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Energy modernisation of all panel dwellings in Hungary may be implemented by 2020
Ministry of National Development, December 11, 2013 9:06 AM
Within the framework of the Panel III Programme declared for the development period 2014-2020, the energy modernisation for some 380 thousand panel dwellings may start countrywide, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh announced in Budapest on 10 December, 2013. Considering the achievements of the Panel I-II Programmes as well, the Government is thus to ensure the energy modernisation of the complete stock of 700 thousand panel dwellings in Hungary by 2020.
Local organisers of European Mobility Week awarded
Ministry of National Development, December 10, 2013 1:33 PM
It was thanks to the organisers’ outstanding performance among others that a record number of Hungarian local authorities registered on the international website of the one-week campaign this year. There were 129 local authorities altogether to join the series of events in September, whereby Hungary came third among the 47 registering countries, Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner said in Budapest on 10 December, 2013.
New FLIRT multiple units on track
Ministry of National Development, December 6, 2013 9:24 PM
Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh delivered an address at the inauguration ceremony of the first FLIRT multiple unit inaugurated within the framework of the modernisation of the Sopron-Szombathely-Szentgotthárd railway line in Sopron on 6 December 2013.
Fónagy: Jeremie Program an Efficient Means for SME Development
Ministry of National Development, December 5, 2013 6:08 PM
The Jeremie Program is an efficient means for developing domestic SMEs, said János Fónagy, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of National Development, at a conference on EU funds for SME development, held in Budapest on Thursday.
World Energy Outlook 2013: “Basic knowledge about energy sector must be re-evaluated”
Ministry of National Development, December 5, 2013 6:03 PM
Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), presented the publication which contains the organisation’s global energy industry forecast in Budapest on 5 December 2013. At the Central European presentation of the volume called World Energy Outlook 2013 hosted by the Ministry of National Development, Secretary of State for Energy Affairs Pál Kovács pointed out that the IEA’s forecasts play a key role in domestic energy policy.
Faster, safer and more comfortable transport along reconstructed section of M0
Ministry of National Development, December 5, 2013 4:33 PM
The extension of the southern section of M0 has been the largest-scale investment in recent years, of beyond national significance. The Ministry of National Development will continue mobilising all resources in order to continuously keep raising the standard of public roads in Hungary, Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner said at a press conference held on the achievements related to the development of the ring road inaugurated this year, in Budapest on 5 December, 2013.
New opportunities for the future of coal mining in Hungary
Ministry of National Development, December 5, 2013 8:59 AM
Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh enlarged upon the government’s plans and achievements with reference to the future of mining at the central celebration of the Feast of Saint Barbara organised by the Hungarian Mining Association, the Trade Union of Mining, Energy and Industry Workers (BDSZ), the Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Society (OMBKE) and the Ministry in Budapest on 4 December, 2013.
Regular expert consultations launched on new Danube bridge at Komárom
Ministry of National Development, November 28, 2013 4:10 PM
The Hungarian-Slovak Joint Committee for Infrastructure primarily focused on the current status of cross-border highway developments at their session in Budapest on 27 November, 2013. The bilateral expert working group for the coordination of tasks related to the construction of the new Danube bridge at Komárom has also had its first session.
Visegrád Cooperation for the improvement of North-South transport links
Ministry of National Development, November 28, 2013 9:26 AM
The heads of the competent ministries of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia signed a declaration on developing transport connections between the Visegrád countries in Budapest, on 27 November, 2013.
Hungary first in CO2 quota allocation
Ministry of National Development, November 27, 2013 4:04 PM
From the 28 Member States of the European Union, Hungary was the first to allocate free European CO2 quotas to 11 power producing establishments on 26 November, 2013. The free quotas play an extremely important role in the modernisation of Hungary’s power sector and restore Community legal security in the EU Emissions Trading System.