The Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) has contributed to the democratic transition of law enforcement agencies in Central-Europe, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said at the closing ceremony of the 20th graduation year of ILEA on Friday.
The Government has successfully defended the most severe punishment in the Hungarian legal system, the actual life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and will make every effort also in the future to retain this form of punishment, Róbert Répássy, Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice said at his press conference held on Sunday in Budapest.
The Ministry for National Economy appreciates the decision by Moody’s to upgrade Hungarian bank sector outlook from the former negative to stable.
The modernisation of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line could start this year, as soon as the Sino-Hungarian intergovernmental and financial agreements necessary for it are signed, said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó in Budapest on Thursday.
According to the legal standpoint of the Hungarian Government, the food chain inspection fee and health contribution fee on tobacco products are not in breach of EU law, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga told public news channel M1, commenting on the announcement of the European Commission that they will launch an inquiry into the issue and prohibit the application of progressive tax rates until the investigation is over.
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told public news channel M1 on Friday that, in parallel with making legislation on immigration stricter, illegal border-crossing must once again be classified as a criminal offence, rather than a simple infraction.
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development was held in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia between 13 and 16 July 2015, with Hungary represented by Ádám Zoltán Kovács, Deputy State Secretary for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The Government will initiate an amendment to the Penal Code in order for illegal migration to qualify as a criminal offence, rather than as a misdemeanour, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference “Governmentinfo 17 – What does the Government do and why?” which he held jointly with State Secretary for Government Communications András Giró-Szász.
The model section of the temporary security border control fence in the non-residential area of the locality of Mórahalom is under construction.
The Hungarian Defence Force is fully prepared to begin construction of the temporary border control fence, Minister of Interior Csaba Hende said on Thursday in Mórahalom on the Hungarian-Serbian border.