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Hungarian government to continue utility price cap scheme
The funds for financing the scheme in 2024 are in place in the central budget.
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Government expands household utility price caps
The household utility price caps will be extended to state and local council-owned rental apartment buildings.
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Németh: Private individuals will be charged below market prices for gas
Private individuals in Hungary will be charged below the actual market prices for their gas and electricity consumption even if it exceeds the average level under which a price cap...
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Official: Left planning to scrap cap on household bills
Szilárd Németh said the left-wing opposition was preparing to dismantle caps on household utility bills if it won power in the April 3 general election.
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Migration pressure is still increasing at Hungary’s southern border
Increasing pressure on the southern border is shown by the total of 15,009 illegal entrants arrested or stopped in 3,372 instances since the start of the year, well above the figures during the same period of 2019.
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Hungarian government to double number of soldiers patrolling the borders
Szilárd Németh said Hungarian soldiers had been patrolling the borders with police officers since 2015 and will continue to do so.
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Anti-immigration cabinet convened due to increasing migration pressure
Szilárd Németh, State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense, described the migration situation on Hungary’s southern border and the West Balkans as very serious, dangerous and a warning to all.