After his two-day negotiations in Beijing, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated that representatives from Hungary and China have initialled the intergovernmental agreement; therefore, after its signing – which is expected next week – the path will be clear to begin modernisation of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that, regarding the issue of illegal immigration, we need nation state solutions rather than European solutions. On Kossuth Rádió’s “180 Minutes” programme on Friday, the Prime Minister also spoke about the enlargement of the Paks nuclear power station, and defended implementation of the project, pointing out that “cheap electricity equals Paks”.
In the period January-September 2015, wages in real terms increased significantly, by 4.2 percent, within the national economy, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported earlier today. In comparison to September 2014, the number of private sector jobs was 47 thousand higher at enterprises with at least five employees.
The Ministry for National Economy is expecting another amount of HUF 300bn of EU funds in the month of November 2015, and that will significantly reduce cash-flow deficit as well as the general government debt-to-GDP ratio, Minister of State for Public Finances Péter Benő Banai said at a panel discussion.
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian News Agency MTI that Hungary provided care for migrants in refugee centres, in accordance with the international conventions.
Those who wish to diminish Europe’s strength and various terrorist groups have hijacked the modern-day mass migration, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at his press conference.
After he met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Parliament on Thursday, the Prime Minister said that the terrorist attacks have directed our attention to a fact which we must take seriously: people are coming to the European Union from zones in which some Member States of the EU are – to varying degrees – at war.
Hungary is aware that there is no strong Europe, there is no strong Central-Europe and above all, there is no strong Hungary without a strong Germany, Bence Tuzson stated.
Hungary has taken on an active role internationally in combating tax fraud; Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the conference organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) with the title “VAT Fraud in the CEE region”.
Szombathely is a politically stable and economically strong city with a good management, in good hands, and the Government is therefore assured that the funds now awarded to the city will be used reasonably and well, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said in the county seat of Vas County.