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Competitive infocommunication in the 2014-2020 EU budget
Ministry of National Development, June 14, 2013 9:56 AM
The increasing importance of cooperation between the government and the industry was emphasized by Mr Vilmos Vályi-Nagy, Minister of State for Infocommunication under the Ministry of National Development at the opening presentation of the Parliament of the Information Society on 13 June 2013. The Minister of State presented the main elements of the government’s infocommunication strategy discussed with the domestic small and large enterprises, multinational companies and professional representative organisations. The document specifying the main directions of fund utilisation and development for the 2014-2020 EU budget period will be soon published and put up for social discussion.
The EU economic development funds will be fully drawn
Ministry of National Development, June 13, 2013 4:49 PM
The progress of the Economic Development Operational Programme (EDOP) of the New Széchenyi Plan was reviewed by a Monitoring Committee consisting of civilians, European Commission delegates and economic actors in Balatonfüred on 13 June 2013.
The EU’s Industrial Innovation Policy may Facilitate the Reduction of Energy Costs
Ministry of National Development, June 11, 2013 3:16 PM
The growing use of biofuels, the measures to be taken in favour of the completion of the internal energy market as well as the industrial innovation policy of the European Union were on the agenda of the session of the Energy Council held in Luxembourg on June 7, 2013.
Three road development projects completed on side road between Pápa and Szilsárkány
Ministry of National Development, June 5, 2013 4:26 PM
Under the professional management of the developer Hungarian Road Management Company, a 3.2 km long section of the side road connecting Pápa and Szilsárkány in Győr-Moson-Sopron County has been reconstructed.
Minister of National Development announces further overhead cuts
Ministry of National Development, June 5, 2013 12:05 PM
The reduction of public utility charges is set to continue: the Government is committed to cutting overheads by another 10 percent, Minister of National Development Mrs Zsuzsa Németh announced at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday where she gave an overview of the Ministry’s work in the past three years.
László Csatáry to appear as a witness in Hungary in relation to Holocaust lawsuit launched in Washington D.C.
Ministry of National Development, June 4, 2013 5:50 PM
The Buda Central District Court scheduled the hearing of László Csatáry as a witness for June 4 in relation to the Holocaust lawsuit against the State of Hungary and state railway company MÁV launched in the United States of America in 2010. The action was filed in Washington D.C. in 2010 in the name of Holocaust survivors and victims. During the proceedings Hungary was represented by the Ministry of National Development.
Sectoral impact assessments and strategies prepared with support from EU resources at the Ministry of Development
Ministry of National Development, May 31, 2013 12:23 PM
The Ministry of National Development has been developing the long-term plan documents concerning the fields of information and communication, energy and development policies supported by the New Széchenyi Plan. The project aimed at the creation of impact assessments and strategies for the period 2014-2020, which has a total budget of HUF 175 million, began in March of 2013 and will end in September 2013.
Táncsics Prison Is Expected to Be Returned to the Hungarian State Next Year
Ministry of National Development, May 31, 2013 11:19 AM
The Táncsics Prison in the Buda Castle district is expected to be returned to the Hungarian state next spring, once the Budapest embassy of the United States moves into its new building, where a topping out ceremony was held on Thursday.
Continuously Improving Hungarian Transport Safety Indicators
Ministry of National Development, May 29, 2013 3:48 PM
Zoltán Schváb, Deputy Minister of State for Transport, discussed current transport safety conditions in Hungary and its vision at the PIN Talk conference of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held on 29 May 2013 in Budapest. He noted that according to preliminary statistical data on the previous year, road accidents involving personal injury decreased by over 15 per cent and the number of accident deaths declined by over 52 per cent as compared to 2001.
A success for Hungary – A go-ahead from the EU to expand risk capital programme in Hungary
Ministry of National Development, May 28, 2013 10:31 AM
Individual investment tranches of the Széchenyi Capital Investment Fund may rise to EUR 750,000.