György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has told Hungarian news agency MTI that more and more violent acts can be seen in European refugee camps – including in Hungarian camps – and the case of the Algerian man who attacked an armed guard in the Kiskunhalas closed reception centre on Thursday also conforms to this trend.
On Thursday Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told public television channel M1 that the aim of the southern border barrier has not changed: it must still prevent migrants from entering the European Union’s territory illegally, without being controlled.
On Thursday, 9th June the Ministers of Defence of Hungary and Austria met in Budapest to discuss ways for strengthening and enhancing military and defence cooperation between the two countries.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga met with Kyrgyz Parliament Speaker Chinibai Akunovich Tursunbekov to find options for bolstering industrial cooperation and existing economic ties.
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács announced at the 53rd Governmentinfo press conference that another incident occurred on Thursday in Kiskunhalas: an Algerian man resisted the police when they tried to present him for a hearing, and the 27-year-old man attacked an armed guard.
The Government decided that four major health care centres are required in Budapest, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced at the press conference Governmentinfo 53 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
The Hungarian Government seeks to integrate, rather than assimilate, the national minorities living in Hungary, State Secretary for National Policy Árpád János Potápi highlighted on Thursday in Budapest.
“The Hungarian Government believes that Hungarian-Chinese trade flow would also receive further momentum if China were to be afforded market economy status by the European Union, because this would also mean more market opportunities for Hungarian companies”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the meeting of Chinese and Central-Eastern European (CEEC) Ministers of Trade in Ningbo, eastern China.
On Wednesday, after a summit of Visegrád country prime ministers in Prague, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a press conference that the Visegrád Group have put the hardest and most complicated year behind them, and have successfully tackled the problems that had arisen.
Following the V4 summit in Prague on Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference that on Tuesday the Hungarian parliament had made a very important decision by the approving the constitutional amendment and the counter-terrorism legislation.