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Foreign Affairs Council Reaches Compromise
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 11, 2012 4:13 PM
Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared that the document adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council has created a balance in that it disapproved of the Israeli plans for further settlement while it also condemned the statements made by Hamas over the weekend. The Hungarian Foreign Minister described the position of the Council on Syria as a compromise.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs unveils memorial plaque to Holocaust victims
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 11, 2012 3:44 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up a memorial plaque to the victims of the Holocaust as well as their saviours at the Pest bridgehead of Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest. Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh and Israeli Ambassador to Hungary Ilan Mor attended the ceremony and unveiled the plaque.
Memorial tablet dedicated to Polish-Jewish educator Janusz Korczak inaugurated in ombudsman's office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 10, 2012 5:57 PM
A memorial tablet dedicated to Polish-Jewish educator Janusz Korczak, killed in the Treblinka extermination camp 70 years ago, was inaugurated in the ombudsman's office in Budapest on Monday.
Hungary will not be an Outsider in the EU – FM Martonyi in Die Presse
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 7, 2012 10:32 AM
Hungary will never be an outsider in the European Union and will one day participate in the Eurozone, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said in an interview with Austrian daily Die Presse published December 7, 2012.
Foreign Minister Condemns Hate Speech at Wallenberg Conference
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 6, 2012 5:53 PM
Hate speech cannot be permitted; it is our moral obligation to stand by its targets, Foreign Minister János Martonyi told a conference in Budapest December 6, 2012.
Atmosphere of NATO-Russian Cooperation Is Improving, Says Minister Martonyi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 5, 2012 4:25 PM
„The atmosphere of NATO-Russian cooperation has improved significantly”, Hungary's Foreign Minister said on Tuesday evening, after the meeting of NATO foreign ministers with their Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov.
Hungarian Embassy in Syria Suspends Its Operation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 5, 2012 1:49 PM
Due to the critical situation in Syria, Hungary suspended the activity of its Embassy in Damascus as of December 5, 2012, and all Hungarian diplomats have left Syria. As a result, the handling of consular affairs and visa issuances also terminated.
Paul Shapiro in Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 4, 2012 5:48 PM
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications at the Prime Minister’s Office Ferenc Kumin and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh met with Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies on 4 December.
Georgia to continue pursuing Euro-Atlantic integration, FM tells Hungarian counterpart
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 4, 2012 4:51 PM
The new Georgian Foreign Minister reassured his Hungarian counterpart on Tuesday that her country would continue to follow the path of Euro-Atlantic integration.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Opposes a Two-Tier Europe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 4, 2012 4:28 PM
In an interview published in business daily Világgazdaság on Tuesday, Foreign Minister János Martonyi warned against building a system which would permanently create institutional division in the European Union and he also claimed that Hungary should sign a deal on financial assistance with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).