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State Secretary: Hungary will remain committed to preserving utility price caps
Hungary will remain committed to preserving utility price caps and other support for citizens.
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UNICEF Hungary's Climate Heroes conference coming to Budapest on Oct. 7
The aim of the conference is to give young people access to “authentic information about climate change”.
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President Áder: COP26 short on climate change commitments
This week’s United Nations COP26 conference in Glasgow did not yield enough specific commitments aimed at combating climate change.
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Justice Minister: Hungary at forefront of climate protection legislation
Minister Varga said the government’s climate policy is standing its course and has been recognized by a growing number of countries in the world.
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Gulyás: EC's “Fit for 55” catch-all climate change plan is “unacceptable in its current form”
The EC’s plan would make households rather than polluters bear the costs of the fight against climate change.
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Hungary joins Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
Hungary is the second Visegrad Group member state to join the coalition after Poland.
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Finance Minister: EU must not impose disproportionate climate strategy costs
Hungary agrees with the EU’s climate goals but it must be made clear that they must not lead to increases in energy and food prices and consumers should not be made to bear its additional costs.
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PM Orbán: “It is in Austria's interest that the Hungarian border defense succeeds”
Austria is a natural partner of Hungary and the Visegrád Group, and all of them together can cooperate in crucial areas, including migration, security, border protection, competitiveness, climate protection and enlargement.
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PM Orbán on wage hikes, climate protection and running in 2022
During his year-opening press conference on Thursday, the prime minister called it a “fantastic achievement” that the number of jobholders had exceeded 4.5 million “for the first time in thirty years”.
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Hungarian government approves its climate policy priorities
The government has adopted a new strategic document that replaces the current National Energy Strategy and will define Hungary’s climate policy goals through 2030 with an outlook to 2040.