The strategic agreement was signed by State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó and Sanofi CEO Christophe Gourlet. The State Secretary declared that beside its economic strategy of Opening Towards the East, Hungary aims to maintain a closer cooperation with large multinational companies.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mentioned pay rises for general practitioners and teachers, and the launching of a population programme as important tasks for the upcoming period, on Kossuth Radio's 180 minutes.
Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary for International Communications, in response to the Human Rights Watch statement today upon publishing its report, said that it lacked the objectivity that is generally expected from such documents.
If Europe betrays its Christian roots and gives up its traditions it will have no strength left for renewal after the crisis, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the Cistercian Abbey of Zirc on Wednesday.
The Minister of National Economy, Mihály Varga, announced that the recession in Hungary had stopped in a technical sense. New figures have justified the Government's earlier calculations, which showed that slower growth could be expected in the first half of the year, and that performance is likely to improve in the second half, he stated.
A Hungarian-Slovak government meeting will be held in Budapest on July 2, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced after talks in Bratislava on Wednesday.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced at a press briefing today that a Hungarian-Georgian joint economic committee would be set up later this year.
Minister of State for Healthcare Miklós Szócska announced at the Government Spokesperson's press conference that every healthcare employee would be receiving a wage increase.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is on a one-day official visit to Finland. The Prime Minister gave a lecture entitled The future of Europe at the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki, and will later meet with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and President Sauli Niinistö.
State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó negotiated with South American and Caribbean ambassadors in Hungary.