.]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Péter Szijjártó held talks on further possible investments and development projects at the Opel plant in Szentgotthárd on Friday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a post on his official Facebook page.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-10T10:23:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-10T10:23:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/peter-szijjarto-holds-talks-on-further-possible-investments-at-the-opel-plant-in-szentgotthard"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/peter-szijjarto-holds-talks-on-further-possible-investments-at-the-opel-plant-in-szentgotthard</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is among the frontrunners in the global competition for foreign investment]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary is among the frontrunners in the global competition for foreign investment that is underway with relation to the redistribution of available and transforming capacities”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday in the Vas County town of Bük, at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Nestlé Hungária Limited’s 50-billion-forint (EUR 140 million) investment project.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-10T09:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-10T09:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungary-is-among-the-frontrunners-in-the-global-competition-for-foreign-investment"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungary-is-among-the-frontrunners-in-the-global-competition-for-foreign-investment</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[V4 disease control coordination centre started its operation ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The disease control coordination centre of the Visegrád Countries (V4: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia) – regarding which the V4 prime ministers agreed at a summit held in Lublin on 11 September – has started  its operation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T20:20:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T20:20:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/v4-disease-control-coordination-centre-started-its-operation"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/v4-disease-control-coordination-centre-started-its-operation</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Eastern Opening policy has lived up to its promises]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The government’s Eastern Opening policy has lived up to its promises”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest following a meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T19:09:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T19:09:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-eastern-opening-policy-has-lived-up-to-its-promises"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-eastern-opening-policy-has-lived-up-to-its-promises</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Visegrád Group Centre for Epidemiological Coordination begins operations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Epidemiological cooperation between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia began today with a video conference organised by the current Polish presidency of the Visegrád Group (V4), as agreed upon by the prime ministers of the V4 countries at their recent summit in Lublin in September.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T19:01:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T19:01:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/visegrad-group-centre-for-epidemiological-coordination-begins-operations"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/visegrad-group-centre-for-epidemiological-coordination-begins-operations</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Statement of the Government Communication Centre]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government has published the results of the national consultation. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T16:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T16:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/cabinet-office-of-the-prime-minister/news/statement-of-the-government-communication-centre-2020-10-09"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/cabinet-office-of-the-prime-minister/news/statement-of-the-government-communication-centre-2020-10-09</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is among the most effective environmental protectionists in Europe]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary is among the most effective environmental protectionists in Europe, and will be fulfilling its undertakings with relation to pollutant emissions”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at the Climate Summit conference in Budapest on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T15:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T15:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-among-the-most-effective-environmental-protectionists-in-europe"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-among-the-most-effective-environmental-protectionists-in-europe</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s Budapest office will be continuing operations next year]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics and Managing Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Patrick Ky renewed the cooperation agreement between the two organisations on 9 October in Budapest. The Agency’s liaison office in Budapest will continue to provide on-site support in the interests of assuring an even higher level of aviation safety during the first half of 2021.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T13:59:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T13:59:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-european-union-aviation-safety-agency-s-budapest-office-will-be-continuing-operations-next-year"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-european-union-aviation-safety-agency-s-budapest-office-will-be-continuing-operations-next-year</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cered-Tajti border crossing point between Hungary and Slovakia to open ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On 12 October, the Cered-Tajti border crossing point between Hungary and Slovakia will open to passenger traffic, the Spokesperson of the National Police Constabulary announced at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T13:01:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T13:01:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/cered-tajti-border-crossing-point-between-hungary-and-slovakia-to-open"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/cered-tajti-border-crossing-point-between-hungary-and-slovakia-to-open</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Epidemic epicentre has developed in Tiszaújváros ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[An epidemic epicentre developed at a Tiszaújváros construction site where 242 of the 1,717 tests performed came back positive. The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hospital is prepared for the reception of patients, one person from the city is currently being treated in the institution, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T13:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T13:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/epidemic-epicentre-has-developed-in-tiszaujvaros"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/epidemic-epicentre-has-developed-in-tiszaujvaros</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[We must endure until release of vaccine in the middle of next year ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There will be no vaccine against the coronavirus any sooner than the middle of next year, and therefore “we Hungarians, too, will have to endure until the middle of next year, around June to July,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T12:28:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T12:28:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/we-must-endure-until-release-of-vaccine-in-the-middle-of-next-year"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/we-must-endure-until-release-of-vaccine-in-the-middle-of-next-year</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Results of consultation on coronavirus]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The processing and evaluation of the national consultation on the coronavirus have been completed. As is known, Hungarian citizens were able to return the questionnaires by mail and online. The results were also certified by a notary public. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T09:06:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T09:06:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/cabinet-office-of-the-prime-minister/news/results-of-consultation-on-coronavirus"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/cabinet-office-of-the-prime-minister/news/results-of-consultation-on-coronavirus</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[We have the EU to thank for all of the migration risks around Europe]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“There are three highly major migrations risks around Europe today, and unfortunately we have the European Union to thank for all of them”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Bratislava.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T08:49:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T08:49:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/we-have-the-eu-to-thank-for-all-of-the-migration-risks-around-europe"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/we-have-the-eu-to-thank-for-all-of-the-migration-risks-around-europe</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On Wednesday police took action due to mask-wearing violations in 42 instances ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Wednesday, throughout the country, the police took action due to mask-wearing violations in 42 instances, the Spokesperson of the National Police Constabulary said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic held on Thursday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T08:35:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T08:35:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/on-wednesday-police-took-action-due-to-mask-wearing-violations-in-42-instances"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/on-wednesday-police-took-action-due-to-mask-wearing-violations-in-42-instances</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Without the Visegrád Group, Europe would be lesser, weaker and more dangerous]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Without the Visegrád Group, Europe would be a lesser, weaker and more dangerous place”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Bratislava during a speech at the Globsec security policy forum.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-08T15:08:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-08T15:08:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/without-the-visegrad-group-europe-would-be-lesser-weaker-and-more-dangerous"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/without-the-visegrad-group-europe-would-be-lesser-weaker-and-more-dangerous</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[From 1 January general practitioners cannot earn less than stated in pay scale ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From 1 January next year, the government wishes to guarantee that general practitioners should not earn less than stated in the pay scale, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-08T14:40:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-08T14:40:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office/news/from-1-january-general-practitioners-cannot-earn-less-than-stated-in-pay-scale"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office/news/from-1-january-general-practitioners-cannot-earn-less-than-stated-in-pay-scale</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[If V4 are able to grow together, they will become influential actors of European politics ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Visegrád Four (V4) must try to grow and gain in strength together because if they are able to do that, then the world economy and world politics will have Central European players, and they will become influential actors in European politics, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday at the opening of the Budapest branch office of the Polish company R4S.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-08T13:40:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-08T13:40:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/if-v4-are-able-to-grow-together-they-will-become-influential-actors-of-european-politics"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/if-v4-are-able-to-grow-together-they-will-become-influential-actors-of-european-politics</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Wellis is creating 800 new workplaces in Ózd with an investment of 8.5 billion forints]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian-owned Wellis Hungary Zrt. will be realising an 8.5 billion-forint (EUR 23.6 million) investment in Ózd, creating 800 new workplaces in and around the city, and providing a dependable future for families, towards which the government is providing 3 billion forints (EUR 8.3 million) in non-returnable funding”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-08T12:25:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-08T12:25:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/wellis-is-creating-800-new-workplaces-in-ozd-with-an-investment-of-8-5-billion-forints"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/wellis-is-creating-800-new-workplaces-in-ozd-with-an-investment-of-8-5-billion-forints</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Győr-based Innovative Group places unique electric container lorry into commission]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Győr-based logistics enterprise, the Innovative Group, which works as a suppler for Audi, has put an electric heavy goods vehicle into commission. At a press conference in Győr on Wednesday to introduce the vehicle, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said the development is unique in both European and global comparison, in view of the fact that a 40-ton, fully electric heavy goods vehicle has not been developed or put into industrial service anywhere else.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-08T10:55:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-08T10:55:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/gyor-based-innovative-group-places-unique-electric-container-lorry-into-commission"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/gyor-based-innovative-group-places-unique-electric-container-lorry-into-commission</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[VAT on housing construction will be 5 per cent again until end of 2022]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Until the end of 2022, the VAT on housing construction will be 5 per cent again, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán  announced on Wednesday on Hír TV’s programme ‘Hungary Live’. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-08T10:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-08T10:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/vat-on-housing-construction-will-be-5-per-cent-again-until-end-of-2022"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/vat-on-housing-construction-will-be-5-per-cent-again-until-end-of-2022</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rules of entry into Romania have changed ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From 11.00 p.m. Tuesday, the rules of entry into Romania from Hungary have changed; those arriving in the country are required to retire to quarantine for 14 days, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-07T15:32:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-07T15:32:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/rules-of-entry-into-romania-have-changed"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/rules-of-entry-into-romania-have-changed</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Average age of deceased is decreasing ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At the Wednesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Chief Medical Officer drew attention to the rise in the number of coronavirus fatalities and a fall in the average age of the deceased.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-07T15:30:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-07T15:30:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/average-age-of-deceased-is-decreasing"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/average-age-of-deceased-is-decreasing</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is a frontrunner in the fight against climate change]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary is a frontrunner in the fight against climate change, and this is something we can state without any kind of arrogance or exaggeration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Győr at the logistics centre of Audi Hungaria Zrt., at the official inauguration of Europe’s largest roof solar panel park.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-07T15:26:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-07T15:26:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungary-is-a-frontrunner-in-the-fight-against-climate-change"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungary-is-a-frontrunner-in-the-fight-against-climate-change</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Peter Szijjártó receives US-Hungary Business Council delegation]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The American corporate executives expressed particular praise with relation to the government’s Economy Protection Action Plan”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday after receiving a delegation from the US-Hungary Business Council (USHBC) in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-07T12:18:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-07T12:18:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/peter-szijjarto-receives-us-hungary-business-council-delegation"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/peter-szijjarto-receives-us-hungary-business-council-delegation</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Péter Szijjártó holds talks with his Belarusian and Nigerian counterparts]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with his Belarusian and Nigerian counterparts via telephone on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-07T10:22:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-07T10:22:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/peter-szijjarto-holds-talks-with-his-belarusian-and-nigerian-counterparts"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/peter-szijjarto-holds-talks-with-his-belarusian-and-nigerian-counterparts</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Double standards are unacceptable ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We find double standards unacceptable, every university in Hungary must equally observe the laws. There is no scope for creating a law that would give the Soros university an advantage over Hungarian universities, Justice Minister Judit Varga told the Hungarian news agency MTI after the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union related to the Hungarian higher education legislation was released on Tuesday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T17:02:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T17:02:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/double-standards-are-unacceptable"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/double-standards-are-unacceptable</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On Monday police took action in 76 instances ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In the past 24 hours, the police have taken action in 76 instances due to the disruption of public services and the violation of protective measures on the premises of commercial outlets and public institutions, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T16:18:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T16:18:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/on-monday-police-took-action-in-76-instances"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/on-monday-police-took-action-in-76-instances</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The rebooting of the European economies requires rapid and flexible solutions]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“According to Hungary’s position, over-bureaucratic solutions must be avoided during EU crisis management, and the situation instead requires rapid and flexible solutions”, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga declared at a session of the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T16:13:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T16:13:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-national-economy/news/the-rebooting-of-the-european-economies-requires-rapid-and-flexible-solutions"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-national-economy/news/the-rebooting-of-the-european-economies-requires-rapid-and-flexible-solutions</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Number of infections increased by 14 per cent last week]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Last week, the number of coronavirus infections increased by 14 per cent compared with the week before, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T16:10:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T16:10:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/number-of-infections-increased-by-14-per-cent-last-week"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/number-of-infections-increased-by-14-per-cent-last-week</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Seventy-one large Hungarian corporations are launching 207 billion forints in investment within the framework of the Competitiveness-Increasing Program]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Seventy-one large Hungarian corporations are launching 207 billion forints (EUR 576.8 million) in investment within the framework of the Competitiveness-Increasing Program, in the interests of maintaining their workforce and increasing their staff numbers”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday in Székesfehérvár, where he officially presented the first funding certificate issued within the framework of the Program to Howmet-Köfém Limited.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T16:08:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T16:08:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/seventy-one-large-hungarian-corporations-are-launching-207-billion-forints-in-investment-within-the-framework-of-the-competitiveness-increasing-program"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/seventy-one-large-hungarian-corporations-are-launching-207-billion-forints-in-investment-within-the-framework-of-the-competitiveness-increasing-program</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The government is funding the export activities of forty-six Hungarian SMEs]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The government is providing funding to enable forty-six Hungarian small- and medium-sized enterprises to appear on foreign markets, thanks to the 2-billion-forint (EUR 5.5 million) tender launched within the framework of the 25-billion-forint (EUR 69.5 million) National Export Protection Program, of which the first to receive funding is LogSol Limited, which operates in Szabadbattya, Fejér County”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday at the company’s plant.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T14:10:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T14:10:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-government-is-funding-the-export-activities-of-forty-six-hungarian-smes"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-government-is-funding-the-export-activities-of-forty-six-hungarian-smes</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National flag hoisted, then lowered to half-mast in front of the Parliament Building]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On the anniversary of the 1848-1849 Revolution and War of Independence, on the Day of Remembrance for the Martyrs of Arad, the national flag on Kossuth Square was ceremoniously hoisted, then lowered to half-mast with full military honours on Tuesday morning in the presence of Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-06T09:25:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-06T09:25:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-defence/news/national-flag-hoisted-then-lowered-to-half-mast-in-front-of-the-parliament-building"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-defence/news/national-flag-hoisted-then-lowered-to-half-mast-in-front-of-the-parliament-building</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The V4 are coordinating their steps in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“In view of the fact that the coronavirus epidemic that is affecting the whole world is posing new challenges for everyone, the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) wish to tighten their cooperation even further with relation to protecting against the virus”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday in Prague following his talks with Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T21:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T21:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-v4-are-coordinating-their-steps-in-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus-epidemic"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-v4-are-coordinating-their-steps-in-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus-epidemic</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Minister Judit Varga visited families in Szerencs ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Monday, Justice Minister Judit Varga paid a visit to Szerencs in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County where together with Zsófia Koncz, Fidesz-KDNP’s candidate for Member of Parliament for the constituency she called on families. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T20:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T20:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/justice-minister-judit-varga-visited-families-in-szerencs"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/justice-minister-judit-varga-visited-families-in-szerencs</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Deployment of health care workers is going to plan ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The deployment of health care workers is going to plan, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Monday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T14:35:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T14:35:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/deployment-of-health-care-workers-is-going-to-plan"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/deployment-of-health-care-workers-is-going-to-plan</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It’s a disgrace that Matteo Salvini is being taken to court instead of the people smugglers]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó regards it as a disgrace that former Italian Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini is being taken to court and not the people smugglers.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T14:34:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T14:34:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/it-s-a-disgrace-that-matteo-salvini-is-being-taken-to-court-instead-of-the-people-smugglers"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/it-s-a-disgrace-that-matteo-salvini-is-being-taken-to-court-instead-of-the-people-smugglers</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Brussels rule of law report does not provide a fair and reliable account of Member States ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The European Commission’s rule of law report does not provide a fair and reliable account of the state of the rule of law in the Member States, Justice Minister Judit Varga wrote on her Facebook account.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T14:21:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T14:21:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/brussels-rule-of-law-report-does-not-provide-a-fair-and-reliable-account-of-member-states"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/brussels-rule-of-law-report-does-not-provide-a-fair-and-reliable-account-of-member-states</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rules relating to facilitated entry of V4 nationals reregulated ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government decided to reregulate the conditions making entry for nationals of the Visegrád countries easier, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Monday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:55:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:55:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/rules-relating-to-facilitated-entry-of-v4-nationals-reregulated"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/rules-relating-to-facilitated-entry-of-v4-nationals-reregulated</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It is not true that European Commission’s rule of law report evaluates Member States based on objective criteria ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[It is not true that the European Commission’s rule of law report evaluates Member States based on objective criteria, the Justice Minister stated on her Facebook account on Friday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:23:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:23:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/it-is-not-true-that-european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report-evaluates-member-states-based-on-objective-criteria"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/it-is-not-true-that-european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report-evaluates-member-states-based-on-objective-criteria</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Digital Freedom Committee scrutinises rule of law guarantees ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government set up the Digital Freedom Committee in the spring not to censor Facebook, but to scrutinise rule of law guarantees on the Internet, the Justice Minister said at a conference held on Friday in Budapest which was also streamed online.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:20:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:20:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/digital-freedom-committee-scrutinises-rule-of-law-guarantees"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/digital-freedom-committee-scrutinises-rule-of-law-guarantees</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[European Commission’s rule of law report relies on “loaned” documents ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The European Commission’s rule of law report relies on “loaned” documents. The sources it relies on determine its reliability and objectivity, the Justice Minister posted on Facebook on Thursday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:19:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:19:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report-relies-on-loaned-documents"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report-relies-on-loaned-documents</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[European Commission has no competence to draft reports analysing state of rule of law ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The European Commission has no competence to prepare comparative analyses regarding the state of the rule of law and to impose consequences on Member States based on their findings, the Justice Minister said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Monday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:19:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:19:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/european-commission-has-no-competence-to-draft-reports-analysing-state-of-rule-of-law"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/european-commission-has-no-competence-to-draft-reports-analysing-state-of-rule-of-law</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“We want to stop migration” ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Minister Judit Varga gave the German liberal weekly Die Zeit an interview entitled “We want to stop migration” which was released in the weekly’s Thursday edition. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:17:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:17:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/we-want-to-stop-migration"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/we-want-to-stop-migration</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[We have achieved the greatest result in Egyptian-Hungarian economic relations to date]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungarian rail vehicle manufacturing has received its largest ever order from Egypt’s national railway company; this is the greatest ever result in the history of Hungarian-Egyptian economic cooperation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Cairo.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T13:16:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T13:16:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/we-have-achieved-the-greatest-result-in-egyptian-hungarian-economic-relations-to-date"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/we-have-achieved-the-greatest-result-in-egyptian-hungarian-economic-relations-to-date</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Government also helps event technicians]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government has launched a call for proposals so that as many event technicians can stay within their profession as possible, the Government Spokesperson announced in a Governmentinfo Plus information video posted on her social media account on Sunday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T09:57:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T09:57:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/government-also-helps-event-technicians"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/government-also-helps-event-technicians</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[We are in an upward phase of the second wave ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We are in an upward, active phase of the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T09:14:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T09:14:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/we-are-in-an-upward-phase-of-the-second-wave"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/we-are-in-an-upward-phase-of-the-second-wave</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Police took action due to violation of protective measures in 599 instances ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[So far the police have taken action due to the violation of the protective measures laid down in the government decree in effect since last week in 599 instances, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T09:03:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T09:03:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/police-took-action-due-to-violation-of-protective-measures-in-599-instances"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/police-took-action-due-to-violation-of-protective-measures-in-599-instances</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“George Soros sponsors” organisations providing background documents for European Commission’s rule of law report]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[George Soros’s foundations support and sponsor the organisations that provided background documents for the European Commission’s rule of law report, Pál Völner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice told journalists on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T08:47:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T08:47:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/george-soros-sponsors-organisations-providing-background-documents-for-european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-justice/news/george-soros-sponsors-organisations-providing-background-documents-for-european-commission-s-rule-of-law-report</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Germans can continue to rely on Hungarians in defence of Europe also in future ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel and citizens of unified Germany on the occasion of their national holiday, German Unity Day in a message, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Saturday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T08:40:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T08:40:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/germans-can-continue-to-rely-on-hungarians-in-defence-of-europe-also-in-future"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/germans-can-continue-to-rely-on-hungarians-in-defence-of-europe-also-in-future</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Government accepted chamber of doctors proposal representing a breakthrough pay rise for physicians; we will phase gratuities out of Hungarian health care system ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government accepted the proposal presented by the Hungarian Chamber of Doctors representing a breakthrough pay rise for physicians, while an agreement was also reached regarding the phasing out of gratuities, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced in a video message posted on his Facebook account after delegations of the government and the chamber met on Saturday morning, after several months of preparatory work. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T08:36:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T08:36:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/government-accepted-chamber-of-doctors-proposal-representing-a-breakthrough-pay-rise-for-physicians-we-will-phase-gratuities-out-of-hungarian-health-care-system"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/government-accepted-chamber-of-doctors-proposal-representing-a-breakthrough-pay-rise-for-physicians-we-will-phase-gratuities-out-of-hungarian-health-care-system</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It must be made clear that the EU can only be entered legally]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The European Union must make it clear that its territory can only be entered legally, because until it does so pressure on the Hungarian and Greek borders will not cease”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T08:29:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T08:29:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/it-must-be-made-clear-that-the-eu-can-only-be-entered-legally"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/it-must-be-made-clear-that-the-eu-can-only-be-entered-legally</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[At this time, we must stand together; this is the moment when we must achieve a breakthrough improvement in physicians’ pay]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We have a difficult period ahead because “we have had enough of the virus, but the virus has not had enough of us yet,” it is spreading faster than before, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Sunday Paper’.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-05T08:26:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-05T08:26:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/at-this-time-we-must-stand-together-this-is-the-moment-when-we-must-achieve-a-breakthrough-improvement-in-physicians-pay"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/at-this-time-we-must-stand-together-this-is-the-moment-when-we-must-achieve-a-breakthrough-improvement-in-physicians-pay</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian Consulate opens in Nuremberg]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The new Hungarian Consulate in Nuremberg was officially opened on Friday. The ceremony was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T21:43:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T21:43:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungarian-consulate-opens-in-nuremberg"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/hungarian-consulate-opens-in-nuremberg</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[International Jewish organisations praise Hungary’s role in the Middle Eastern settlement]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On 29 September 2020, State Secretary for Security Policy Péter Sztáray took part in a virtual meeting with leaders of American and international Jewish organisations. The event is traditionally held on the sidelines of the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In view of the pandemic situation, this year’s meeting was held in online form.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T14:52:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T14:52:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/international-jewish-organisations-praise-hungary-s-role-in-the-middle-eastern-settlement"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/international-jewish-organisations-praise-hungary-s-role-in-the-middle-eastern-settlement</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Bavarian enterprises are playing an important role in the development of the Hungarian economy]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Bavarian enterprises are playing a very important role in the development of the Hungarian economy”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó pointed out on Friday from Nuremberg. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T13:37:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T13:37:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/bavarian-enterprises-are-playing-an-important-role-in-the-development-of-the-hungarian-economy"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/bavarian-enterprises-are-playing-an-important-role-in-the-development-of-the-hungarian-economy</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Decisions necessary to keep epidemic under control adopted ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government has adopted the decisions necessary to keep the epidemic under control in order to protect people’s lives and health, whilst ensuring that the country need not go into lockdown, the Government Spokesperson stressed on the Thursday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T12:45:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T12:45:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/decisions-necessary-to-keep-epidemic-under-control-adopted"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/decisions-necessary-to-keep-epidemic-under-control-adopted</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács: “I’m seriously concerned about media freedom in Germany” ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“I’m seriously concerned about media freedom in Germany,” the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations posted on Facebook on Friday, commenting on the incident that developed in the wake of a statement concerning Hungary and Poland by German social democrat politician Katarina Barley, Vice President of the European Parliament. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T12:38:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T12:38:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/minister-of-state-for-international-communication-and-relations-zoltan-kovacs-i-m-seriously-concerned-about-media-freedom-in-germany"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/government-spokesperson/news/minister-of-state-for-international-communication-and-relations-zoltan-kovacs-i-m-seriously-concerned-about-media-freedom-in-germany</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Marso Ltd. to construct a new logistics centre in Dunaharaszti]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Tyre wholesaler Marso Ltd. will be constructing a new logistics centre in Dunaharaszti; the 4.6-billion-forint (EUR 12.7 million) investment by the Hungarian-owned company will be creating 50 new workplaces”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Wednesday in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T11:57:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T11:57:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/marso-ltd-to-construct-a-new-logistics-centre-in-dunaharaszti"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/marso-ltd-to-construct-a-new-logistics-centre-in-dunaharaszti</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Common fight against coronavirus epidemic has intensified Chinese-Hungarian friendship ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his friendly greetings and best wishes to Prime Minister Li Keqiang on the occasion of the national holiday of the People’s Republic of China, the 71st anniversary of the founding of the country. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T08:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T08:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/common-fight-against-coronavirus-epidemic-has-intensified-chinese-hungarian-friendship"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/common-fight-against-coronavirus-epidemic-has-intensified-chinese-hungarian-friendship</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The pharmaceutical industry is a break-out sector]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the pharmaceutical industry is one of the break-out sectors of the Hungarian economy, in which all funding provides a return, and accordingly the government will continue to do everything possible to ensure that Hungarian pharmaceutical production remains among the world’s frontrunners.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T08:49:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T08:49:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-pharmaceutical-industry-is-a-break-out-sector"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/the-pharmaceutical-industry-is-a-break-out-sector</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Egypt has proven that migration can also be stopped at sea]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Egypt has proven that migration processes can also be stopped at sea, and the European Union should provide funding to the country to enable it to continue to stop illegal immigrants”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Cairo.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-02T08:34:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-02T08:34:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/egypt-has-proven-that-migration-can-also-be-stopped-at-sea"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/egypt-has-proven-that-migration-can-also-be-stopped-at-sea</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Body temperature checking in educational institutions has started ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From Thursday, persons, including children, teachers and other staff, are only allowed to enter nursery school and school premises after body temperature checking, the Chief Medical Officer said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic on Thursday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-01T15:46:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-01T15:46:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/body-temperature-checking-in-educational-institutions-has-started"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/body-temperature-checking-in-educational-institutions-has-started</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Extension of border closure serves to protect lives and health ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government has decided to extend border controls on the internal Schengen border in the interest of dealing with the consequences of the coronavirus epidemic, and protecting the health and lives of Hungarian citizens, the deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Thursday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-01T15:44:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-01T15:44:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/extension-of-border-closure-serves-to-protect-lives-and-health"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/news/extension-of-border-closure-serves-to-protect-lives-and-health</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Reintegration of 13th monthly pension to start at the beginning of next year ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At the beginning of next year, we will start the reintegration of the 13th monthly pension, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Thursday, on the International Day of Older Persons. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-01T15:08:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-01T15:08:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/reintegration-of-13th-monthly-pension-to-start-at-the-beginning-of-next-year"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/reintegration-of-13th-monthly-pension-to-start-at-the-beginning-of-next-year</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lenovo to construct its first European plant in Hungary]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Lenovo will be constructing its first European plant in Hungary; production will already begin in early 2021”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-01T15:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-01T15:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/news/lenovo-to-construct-its-first-european-plant-in-hungary"/>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From 1 October, the government has extended the border closure by another month, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest. 
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