On Tuesday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; during the conversation, the parties spoke about Ukraine’s European intergration, the taking in of war refugees and further areas of Hungarian-Ukrainian cooperation, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.

The ministers discussed the current economic situtation at the ECOFIN meeting on 17 June in Luxembourg. Rising inflation was at the center of the debate. There was a consensus that coordinated action, with measures to help the most vulnerable households, could provide an appropriate response to the challenges.

The National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary (NRDIO) together with the Czech Liaison Office for Education & Research (CZELO), the Polish Science Contact Agency of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PolSCA) and the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD) organised a conference about the benefits and challenges of co-funded partnerships on 13 June 2022 at the premises of the Hungarian Permanent Representation. The well-attended event was also available for online participants.

Agriculture ministers exchanged views on agri-food market situation, the health and environmental standards of imported goods and the sustainable use of plant production product on the 13th of June in Luxemburg.

The EPSCO Council of Health Ministers took place on 14 June 2022 in Luxemburg. On behalf of Hungary, Dr. Péter Takács Secretary of State for Health attended the meeting.