Hungary

Referring to the charge that Hungary had been the most corrupt country in the European Union for years, Zoltán Kovács said: "Not a word of this is true: we're talking about a politically motivated ... index."

Teachers in Hungary will receive a monthly pay of 844,000 forints (EUR 2,090) this year.

Patriots for Europe group finds it unacceptable that the European Commission and the European Parliament "seek to suppress the largest corruption scandals in the EU's history".

László Kövér said Hungary's recent EU presidency had aimed to ensure that "the enlargement process remains objective and authentic, based on (candidates') merits".

The average purchase price for residential property rose to 50 million forints (just over 120,000 euros) in January, which is 4 million forints above the average for 2024.

Balazs Orbán said it was "hard to keep up" with the pace at which US President Donald Trump was "winding up the Washington-based international liberal network" since assuming office.

"Could price caps be introduced again? If necessary, we will intervene immediately in the interest of protecting families' interests," Minister Nagy said.

Csaba Dömötör said that for this strong border protection, recovering competitiveness, stronger family policy, less "ideological foolishness" and more honest words were needed.

Hungary and Egypt have also agreed to elevate their relations to a priority strategic partnership at their next high-level meeting.

The competition authority GVH has imposed a fine of 111 million forints (around 275,000 euros) on the telecoms operator.