Foreign Minister: Hungary ‘Doesn’t Want Cold War’
Hungary, being a “committed and loyal” member of NATO, “would not want another cold war or animosity between East and West”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said.
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Stability in Sahel Region Could Ensure Control Over Illegal Migration
Stability in the Sahel region of West Africa could ensure control over illegal migration from Sub-Saharan territories, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on the sidelines of a meeting with his NATO counterparts in Brussels. Szijjártó also asked the other ministers to continue supporting the Western Balkans, which he said was “the ante-chamber to Europe’s security”.
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 19 March 2021
In the week ending 19 March 2021 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 0.6 billion to EUR 298.1 billion.
Áder, Duda in Video Call on Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day
President János Áder and Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda held a video call on the occasion of Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day.
There will be no further openings in Austria until Easter
In Austria, contrary to expectations and the government’s previous plans, there will be no further openings before Easter regarding restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Monday after consultations with experts, the opposition and provincial governors.
ECB supervisory fees at €514.3 million for 2020
2020 fees of €514.3 million result from actual expenditure of €535.3 million minus the surplus carried over from 2019 and other adjustments COVID-19 pandemic led to reprioritisation of tasks, with costs largely in line with 2019 Banks to pay fees in second quarter of 2021 after moving to ex post invoicing
A strike organised by a trade union of the staff of an air carrier
A strike organised by a trade union of the staff of an air carrier that is intended in particular to secure pay increases does not fall within the concept of an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ capable of releasing the airline from its obligation to pay compensation for cancellation or long delay in respect of the flights concerned. […]
ECB Statement
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today that Anne-Sylvie Catherin, Director General Human Resources, will leave the ECB at the end of May 2021. Ms Catherin is joining Munich Re as Global Head of Human Resources.
Kásler Discusses Pandemic Measures in Belgrade
Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler has discussed coronavirus-related experience including waves of the pandemic, virus variants and national inoculation statistics at a meeting with Zlatibor Lončar, Serbia’s health minister, in Belgrade.
Euro area monthly balance of payments: January 2021
Current account recorded €30 billion surplus in January 2021, down from €37 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €263 billion (2.3% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to January 2021, slightly up from €262 billion (2.2%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of foreign portfolio investment securities totalled €681 […]