János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office had a meeting with the leaders of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) in the evening hours of Wednesday.
Before a meeting of the European People’s Party in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
At an event held on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “we reject the forced resettlement scheme, and we shall tolerate neither blackmail, nor threats”.
The referendum on the EU quota plan may be held this autumn even if the issue comes before all Hungarian judicial forums, due to petitions by the opposition and other parties, said Pál Völner, Minister of State for Justice in an interview by Magyar Idők online news portal. He presumed that the number of voters at the referendum would match the number of voters at the general elections.
The Economy Ministers of the Bulgaria and Hungary met in Budapest to exchange views on developing regional cooperation. One major topic on the meeting’s agenda was the dual vocational education system, regarding which Bulgaria has proposed further talks.
Hungarian-Baltic cooperation is a twenty-five year success story, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday that during a meeting with Turkish Deputy Minister of Economy Fatih Metin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that “Hungary is one of Turkey’s most important economic partners”.
Deputy Foreign Minister László Szabó said at the annual general meeting of the Hungarian Foreign Trade Association that “based on last year’s excellent results, the objectives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade remain the expansion of export markets, facilitating the success of Hungarian enterprises on foreign markets and continuing the promotion of foreign investment in Hungary”.
Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has told kormany.hu that on Monday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a message to Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu, expressing his anger and sadness at Sunday’s suicide bombing in Ankara.
The prizes were presented by President of Hungary János Áder in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on 15 March 2016 in the Cupola Hall of the Parliament Building.