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Hungary welcomes UN Resolution on North Korea

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 5, 2013 1:24 PM

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.

Viktor Orbán holds talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Prime Minister’s Office, February 5, 2013 11:45 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today in Budapest. Topics of discussion will include strengthening economic cooperation, particularly in the fields of industry, agriculture and transport.

Csaba Hende Holds Discussion with Israeli Minister of Defence

Ministry of Defence, February 4, 2013 2:40 PM

On Saturday, February 2 at the Munich security policy conference, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende held a discussion with Israeli Minister of Defence Ehud Barack on the opportunities of expanding the scope of Hungarian–Israeli cooperation.

Tata wins Hungarian Landscape Award

Ministry of Rural Development, February 4, 2013 1:24 PM

Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas presented the accolade to the winner of the Hungarian Landscape Award competition, the Tata-based Által Brook Catchment Area Restoration and Development Association, at a ceremony in Tata on Friday. Second prize was awarded to Szentes local authority for its programme to restore the wildlife of the Kurca watercourse.

Csaba Hende Participates in the Munich Security Policy Conference

Ministry of Defence, February 4, 2013 12:46 PM

Hungary is represented by Minister of Defence Csaba Hende at the 49th Munich Security Policy Conference held between 1st and 3rd February, 2013. This is one of the most prestigious international security policy conferences, which, as usual, examines the current issues in security and defence policy in an informal setting.

Hungary condemns the suicide bombing in Ankara

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 2, 2013 8:51 AM

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.

Prime Minister holds talks with Servier

Prime Minister’s Office, February 1, 2013 3:15 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Jean-Philippe Seta, CEO of the independent pharmaceutical group Servier, which employs 20 000 people worldwide, and Executive Director of the Group's Hungarian subsidiary Servier Hungary Michel Eschenbrenner in Parliament today.

Deputy Prime Minister completes visit to Israel and Palestine

Prime Minister’s Office, February 1, 2013 2:46 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén paid his respects to the memories of to Raoul Wallenberg and the Hungarian victims of the Holocaust at Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust on Friday.

Unemployment up in the EU but trend continues down in Hungary

Ministry for National Economy, February 1, 2013 2:09 PM

The euro-zone unemployment data for December 2012 published by the Eurostat were more favourable at 11.7 percent than the consensus estimate of Reuter’s analysts (11.9 percent). As of June 2010 the unemployment rate in Hungary has declined -- albeit slowly but steadily -- altogether by 0.4 percent, whereas the corresponding EU rate which was initially lower has continued to rise.

Further reductions of utility prices now possible

Prime Minister’s Office, February 1, 2013 2:02 PM

In public Kossuth Radio's morning show “180 minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about the purchase of E.ON’s gas business in Hungary, the latest developments in the IMF talks as well as his meeting with the President of the European Commission. The new Governor of the National Bank and the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Moscow were also discussed.

The 60 percent of EU funds to be spent on economic development

Ministry for National Economy, February 1, 2013 1:21 PM

In the 2014-2020 fiscal period of the European Union Hungary will allocate the 60 percent of EU resources to stimulating growth and the development of the economy, according to the decision of the Government of Hungary. In the fiscal period ending in 2013 only the 16 percent of EU funds were utilized for this goal, said Minister of State at the Ministry for National Economy Zoltán Cséfalvay at a Budapest conference organized by the Hungarian Economic Association on Thursday.

We Held Our Own in 2012

Ministry of Defence, February 1, 2013 1:20 PM

This year’s defence budget has increased by HUF 7 billion as compared with last year’s, but we need to continue making economical use of the budgetary resources, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said at the annual tasking staff meeting which was held in Budapest on Thursday, January 31.

Szentkirályi to Export Mineral Water to Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Rural Development, February 1, 2013 1:11 PM

Hungarian mineral water producer Szentkirályi is to begin exporting its products to Saudi Arabia; an agreement was signed in Budapest on Thursday by Export-Import Manager of Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. Tamás Tóth and a Saudi partner company.

More than a hundred human traffickers were arrested in an international operation against illegal migration

Ministry of Interior, February 1, 2013 11:43 AM

Joint action was held on Tuesday in four European countries to fight illegal migration. A total of 103 human traffickers were arrested in the operation, 10 of them in Hungary - announced the Director General for Criminal Affairs of the National Police Force, at a Budapest press conference.

Positive foreign trade balance also in November

Ministry for National Economy, February 1, 2013 11:07 AM

According to the latest flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, in January-November 2012 the volume of exports and imports increased by 1.5 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively, in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year. In this period foreign trade surplus amounted to 1 947bn HUF (6.7bn EUR). Calculating in forints this amounts exceeds by 59bn HUF the figure registered in the initial eleven months of 2011, while due to exchange rate change the amount in euros is 23 million EUR below that level.

Works by Contemporary Hungarian artists in Kosice, 2013 European Capital of Culture

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 1, 2013 11:01 AM

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.

Government decides on establishment of Roma Affairs Council

Ministry of Human Resources, February 1, 2013 9:05 AM

At a meeting on 29 January, the Government decided on the establishment of a Roma Affairs Council, bringing the issue of social inclusion to a higher level. The main tasks of the Council will be the elaboration of proposals regarding social inclusion and Roma affairs policy strategy, and the monitoring of implementation.

The Roundtable on higher education established

Ministry of Human Resources, January 31, 2013 5:58 PM

The roundtable on higher education has been established and will begin work in three workgroups, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog announced at a press conference after the Roundtable's first session on Thursday.

Agreement on energy cooperation

Prime Minister’s Office, January 31, 2013 5:40 PM

It is in Hungary's fundamental interest to pursue good relations and close cooperation with Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said when he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today.

Deputy Prime Minister Semjén meets new Armenian Patriarch

Prime Minister’s Office, January 31, 2013 5:29 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén met with recently elected 97th Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Jerusalem Nurhan Manougian during his visit to Jerusalem on Thursday. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the fact that he was the first secular foreign dignitary to be received by the Patriarch since his election on January 24 is a notable gesture.