The Government of Hungary is convinced that the contractual framework of the Paks II project is highly advantageous in economic terms. Moreover, in terms of security of supply, competitiveness and climate protection there is no alternative to this project for maintenance of capacity.
In Budapest on Saturday, at the commemoration for the approaching Memorial Day of Hungarian Political Prisoners and Forced Labourers Transported to the Soviet Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that today no one doubts that National Socialism, like Communism, was an insane idea.
On Friday, following Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó’s negotiations with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Poposki, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed National News Agency MTI that Hungary will help Macedonia curb the migrant wave and maintain safety of the country.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to China to attend the summit of Heads of State and Government of China and Central Eastern European countries held in Suzhou and Beijing.
The Hungarian Government is pursuing an initiating and active role in the realization of international blueprints designed to promote e-mobility, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the conference “New Road to Electro-mobility in the EU”, organized by NGM.
At a forum of the V4+ Visegrád International Youth Conference in Cluj, Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Szabolcs Takács emphasised that Europe’s values – for which our ancestor fought throughout centuries – must be protected.
On Friday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian News Agency MTI that the EU should do everything in order to keep the Schengen area alive, yet instead certain countries would want to exclude Central Europeans from it.
Fitch Ratings has left Hungary’s credit rating unchanged at BB+, with positive outlook.
In the latest report, Fitch predicts that Hungarian economic growth will remain stable in the coming years. Economic expansion is expected to be underpinned by banks’ improving business environment which may boost lending. The creation of jobs, low inflation, the forint conversion of mortgages as well as bank refunds will continue to contribute to domestic consumption growth.
Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog announced on Friday that pensions will increase by 1.6 per cent in 2016.
After a meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary will take firm action with a view to changing current European immigration policy, because the current uncontrolled and unregulated form of migration is claiming human lives on the continent, and is exposing Europe’s citizens to direct threats.