Hungary to Fire Diplomats Asking for Home Office, Minister Says
- Foreign minister pressures staff to appear at their workplaces
- Minister Szijjarto himself under attack for costly vacation
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Hungarian diplomats asking to carry out their work from home during the coronavirus pandemic will be fired, according to Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
“There was a very important magic word -- home office -- and a petition to have this,” Szijjarto told his ambassadors in Budapest at a meeting on Wednesday. “I didn’t authorize this and won’t do so in the future either.”