Confirming reports by news portal Magyar Idők, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has told Hungarian news agency MTI that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will make his annual state of the nation address on 28 February at the Royal Castle Garden Bazaar in Budapest.
“The European Union misunderstands the situation and there are ongoing fruitless debates on immigration within the European Union concerning the solution to the migration crisis”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on the final day of the informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers in Amsterdam in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
The Government of Hungary strongly condemns the missile launch carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as yet another step in a line of provocations that severely endanger the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the wider region.
“Further measures are required in view of the increased risk and threat of terrorism”, the Head of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister declared at a conference on Saturday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó met with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, on the side-lines of informal meeting of EU Foreign and Defence Ministers in Amsterdam on Friday.
„Europe has not faced this many security threats since the Second World War: the continent is facing grave challenges from both the south and east”, Péter Szijjártó with respect to Friday’s informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers in Amsterdam.
In an interview with public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió on Friday morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary must not return to the education system in place before 2010, adding that in his opinion the current government has chosen the right direction in this field.
Industrial sector growth of 7.5-8 percent recorded in 2015 may be repeated in 2016, Deputy State Secretary for Domestic Economy said, commenting on the latest data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
The Government is funding free screening of Hungarian Oscar nominee Son of Saul with over 10 million forints, announced Deputy State Secretary for Priority Social Affairs Csaba Latorcai from the Prime Minister’s Office.
“It must be made clear that the education system prior to 2010 was a complete failure, so this is not a system we can return to”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on Thursday night on M1 Hungarian television.