Hungary will never abandon its “uniformed officers”, the prime minister told a graduation ceremony of new police, disaster management and prison officers at the National University of Public Service over the weekend.

The sun-kissed shorelines of Hungary’s gigantic ​Lake Balaton are proving a holiday hit during coronavirus restrictions.

Hungary’s State Audit Office (ÁSZ) called government policies aimed at lifting people out of poverty between 2010 and 2018 “successful”.

The rate of natural decline in the population slowed down in the first five months of 2020, with a 4.8% rise in births and a 5.8% decrease in deaths compared with the same period last year, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.

The permission request for building a new nuclear energy power station block in Paks will be submitted to the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority by Paks II. Atomerőmű on June 30, the minister without portfolio responsible for the planning, construction and commissioning of the project said.

Regarding the outcome of bids for tourism funding whereby Fidesz-led local councils exclusively won, the prime minister’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyás, said the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTU) had been expected to assess all bids on the basis of professional criteria.

Commenting on reports that news portal Index may come under increasing pressure to toe the government’s line following the resignation of is chief executive, the prime minister’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyás, said the government was committed to upholding press freedom guaranteed by the country’s constitution and media law.

Under a recent amendment to Hungary’s consumer protection law, the consumer protection authority’s powers will be expanded to oversee five levels of the distribution chain, allowing it to intervene in cases involving not just retailers, but also manufacturers, importers, warehouses and wholesalers, a government official said.