On 24 January Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will travel to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
In a statement responding to Chancellor of Austria Werner Faymann’s statement on Saturday calling for EU states which do not want to receive migrants to be granted less EU funding, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced that the Government of Hungary rejects the Austrian chancellor’s blackmail.
On Friday, while addressing the military attachés accredited to Budapest on the occasion of the New Year in the capital, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó said that “soldiers serve peace and security around the world, and that’s why civilians must respect the members of the armed forces”.
In response to a question from public television channel M1 on Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that there will be no military conscription in Hungary.
One of the key principles of the new tax regime created since 2010 has been to reduce taxes on employee income, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said in an interview to political daily Magyar Idők. The new system leaves much more money at private persons and those must pay higher taxes who consume more, he stressed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade firmly condemns the terrorist attack carried out on 15th January, 2016 in Burkina Faso, causing the death of 29 people.
France and Hungary agree that the management of the migration crisis both by the European Union and by the Member States continues to remain a priority issue, Szabolcs Takács, State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office told MTI on Friday after he had talks in Paris.
The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture travelled to the German capital to attend the 81st International Green Week agriculture expo, where Hungarian food industry exhibitors are working to reinforce the market presence of the whole sector.
“The successful Hungarian border control measures introduced last year have proven that a successful migration policy cannot be implemented without the protection of Europe’s external borders”, the Prime Minister’s chief advisor on homeland security declared at a press conference in Budapest on Saturday.
One of the main objectives of the Hungarian Government is to give further impetus to labour market growth, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the OECD conference of employment and labour ministers held in Paris. Following this year’s first plenary session, the Minister said that Hungary is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hungary’s OECD membership and the country will devote a full-year programme to mark this event.