In the month of June 2016, the share of forex debt within the total volume of state debt was down by 5 percent year-on-year. Positive fiscal processes have also been recognized in the latest analysis by Moody’s Investors Service. The rating agency is expecting Hungary’s government debt-to-GDP ratio to decline further in coming years.
Hungary condemns the coup attempt in Turkey in the strongest possible terms, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade stated on Saturday in Budapest.
Hungary is committed to the maintenance of freedom of navigation in international waters and the right of overflight in accordance with accepted principles of international law.
Bertalan Havasi, Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has told kormany.hu that Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has called the events in Nice shocking and unacceptable. In a telegram Mr. Orbán expressed his condolences to Francois Hollande, President of France.
Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tamás Menczer told Hungarian television channel M1 that the Ministry is aware of one Hungarian woman who was injured during the terrorist attack in Nice.
Károly Kontrát, Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior takes the view that action must be taken against untrue claims which tar the reputation of Hungary and the Hungarian authorities, and therefore, as he said, we also firmly reject the unfounded claims of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Interior Minister Sándor Pintér, Defence Minister István Simicskó, Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka and Austrian Defence and Sports Minister Hans Peter Doskozil had a meeting on Thursday in Röszke in order to discuss the options for joint action against illegal immigration.
On the Friday morning programme of the public service news television channel M1, on behalf of the Hungarian Government, the Government Spokesperson expressed his deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of France on account of the terrorist attack in Nice.
The proposal made by the European Commissioner for migration policy with respect to a completely new settlement programme is „nothing short of dangerous” as regards Hungary because it affects the country’s sovereignty, and the proposals constitute an invitation to millions more, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 58 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
According to the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, the purpose of the transformation of the structure of the government is to reinforce the cabinet’s decision-making and strategic management capability, and to help the Prime Minister prepare for the next general election. János Lázár spoke about this in an interview he gave the weekly Figyelő.