Hungary

Minister Szijjártó said Hungary was being forced to pay the price of the Commission's support for Ukraine.

Minister Szijjártó said that after the "complete failure" of its sanctions on Russia, the EC was "making another serious mistake by banning energy imports from Russia".

The prime minister said forecasts pointed to another season of drought this year, in spite of recent rainy weather.

The president helped welcome MTA's 200th anniversary of its foundation.

Minister Nagy said Hungary is fundamentally renewing its agriculture and food industry, and in this process, Hungary is counting on the cooperation of the US.

The 10th Planet Lens International Photo and Film Festival on Nature Conservation and Sustainability will be held in Veszprem, in central Hungary, between May 15-18.

The prime minister said in his regular weekly radio interview that the European economy as a whole was stagnant, and as a member of the European Union, Hungary was a part of that economy.

Last year, Hungarian border guards arrested around 900 border violators in the first four months of the year, and almost 5,000 in the same period this year.

Alexandra Szentkirályi said that Tisza's representatives in the capital had openly admitted to holding the view that they benefitted politically "if things are bad for the Hungarian people".

The decision-making systems of the affected programs had been updated in order to help farmers get faster access to support.