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State Secretary: Mortgage rate freeze could save households HUF 30 billion
A government decision to freeze retail mortgage rates until the end of next June could save Hungarian households HUF 30 billion (EUR 81.3m).
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PM Orbán urges ethnic Hungarians abroad to cast their vote in election
Over 1.1 million Hungarians abroad have taken the opportunity to become citizens with voting rights.
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State Secretary: Hungary leaving crisis behind without austerity measures
Real wages have grown by 70 percent during the Fidesz government’s tenure over the past ten years.
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1,191,000 people filled out government’s National Consultation survey
The government will decide on its next steps based on the survey’s results. The findings of the survey will be made public as soon as possible.
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State Secretary hits back at Soros for “insulting Hungary”
“George Soros is insulting Hungary again; this time by calling it a mafia state,” Csaba Dömötör wrote.
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Topics for National Consultation survey revealed
The government is seeking opinions on whether the country should be reopened gradually or in one fell swoop once the epidemic has subsided.
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Government officials released from home quarantine after two negative COVID-19 tests
Several government officials have tested negative for the coronavirus a second time and have therefore been released from official home quarantine.
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State Secretary: Choosing Hungarian products protects Hungarian jobs
The Hungarian government will soon launch a new campaign to promote Hungarian products.
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August 15 deadline for latest “national consultation” survey
Residents have until August 15 to submit their feedback to the government’s latest “national consultation” survey.
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National consultation covers issues that weaken Hungary’s security and go against justice
Issues to be addressed by the survey include the payment of compensation to prisoners complaining about poor prison conditions and probation rules pertaining to violent criminals.
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State Secretary: Ahmed H. case has highlighted a network supporting immigration
Csaba Dömötör said the Hungarian government finds it objectionable that while Brussels provides no grants for the protection of the borders, they are happy to raise the grants of activist groups
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The government outlines plans to maintain a strengthening and thriving Hungary that retains its security
Csaba Dömötör, the parliamentary state secretary of the cabinet office, said the government is working for a country in which work is valued, families with children are supported, and in which all social groups can take steps forward
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Europe would be the best place in the world today but it is struggling with an identity crisis, says state secretary
Europe's crisis is boosted by a decline in birth rates and cultural self-surrender, says state secretary