The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, taking note of the communication of the Bulgarian authorities on the investigation of the 18th July 2012 Burgas terrorist attack, wishes to reaffirm Hungary’s strong condemnation of any kind of terrorist act, as well as its commitment to resolutely combating terrorism in all of its forms.
Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle dismissed the criticism of Hungary’s economic and cultural policies in an interview he gave the Austrian daily Kurier published on Wednesday.
Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle held talks with his Austrian counterparts in Vienna on Tuesday. At his meeting with Jan Kickert, Political Director of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he presented the programs of Hungarian Presidency for the Central European Initiative in 2013 and the Visegrád Cooperation for 2013/14.
It was revealed at the end of the upcoming summit’s preparatory meeting that President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will prepare his latest medium-term EU budget framework plan by Thursday, directly before the start of the extraordinary meeting of EU heads of state and government.
There's no guarantee of success, but there is a good chance that the European Council will adopt the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 at its session on February 7-8 – State Secretary for EU Affairs Enikő Győri told reporters on Tuesday.
Hungary's Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the unanimous adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087 condemning the dogged and aggressive behaviour of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 22 January 2013. Hungary also fully associates itself with the decision of the European Union to transpose the Resolution without delay and urges the Union to consider additional restrictive measures.
Hungary condemns in the strongest possible terms the suicide bombing perpetrated against the Embassy of the Unites States in Ankara, Turkey, on February 1, 2013, and wishes to extend its condolences to the innocent victims and their families.
A new exhibition entitled „Creative Transgressions” has opened at the Béla Löffler Museum in Kosice, consisting of works from contemporary Hungarian artists. The city is the 2013 European Capital of Culture, with this exhibition being the first large-scale Hungarian event of the year.
Hungary has offered to donate 260,000 dollars in aid to help civilians in Syria at a UN-sponsored international donors' conference held in Kuwait City, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs, Szabolcs Takács said on Thursday.
Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle paid an official visit to Slovenia on January 28, where he held talks with Igor Senčar, State Secretary in charge of EU Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tone Kajzer, State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of foreign relations and economic diplomacy, and Tadej Rupel, Director-General for European Policies.