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Performing arts institutions gain HUF 1.2 billion state subsidy

Ministry of Human Resources, May 5, 2014 12:26 PM

Hungarian performing art institutions falling into the “non-qualified” but registered category – mostly independent theatres and dance companies, as well as open-air and minority theatres, receiving theatres and production companies – have been granted a total state support of 1.23 billion forints (EUR 4 million) for the year 2014, the Ministry for Human Resources said in a statement.

Export growth boosted Hungary’s foreign trade surplus

Ministry for National Economy, May 5, 2014 11:06 AM

The volume of Hungary’s foreign trade turnover is increasing: in February 2014, exports and imports gained 8 percent and 7.8 percent, respectively, compared to the corresponding period of 2013. Thanks to the increases, Hungary’s foreign trade surplus was EUR 112 million higher than one year ago, totalling EUR 760 million.

Projects costing 35 Billion Forints Underway at Lake Tisza

Ministry of Rural Development, May 3, 2014 7:10 PM

"Projects costing a total of some 35 billion forints (EUR 110m) are underway at and around Lake Tisza to ensure that Hungary's most important eco-tourism region can welcome visitors with higher quality services and an improvement in the standard of living of local residents", Minister for Rural Development and Member of Parliament for the Greater Cumania region Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI on Saturday at Abádszalók during his visit to the Lake Tisza Expo.

Hungarian Agriculture has Profited from EU Membership

Ministry of Rural Development, May 1, 2014 6:43 PM

The Hungarian agrarian sector is a beneficiary of the country's membership of the European Union, and agriculture will also gain significantly from Hungary's beneficiary status during the upcoming EU financial period, the Ministry of Rural Development stated, assessing the past decade of Hungary's EU membership in response to a query from Hungarian news agency MTI.

Joining the EU was Favourable for both Agriculture and Recovery

Ministry of Rural Development, April 30, 2014 4:02 PM

"Hungary is clearly a beneficiary of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and of having joined the EU", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván declared at a conference organised in Budapest to mark the 10th anniversary of Hungary EU accession.

Night screening was a success, Minister of State says

Ministry of Human Resources, April 30, 2014 3:36 PM

The free breast cancer “screening night” held on 25 April was a success, Minister of State for Health Miklós Szócska said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday. He said that of the 6,250 women aged 45-65, 1,837 showed up at the screening and another 9,000 also took various other tests.

Convergence Programme was presented by Minister Mihály Varga

Ministry for National Economy, April 30, 2014 3:13 PM

According to Hungary’s Convergence Programme which is to be submitted to the European Union, the Government of Hungary is expecting economic growth of 3 percent and fiscal deficit of 1.9 percent by 2017. The document was presented earlier today by the Minister for National Economy at a press conference in Budapest.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 30, 2014 12:35 PM

The delegation of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) attended the March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau in Poland on April 28, 2014. The program, which was organized by the International March of the Living Foundation, was held for the twenty-seventh time in Poland. Participants – Christians and Jews, adults and youth, survivors and descendants – came from more than fifty countries to commemorate the Holocaust.

What Unites Us

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 30, 2014 12:16 PM

The 10th anniversary of the European Union’s enlargement

Joint Article by the Foreign Ministers of the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia

The employment of people with disabilities helped the improvement of labour data

Ministry of Human Resources, April 30, 2014 11:57 AM

National labour statistics also improved as a result of more people with disabilities as well as more women finding work, Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész said on Tuesday in Budapest.