Explaining the reasons behind the decision, the Minister of Interior said that “we must learn the lessons from [the attacks in] Brussels, and it is clear to us that security measures must be enhanced”. The Ministry of Justice have received his ministry’s proposals, on the basis of which they will prepare the draft text, he said.
Restrictive measures adopted by the United Nations Security Council and the Council of the European Union.
“The terrorist attack was not directed against Brussels, but against the EU, and this is why precautions, vigilance and all possible security measures are warranted”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
Hungary has submitted its bid for hosting the ministerial meeting of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency to be held next year, István Mikola, State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed the Hungarian News Agency MTI on Wednesday in Paris after this year’s meeting of the organisation’s Governing Board.
On Thursday morning György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel TV2 that the terror alert in Hungary will remain at Level 2 until the circumstances of the Brussels attacks and its potential further strands have been clarified.
In an interview on Tatabánya Community Television on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Tatabánya is one of the country’s top ten cities – which is a great achievement, given that the city was ruined together with the collapse of socialist large-scale industry. He was speaking after signing an agreement with Mayor of Tatabánya Csaba Schmidt (Fidesz-KDNP) on the local developments to be implemented as part of the Modern Cities Programme.
Following Wednesday morning’s meeting of the Operations Unit, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Hungarian M1 television that “Hungary is maintaining all the current security measures at its borders, or raising them by one level”.
In an interview on ATV Television’s morning programme on Tuesday, Parliamentary State Minister at the Ministry of Human Capacities Bence Rétvári said that the Klebelsberg centre for the state administration of schools (KLIK) will be entirely dissolved by the summer.
In an interview on public radio’s Tuesday morning news programme, State Minister for Parliament at the Ministry of Human Capacities Bence Rétvári said that, although the Klebelsberg centre for the state administration of schools (KLIK) is to be dissolved, the state will continue to run the schools.
Calendar-adjusted data show that in January 2016 the volume of retail sales grew by 2.2 percent year-on-year, compared to an already high base last year. This positive trend is expected to continue in coming months, as a result of steadily high consumer confidence, the reduction of the personal income tax, higher wages in real terms and the record-breaking employment level.