“Following talks lasting throughout the day, the Slovakian government has agreed to allow Czech and Hungarian citizens travelling between the Czech Republic and Hungary to cross its territory on both the outbound and return journey, providing they spend no longer than 48 hours in Slovakia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday evening.
“American investment trade magazine Site Selection has chosen Hungary as one of the world’s best investment destinations for the third consecutive year, and the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency has also been named the best investment agency in Central Europe for the third year running”, State Secretary Tamás Menczer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced on his Facebook page.
“Hungary wants to build cooperation with Romania that is based on mutual respect, and would like to further develop the rational cooperation experienced during the global pandemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Bucharest, where he held talks with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu.
As time and results have shown, the Coronavirus Protection Act served the country well; many Hungarians are alive today because of it, Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács wrote in an article published in Euronews, taking the view that this might be a good time to offer an apology for the criticisms levelled at the legislation.
It has been ascertained again that in recent months the domestic and Brussels Left have accused the Hungarian government without foundation, purely on political grounds as today the government will submit the bill which calls on Parliament to terminate the state of danger. With the passage of the law, the state of danger will be lifted in Hungary much earlier than in a number of European countries, as expected on 20 June, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Tuesday, after the video conference of the General Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.
Parliament could vote for lifting the state of danger and special legal order introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic within two weeks, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office announced at a press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest.
“From midnight tonight, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will be opening their borders to each other’s citizens”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó confirmed in response to a question from the press in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), at a joint press conference with President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR) Kelemen Hunor.
There is ongoing interest in the wage support programme; as many as 125,853 persons have applied together with their employers, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
The number of recovered patients is substantially higher than the number of active infections, the Chief Medical Officer pointed out at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
The government will submit to Parliament the bill on the revocation of the special legal order on Tuesday afternoon, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Tuesday.