The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s State Secretary for Information and the International Representation of Hungary expressed his hope that the situation that has developed with relation to legislation that is negatively affecting the life of the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia will be successfully resolved with the recently elected new Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky.
On Thursday morning, in the Carmelite Monastery Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Canadian political scientist, Professor of Psychology Jordan Peterson who arrived in Budapest as a guest of the Brain Bar Festival to be held on 30-31 May.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered his condolences in a message to South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon and his people due to the tragedy of the South Korean tourists who were involved in an accident on the Danube.
“The economic whitening measures introduced by the Government to date have been successful, and the Ministry of Finance is continuing to whiten the economy; in future, new vending machines, for instance those operating in car parks and car washes, will also be directly linked to system of the Tax and Customs Office (NAV)”, State Secretary for Finances Gábor Gion from the Ministry of Finance said at a professional conference organised by financial news portal Portfolio.hu in Budapest on Tuesday.
The Hungarian subsidiary of the German Bock Group, Bock Hungária Ltd., will be expanding its production capacity in Ajka and Noszlop with an investment of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 11.6 million), creating 60 new jobs as a result in the Veszprém County towns.
“EU enlargement in the direction of the Western Balkans is in Hungary’s national security and national economic interests”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Tuesday in Bratislava.
“The Government’s soon-to-be-unveiled Economy Protection Action Plan will encourage long-term, high rate of economic growth at least 2 percent higher than the EU average”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at an automotive industry conference organised by the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) in Budapest on Wednesday.
The Government does not support the candidacy of the People’s Party top candidate Manfred Weber or socialist top candidate Frans Timmermans for the post of European Commission President, because in recent months Manfred Weber has insulted the Hungarians on several occasions, while Frans Timmermans “essentially lied continuously” with relation to Hungary during the EP election campaign, State Secretary for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács said in the recess of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting in Budapest.
“Hungary does not support Brussel’s plans to senselessly restrict the competitiveness of the automotive industry, citing environmental protection”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó at the automotive industry conference organised by the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) in Budapest on Wednesday.
The higher turnout, the higher number of votes and the higher number of mandates attained in the Sunday European parliamentary elections mean that Hungary will have more robust representation in Brussels, Balázs Orbán, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday in Budapest.