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Model project completed in Szabadegyháza

Prime Minister’s Office, June 22, 2012 1:53 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurates new biomass power generation units at the Hungrana Kft. plant in Szabadegyháza.

The family-friendly tax system boosted the propensity to take on more children

Ministry for National Economy, June 21, 2012 5:04 PM

The proportionate flat rate tax system has delivered the expected results. The family tax allowance introduced together with the proportionate flat rate tax stimulates families to take on more children which impact has also been manifested in the significant increase of the number of births.

The measures disputed by the Commission are not in breach of EU regulation

Ministry for National Economy, June 21, 2012 4:06 PM

Hungary has still no intention to amend the regulation on excise tax and the sectoral extra tax. According to the official position of the government, the Hungarian provisions of law disputed by the Commission comply fully with community law.

Draft budget of 2013

Ministry for National Economy, June 21, 2012 4:00 PM

In the past couple of months in the midst of a protracted financial-economic crisis the government implemented structural reforms by which state budget balance was made sustainable and general government debt was also set on a downward path. Due to the fiscal trend reversal, the deficit will certainly and steadily remain below 3 percent, consequently next year the Hungarian economy will begin to expand on the basis of firm fundamentals. The Budget Bill of 2013 submitted to parliament on 15 June by the government sets a deficit target of 2.2 percent which – via one of the most stable fiscal management policies of Europe – will adequately respond to the challenges imposed by the debt crisis.

Hungary acknowledges decision of Supreme Court of Ireland with regret

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 21, 2012 11:04 AM

At the request of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, the Irish Department of Justice and Equality officially confirmed the information previously learned from news released by the press that, based on the decision of the Supreme Court of Ireland, Francis Ciaran Tobin cannot be extradited to Hungary, and the custody of the man who caused an accident resulting in the deaths of two children in Hungary on 9 April 2000 has been terminated.

László L. Simon took over his appointment

Ministry of Human Resources, June 21, 2012 10:38 AM

President of the Republic, János Áder appointed László L. Simon as Minister of State for Culture of the Ministry of Human Resources in the Sándor Palace on 18 June 2012.

Hungary to Complete the Modernisation of Battery Cages within deadline

Ministry of Rural Development, June 21, 2012 9:35 AM

Hungary has previously undertaken to conform to EU directive regulations on the modernisation of the cages of laying hens by July 31, 2012. Today's warning from Brussels in no way effects this commitment.

Sándor Fazekas Holds Meeting with Brazilian Minister of Agriculture

Ministry of Rural Development, June 20, 2012 7:34 PM

Sándor Fazekas held a successful meeting with the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture ahead of the Rio + 20 summit. Of all the Ministers of Agriculture, Mendes Ribeiro Filho received only his Hungarian counterpart for bilateral talks, on which they discussed opportunities for cooperation between the two countries.

Hungary is the best in Europe in improving road safety

Ministry of Interior, June 20, 2012 6:33 PM

Hungary received the Road Safety PIN Award 2012 of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) because it achieved the best reduction in road deaths. Dr. László Felkai, Sate Secretary at the Ministry of Interior and Mr. Zoltán Schváb, Deputy State Secretary for Transport at the Ministry of National Development received jointly the Award on 20 June 2012 in Brussels.

New amendment to central bank law may be presented to the House on Thursday

, June 20, 2012 5:56 PM

The Government is expected to present to Parliament the latest amendment to the Act on the National Bank of Hungary on Thursday, which Parliament may pass within two weeks, Mihály Varga told journalists on Wednesday.

HungaroControl may manage traffic in the upper airspace over Kosovo

Ministry of National Development, June 20, 2012 4:53 PM

At a press conference held on 19 June 2012 in the Ministry of National Development in Budapest, NATO was reported to have selected Hungary as the successful applicant for re-opening the upper airspace over Kosovo and restart air traffic. HungaroControl Zrt. may be assigned the duty from spring 2013 if all the required conditions are met, said Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2003 NATO has been seeking a technical solution for opening the upper airspace over Kosovo to the international air traffic, he added.

The Condolences of H. E. János Martonyi, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Jeddah

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 20, 2012 3:29 PM

H. E. János Martonyi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary paid a visit to Jeddah on June 19, 2012 to express his own condolences and those of Hungary and its Government, to the new Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Salman on the occasion of the passing away of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on June 16.

Domestic reverse charge VAT in agriculture effective from the middle of the year

Ministry for National Economy, June 20, 2012 1:10 PM

In order to combat tax fraud in agriculture, from 1 July 2012 the regulations of reverse charge taxation shall be applied for trade transactions between domestic taxpayers for certain cereals, oilseeds and protein crops (corn, wheat, barley, rye, oat, triticale, sunflower-seed, rape and rape-seed as well as soybean).

Hungarian intellectual property assisted with innovation management

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 20, 2012 10:15 AM

The National Office for Intellectual Property established a non-profit agency, HIPAVILON Magyar Szellemi Tulajdon Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft. as a new market player of Hungary’s system of innovation-oriented institutions to promote the growth and market opportunities of Hungarian innovation.

Another thermal bathing complex opened in Nagykáta

Prime Minister’s Office, June 19, 2012 3:34 PM

Viktor Orbán inaugurated the new thermal bathing complex in Nagykáta on Monday. The project situated some sixty kilometres from Budapest was implemented partly from aid supplied from the New Széchenyi Plan and partly from local funding.

Young Hungarians’ voice to be better heard in Europe

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 19, 2012 3:30 PM

On behalf of the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics expressed his support for the establishment of the National Youth Council to the representatives of the attending civil organisations focusing on young people. By virtue of the foundation of the organisation, Hungary, as the last of the EU Member States, may now join the European Youth Forum, an organisation with a membership of more than a hundred European youth organisations.

In April gross average wages in the private sector increased by 6.5

Ministry for National Economy, June 19, 2012 9:57 AM

In April 2012 gross average wages of the private sector increased by 6.5 percent, whereas net wages excluding family tax allowances were up by 3.5 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year – the Hungarian Statistical Office (KSH) reported earlier this morning in its statistical release.

Viktor Orbán offered his condolences due to the death of Saudi Crown Prince

Prime Minister’s Office, June 18, 2012 2:53 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered his condolences due to the death of Crown Prince, heir to the Saudi throne, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz on Sunday.

Government continues dialogue with Venice Commission

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 18, 2012 11:23 AM

The Venice Commission found the Hungarian laws currently under review, that is, the franchise law, the law on the rights of nationalities and the legislation on the prosecution service, democratic on the whole and concluded that they serve constitutionality, Minister of State for Justice Róbert Répássy said after the plenary session of the body on Friday.

Minister János Martonyi’s Letter of Condolences to His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 17, 2012 3:51 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, János Martonyi sent the following letter of condolences to His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the recent death of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: