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Zsolt Németh urges a solution for the Constitutional Court ruling in Serbia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 21, 2014 3:47 PM
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh spoke about the recent ruling of the Serbian Constitutional Court, which declared some passages of the law on national councils as unconstitutional, and thus curtailed the rights of existing national councils. He urged that a solution should be found for the curtailment of the authority of national councils in Serbia.
Hungary expresses concern over the ruling of the Serbian Constitutional Court
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 21, 2014 3:45 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary expresses its concern over the Serbian Constitutional Court's recent ruling, which declared certain provisions of the law on national councils unconstitutional.
János Martonyi: Hungary aims to develop the best possible friendship with neighbours
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 21, 2014 12:31 PM
Hungary aims to develop the best possible friendship with its neighbours, Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared at the Friends of Hungary 2014 conference in Budapest on Monday.
Zsolt Németh: Africa is the continent of the 21st century
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 20, 2014 12:54 PM
Africa is the continent of the 21st century, and accordingly Hungary places great emphasis on developing relations with African countries, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh declared on Friday during an official visit to Africa.
Hungary strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Kabul
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 20, 2014 12:04 PM
The Government of Hungary strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Kabul that claimed the lives of more than twenty people. Taliban rebels committed a suicide attack and an armed attack against a Lebanese restaurant popular among foreigners in the Afghan capital on January 17 and killed twenty-one people, mostly foreigners.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary condemns the murder of ethnic Serb politician in Kosovo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 20, 2014 12:03 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary strongly condemns the assassination of Dimitrije Janićijević, an ethnic Serb politician in the town of Mitrovica in Kosovo, and expresses its sympathy to the victim's family. Janićijević, who ran for mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica late last year, was gunned down in front of his home shortly after midnight on January 16.
Minister Martonyi’s meeting with Foreign Secretary Hague
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 15, 2014 12:17 PM
The use of nuclear energy and the rights of EU citizens were the main topics of talks in London between Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and his British counterpart on 14 January 2014.
Hungary financially stable
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 14, 2014 9:26 AM
Financial stability has been achieved in Hungary without any kind of social or political problems, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said in an interview to a Chilean daily.
Minister Martonyi: cooperation with Roma Self-Government to enhance social cohesion
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 9, 2014 5:08 PM
Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared that the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was cooperating with the National Roma Self-Government (NRS), with social inclusion was becoming a part of foreign policy.
2013 was a successful year for Hungary in the EU
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 8, 2014 4:54 PM
Minister of State for EU Affairs Enikő Győri held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 8 January at which she discussed several EU issues that are important to Hungary, such as the Multiannual Financial Framework, EU enlargement and the principle of free movement.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs active in the Phillippines aid program
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2014 3:33 PM
Collaboration among the Hungarian Government, the business sector and NGOs to provide aid to the victims of typhoon Haiyan can serve as a model of cooperation – Péter Wintermantel, MFA Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs, declared on Tuesday.
Minister Martonyi reopens embassy in Santiago de Chile
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2014 3:31 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian Embassy in Santiago de Chile. He also had talks with his counterpart and with the leaders of the Chilean Congress.
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention meeting chaired by Hungarian diplomat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 23, 2013 12:05 PM
The 2013 Meeting of States Parties of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention was held in Geneva from 9 to 13 December, chaired by Ms Judit Körömi, Special Representative of the Foreign Minister for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. For the first time in the history the Convention, the 2013 meetings were chaired by a female diplomat.
Minister of State Németh: Hungary and Croatia to form a joint energy committee
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2013 2:17 PM
Hungary and Croatia will be setting up a joint committee for energy issues next year, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Minister of State Zsolt Németh declared in Zagreb on Wednesday.
Minister of State Győri: the decision to start the accession talks with Serbia is a great success
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2013 1:27 PM
The greatest success from the perspective of Hungary at the two-day European Council meeting starting in Brussels on Thursday could be the decision by the Heads of State and Government to begin accession talks with Serbia – said Enikő Győri, MFA Minister of State for European Affairs at a press briefing on Wednesday. She recalled: EU ministers had already agreed about this at the meeting of the General Affairs Council. Serbia has delivered a lot, a lot of progress has been made in the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue and these efforts have to be rewarded by all means.
New web site for V4 scholars presented at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 5:23 PM
A new website, funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the International Visegrad Fund, was presented at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 18. MFA Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle declared that the establishment of the web site demonstrated that Hungarian diplomacy and the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Cooperation (V4) focuses on practical issues.
Hungary provides USD 500 000 in funding for education and culture in Transcarpathia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 2:00 PM
On December 18, Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that Hungary would contribute half a million US dollars to the renovation of educational and cultural institutions in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine.
Deputy State Secretary Prőhle: Cultural ties belong to the core of Hungary–France relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 12:27 PM
Cultural ties are the solid core of relations between France and Hungary, Gergely Prőhle, Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in Paris on Thursday.
Minister Martonyi: EU remains open to signing pact with the Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 17, 2013 3:51 PM
There is no way to renegotiate the free trade and association pact between the European Union and Ukraine and the EU will not provide financial compensation for the Ukraine, but it remains open to signing the agreement, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said following the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday.
Minister of State Győri held talks with her Czech counterpart in Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 17, 2013 10:58 AM
MFA Minister of State for European Affairs Enikő Győri received Vojtěch Belling State Secretary for European Affairs of the Czech Republic in Budapest, on Friday. The purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the General Affairs Council next week and to discuss Member State positions on other EU affairs.