On behalf of the Presidency of the Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union, Party President and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written that “We pay tribute to the memory of former head of state Árpád Göncz, who was an active and important political figure during the years in which Hungary set out on the path of transition from dictatorship to democracy”.
The Government offers its sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of Árpád Göncz, who passed away today.
In his speech delivered at the latest Ecofin session in Luxembourg, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga called upon the European Union not to take into account migration-related expenditures in the calculation of fiscal deficits, as these are extraordinary one-off items.
The majority of Members of Parliament take the view that national sovereignty must be protected, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told journalists in summary of the five-party consultation held on Tuesday morning.
Everyone participating in the rescue effort, including members of the defence forces, passed the test with distinction at the time of the red sludge disaster, the Defence Minister said at a conference held on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the sludge flood.
On Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with the heads of parliamentary groups.
The national flag was hoisted with full military honours at Kossuth Square in front of Hungary’s Parliament building in Budapest on Tuesday morning on the anniversary of the 1948-49 Revolution and War of Independence and the Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad. Hungary’s flag will remain at half-mast throughout the national day of mourning as a sign of respect.
Ministerial Commissioner Szabolcs Takács, Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) delivered a speech at the Hungarian Institute in Pozsony (Bratislava) at the symposium entitled „Churches and rescuing human lives in World War II” on 5 October 2015.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó concluded capacity enlargement agreements with American companies in Chicago on Friday, aimed at creating more new jobs in Hungary.
Maintaining and accelerating Hungary’s economic growth requires the speeding-up of lending, which in turn requires positive incentives, participants of a meeting by Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and local bank managers concluded earlier today.