HungaryTrends – The week in business and finance

Some #business and #finance #highlights from last #week
Opposition DK objects to plan to allow voting in EP election from outside EU

"Only by #Hungarians who live in #Hungary should decide on whom to send to the #EP"
Orbán’s cabinet: Fair cooperation with other countries possible if strong national identities involved

"Both #countries are developing #national #minority #policies that can serve as examples to other members of the #bloc"
Foreign minister: Hungary proposes to Ukraine pact on minority protection

"We consider it a very positive sign that #Ukraine has taken it seriously that this #issue is completely unsuitable to #Europe in the 21st #century"
Opposition parties submit education bill aiming for fairer system

"Middle-class #families are rescuing their #children from the public #education xsystem"
Hungary recognised in US for helping persecuted Christians

They highlighted "efforts by a #nation to #protect #persecuted #Christians and their #freedom"
Hungarian justice minister discusses migration, terrorism, NGOs in Jerusalem

The sides were in #agreement that #terrorism was a common #enemy and it is necessary to apply the toughest means to #fight it
Opposition, NGOs call for joining European prosecutor’s office at Budapest demonstration

It would serve as a #weapon "in the #freedom #fight against the #Orbán #regime"
October 23 – Orbán: Europe the home of nations

"We #Hungarians must not stay silent" #Orbán #speech #commemoration
Reconstructed organ of Liszt Music Academy inaugurated

The #reconstruction of the four-manual, 74-stop pipe #organ was funded by a EUR 2.4m #government #grant