Hungary

The last three and a half decades have seen a "revolution of national cohesion", the head of parliament's foreign affairs committee said at the Tranzit Festival in Tihany, at lake Balaton, on Friday.

The government is carrying on with its wage hike programme for teachers as it has promised, bringing teachers' salaries to 80 percent of the average wage of degree holders, the head of the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday.

Votes can be submitted about Budapest residents' proposals for city development and budget planning until October 7, the Budapest mayor's office said on Thursday.

2025 will see another "substantial" wage hike for teachers, and the government will ensure that wages keep their buying power, the state secretary for education said in Budapest on Thursday.

Hungary goes beyond talking about solidarity and provides direct help to persecuted Christians, the foreign ministry state secretary in charge of programmes helping Christians said on Thursday, marking the international day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief.

The number of illegal entrants on the border between Hungary and Serbia has grown significantly in recent weeks compared with earlier trends, the prime minister's chief domestic security advisor said on Wednesday, adding, however, that the number of border violations was not excessively high.

Hungary's talks aimed at ensuring long-term crude oil supplies for the country "are nearing their final stage", the foreign minister said on Wednesday, but added that "the European Commission has done nothing against Ukrainian measures jeopardising the energy security of Hungary and Slovakia."

National economy minister Marton Nagy on Wednesday met Yi Kang-Myung, the Chairman-CEO of Sungeel Hitech and other executives of the company to discuss challenges of the battery protection industry and opportunities for the green transition, the ministry said.

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is filing a police report alleging embezzlement regarding the government's decision to buy an office building for 600 billion forints (EUR 1.5bn), the party's deputy group leader said in Budapest on Wednesday.

The European Commission and certain member states are "whipping up emotions" on the matter of Hungary's National Card programme, the EU affairs minister said on Facebook on Wednesday.