Speaker meets Austrian counterpart in Vienna
Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover met Wolfgang Sobotka, the president of the Austrian National Council, in Vienna on Tuesday, the parliament's press office said.
Government official: Member states praise expert level programmes of Hungarian presidency
Member states -- on an expert level -- have given "very positive feedback" on the Hungarian presidency, a state secretary of the ministry of European Union affairs told news channel M1 on Wednesday.
Azbej: Hungary to step up Chad mission
Hungary will step up its mission in Chad, sending medicine, a medical mission and agricultural experts to the central African country, Tristan Azbej, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians, said on Wednesday.
Hungary presents proposals to develop European electromobility
Hungary has put forward an 11-point package of proposals aimed at speeding up the transition to electric vehicles to the European Union's Competitiveness Council, the national economy minister said on Wednesday.
Szijjarto: EU enlargement in Western Balkans ‘economic as well as political, security interest’
Integrating Western Balkan countries is a vital economic interest as well as a political and security need, and the European Union's track record in this respect "is shameful and unacceptable", Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Paris on Wednesday.
Economy Ministry rejects reports alleging Hungary ‘Europe’s poorest country’
The national economy ministry on Friday rejected reports branding Hungary the poorest country in the European Union, calling the reports "nonsense" and "willful lies", a misinterpretation of an Eurostat report stating Hungarian household consumption as 70 percent of the EU average.
Szijjarto: Hungary ‘final obstacle’, ‘Europe not on fire yet’
Hungary "is the final obstacle" to further conflagration in the region, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said at a campaign event in western Hungary, adding that while Europe was not yet engulfed in flames, NATO was focusing all its energy on "knocking down this ...
Hungary gas reserves at 75 percent
Gas volume in Hungary's storage facilities is at 75 percent, the fourth highest in Europe, the energy ministry said on Facebook on Thursday.
Hidveghi: Fraud suspected around Chain Bridge revamp
A recent report by the Government Control Office (KEHI) raises the suspicion of a "serious misuse" of funds concerning the renovation of Budapest's Chain Bridge, a municipal project, Balazs Hidveghi said on Friday.
Szijjarto: Moving ahead Romania Schengen accession priority for Hungary EU presidency
A major objective of Hungary's EU presidency in the second half of 2024 will be to move ahead Romania's integration with the community's borderless Schengen zone, unless progress is made on the matter before, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Bucharest on Wednesday, after ...
