Navracsics: deal on the partnership agreement "will be reached by the end of the year"
EP votes to recommend freezing Hungary funding
The European Parliament has proposed freezing European Union funding, saying that the 17 measures taken by Hungary aimed at unlocking its EU funding were not sufficient to offset the systemic risks to the bloc’s finances. In a resolution adopted on Thursday with 416 votes in favour, 124 against and 33 abstentions, MEPs called on the EC and the European Council to “resist pressure from Hungary and go ahead with adopting the proposed rule-of-law conditionality measures to suspend EU cohesion funds.”
Key figure of criminal network dismantled by Eurojust
A leading figure of the poly-criminal network shut down by European criminal justice agency Eurojust earlier this week who was arrested in Slovakia had previously lived in Hungary, police said on their website on Friday.
Justice minister: Demographics turnaround crucial to social development
A turnaround in demographic trends is crucial for the long-term social development and economic sustainability of Hungary and Europe, and this requires a predictable, targeted and flexible family policy, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Friday.
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Hungarian ‘pro-democracy group’ accuses government of using secret services for political purposes
A new organisation in Hungary calling itself a "pro-democracy group" has accused the government of using the country's secret services for the purposes of carrying out its political aims.
Foreign minister calls for preventing migration waves to Europe
Europe must work closely with north African and Middle Eastern countries to prevent the emergence of more illegal migration waves on its borders, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday, arguing that the combined burden of the war in Ukraine and migration would be ...
Szijjarto: Hungary could be given exemption from EU’s oil price cap
It appears that Hungary will be given an exemption from the European Union's planned price cap on Russian oil imports, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in Brussels on Thursday, adding at the same time that "several dangerous proposals are still on ...
Orbán at V4 summit: Visegrad Group ‘still has a future’
Specific and difficult issues tie the Visegrad Group of countries together, and it is easier to address them together than separately, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Kosice (Kassa), Slovakia. So the V4 "still has a future", Orbán added.
National Information Centre: US civil organisation transfers over HUF 3 billion prior to general election
The US-based Action for Democracy civil organisation transferred 1.8 billion forints (EUR 4.4m) worth of funding to the Everyone's Hungary Movement (MMM) and an additional 1.15 billion to three Hungarian companies last spring and summer, Brigadier General Zoltan Andras Kovacs, the director general of ...
DK: Government ‘threat’ to bank deposits
The government is a threat to bank deposits, the opposition Democratic Coalition said on Wednesday, insisting that banks had been told to cap interest payments on deposits at the same rate as government securities with a maturity of three months.
Municipal councils association head urges Budapest to back petition on EU sanctions policy
The head of the Association of Cities with County Rights (MJVSZ) on Wednesday called on Budapest to support a petition sent to the European Commission president urging the body to change its sanctions policy.
Parbeszed calls on president not to sign legislation ‘on selling off protected areas’
The opposition Parbeszed has called on President Katalin Novak not to sign into law legislation which they said allowed the privatisation of areas under nature protection, regardless of environmental considerations.
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Szijjarto: Hungary, Iran working on developing economic cooperation
Hungary and Iran are working on developing economic cooperation in line with the policy of common sense and a pragmatism, and this could contribute to Tehran returning to a peaceful coexistence in the international community, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.
Police arrest people smugglers assaulting officers
The police have detained people smugglers that had fired shots at them in an attempt to avoid being apprehended near Inarcs, in central Hungary, early on Monday, the police said on its website, adding that nobody had been injured in the incident.
Varga: Hungary committed to the values on which the EU is founded
Hungary is committed to the basic values of the European Union and to protecting its financial interests, "as it is in our common interest to ensure transparent and efficient use of European taxpayers' contributions," Justice Minister Judit Varga said in an article published on ...
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Egis favipiravir drug licenced for Covid-19 treatment
A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), the institute said on Saturday.
Fidesz MEP slams leftist opposition for thwarting proposal on Islamist terrorism
Leftist MEPs of the European Parliament, including those of Hungary's Democratic Coalition and Momentum parties, on Monday voted down a right-wing proposal to put issues around Islamist terrorism in Europe on the agenda, ruling Fidesz MEP Balazs Hidveghi told public media.
Nazi victim soccer player commemorated in Budapest
Istvan Toth Potya, a Hungarian soccer player murdered by the Gestapo, was commemorated by the Ambassador of Israel and the Hungarian Jewish community in Budapest on Tuesday.
