The recently presented housing scheme is a major endeavour expected to boost economic growth and achieve long-term social policy goals such as the reversal of a negative demographic trend and keeping skilled labour force in Hungary, Minister of State for Economic Development and Regulation István Lepsényi said at a press conference organized to promote the new programme.
The Minister heading the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister takes the view that Fidesz has created national affairs out of ideas which others earlier considered utterly inconceivable and unfeasible.
The Government Spokesperson stated that Hungary will not take back a single migrant intended to be sent back as these people “did not parachute into Hungary” but travelled thousands of kilometres by land, and did not first enter the territory of the European Union in Hungary.
Negotiations between the Government and the Metropolitan Municipality can be closed with an agreement: the State will take over urban agglomeration public transport from the Metropolitan Municipality, and is also ready to take over the operation of the suburban railway lines. János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office spoke about this at the press conference Governmentinfo 36 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
In an interview with public television channel M1 on Thursday, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi said that terrorists sent to a number of countries – including European countries – are ready to commit acts of terrorism.
It is in the best interest of each stakeholder within the Hungarian economy to operate in a sustainable economic environment, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hungary’s Joint Venture Association (JVSZ).
In an interview Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap published on Thursday, 14 January, the Minister of Defence said that “there will be changes in the functioning of the Ministry of Defence, because this is the only way to achieve our two main goals: to increase speed and to reduce bureaucracy”.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone from Phnom Penh that “Cambodia’s economy has reached a stage that enables the opening of major foreign market opportunities for Hungarian enterprises”.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has told Hungarian news agency MTI that Hungarian asylum regulations are in complete compliance with international requirements. He was responding to a statement on Hungary by Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe (CoE) Nils Muiznieks.
To mark the Netherlands holding Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2016, the Embassy of the Netherlands held an event in Budapest on 13 January for EU ambassadors to Hungary.