The Office of the State Secretary for National Policy at the Prime Minister’s Office supports the march organised by the Szekler National Council on the occasion of the Szekler Freedom Day which seeks to draw attention to the importance of the autonomy of Szeklerland.
“The Hungarian Government has concluded strategic cooperation agreements with three British companies so far and negotiations have begun with two more”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
Our common goal is to create a strong Hungarian economy that will enable us to take our place among highly-developed industrial countries, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a conference of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“The best instrument for guaranteeing Western Balkan stability, peace and development is the genuine possibility of Euro-Atlantic integration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
The greatest achievement of the Hungarian Chairmanship is that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) succeeded in ensuring that the EU’s new data protection regulation should not unduly restrict access to documents related to the Holocaust, Szabolcs Takács, State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday in Brussels. Mr Takács supervised the work of IHRA’s Hungarian Chairmanship as a ministerial commissioner.
“The Government has declared a nationwide state of emergency due to mass migration”, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér announced in Budapest on Wednesday.
On Wednesday in Budapest, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó discussed possible solutions to the migration crisis with former Prime Minister of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber.
Hungary officially handed over the Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) to Romania for the next 12 months on Tuesday. The ceremony was held in Berlin, at the headquarters of the Permanent Office of the international organisation.
According to the latest report of the European Commission, which analyses the economic balance indicators of member states, Hungary is “not experiencing macro-economic imbalances”.
At the latest ECOFIN session, EU finance ministers discussed the recently published Country Reports of the European Commission. Outlining Hungary’s standpoint, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said that compared to the previous report of 2015, the study is more balanced, and it paints a much more favourable picture of the country’s economic situation. In addition, finance ministers agreed that the number of data exchanged automatically between tax authorities must be increased.