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Budapest hosts Central European theatre festival

Ministry of Human Resources, January 28, 2014 11:38 AM

The Budapest-based Hungarian National Theatre is to host the “Madách International Theatre Meeting” (MITEM) for the first time with the participation of companies from 11 Central European Countries between March 26 and April 7, Director of the National Theatre Attila Vidnyánszky announced at a press conference on Monday.

Marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Government, January 28, 2014 10:37 AM

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, the Hungarian Government has organised several events through the Hungarian Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee. Within the framework of this series of events, a scientific memorial meeting was organised in the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Budapest on Monday, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Government aiming for non-profit public utility services

Ministry for National Economy, January 27, 2014 5:12 PM

The Government is aiming to establish a non-profit public utility service provider sector in which profits are re-invested into the activity of the institution, Minister of State for Economic Strategy and the Hungarian President of OECD’s National Council Zoltán Cséfalvay said at a press conference for presenting the OECD Economic Survey of Hungary in Budapest.

Exhibition commemorating the Holocaust opens at the Hungarian Cultural Centre in Rome

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 27, 2014 3:44 PM

Last Friday, as a part of the Holocaust Memorial Year, an exhibition was opened by Monika Balatoni, Minister of State for Public Diplomacy at the Hungarian Cultural Centre in Rome, presenting works of Hungarian and Italian Jewish artists.

Prime Minister sends letter to address Holocaust memorial meeting

Prime Minister’s Office, January 27, 2014 3:29 PM

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, the Government of Hungary is organising the Memorial Year, through the Hungarian Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee. Within the framework of this series of events, a scientific memorial meeting organised to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day is taking place today and Prime Minister Orbán sent a letter to address the event.

State Secretary Szijjártó held talks on Hungary’s involvement in Azerbaijani water reservoir construction

Prime Minister’s Office, January 27, 2014 2:32 PM

Hungary's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks with Azerbaijani government representatives on Hungary's involvement in the construction of a large water reservoir and the establishment of a high-performance data centre in Baku on Monday.

Hungary prepared to bolster economic relations with South Korea

Ministry for National Economy, January 27, 2014 1:55 PM


On opening the Hungarian-South Korean Economic Cooperation Forum in Budapest, jointly organized by the Hungarian Chamber of Trade and Industry and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said that Hungary is well prepared to strengthen bilateral business relations between the two countries.

Hungary requests accession to the International Renewable Energy Agency

Ministry of National Development, January 27, 2014 10:45 AM

The international interest representation organ of renewable energy, IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) held its annual general assembly in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 18-19 January, 2014. Hungary attended the event as an invited applicant country with an observer status.

Hungarian fiscal data favourable even from an international perspective

Ministry for National Economy, January 27, 2014 10:41 AM

Hungarian budget data are positive even from an international perspective, as although 17 EU member states are currently under an excessive deficit procedure, Hungary is not among them and the Government expects fiscal deficit to be below 3 percent also this year, Deputy State Secretary for Budgetary Affairs Péter Benő Banai said at a press conference.

Hungary expresses apology for the Holocaust

Prime Minister’s Office, January 27, 2014 10:16 AM

The apology was made at a conference jointly organised by the UN Secretariat and the Hungarian mission to mark the 70th anniversary of the Jewish and Roma Holocaust. "This is the first time that Hungary has acknowledged its responsibility in the Holocaust and apologized for it at the United Nations", UN Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi told Hungarian news agency MTI in New York on Thursday.

Minister of State Lázár’s speech at UNESCO Holocaust Memorial Day

Prime Minister’s Office, January 27, 2014 8:56 AM

Paris, 27 January 2014

Pig Sector to receive HUF 1.6bn again this year

Ministry of Rural Development, January 27, 2014 8:43 AM

The Pig Sector programme will received 1.6 billion forints again this year, just as it did last year, György Czerván announced on Thursday at the opening press conference of the 7th Budapest Mangalica Festival.

Initiative promoting studies in higher education in the Gandhi Secondary School

Ministry of Human Resources, January 24, 2014 4:24 PM

Péter Garai, Deputy State Secretary for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources opened the project in the Pécs Gandhi Secondary School, the purpose of which is to promote the successful advancement of disadvantaged students in secondary school and to encourage the continuation of their studies in higher education.

Successful Children’s Centres programme to continue

Ministry of Human Resources, January 24, 2014 4:22 PM

Péter Garai, Deputy State Secretary for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources provided information on the next planning and funding period of the „Sure Start, Sure Future!” programme announced as part of the New Széchenyi Plan on Friday in Kerepes.

Deputy Prime Minister Semjén on the planned monument

Prime Minister’s Office, January 24, 2014 3:50 PM

A planned statue in Budapest's Szabadság Square will not be part of the Holocaust 70th anniversary memorial year events, but will stand as a memento of Hungary losing its sovereignty after the occupation by German troops, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said on Friday.

Repainted reality 2.0 – equal opportunities exhibition arrives in Vienna

Ministry of Human Resources, January 24, 2014 1:24 PM

The Hungarian Embassy in Vienna is the fourth venue to host the “Repainted reality 2.0” exhibition which opened in the Austrian capital on Thursday. The exhibition, originating from the National Gallery in Budapest, displays paintings by disabled and non-disabled painters alike.

Cooperation for the Agricultural Development of Hungary's Eastern Partners

Ministry of Rural Development, January 24, 2014 1:11 PM

A Ministerial Conference of the Eastern Partnership, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova and the European Commission, was held in the Moldovan capital of Chișinău (Kishinev) today. The Conference was attended by ministers and heads of state from the EU and Eastern Partnership countries; the Ministry of Rural Development was represented by Minister of State for Public Administration Géza Poprády.

Payment of Second Instalment of SAPS Funding Begins

Ministry of Rural Development, January 24, 2014 1:09 PM

Minister for Rural Development began the distributing of the second instalment of 2013 Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) funding, during the course of which some 170 thousand farmers will receive a total of HUF 170 billion.

Intersputnik cooperation spurs telecommunications development in Hungary

Ministry of National Development, January 24, 2014 8:58 AM

Boosting international relations will give a new impetus to the telecommunications industry in Hungary, Deputy State Secretary for Infocommunications Károly Balázs Solymár said in Budapest on 23 January, 2013. By the agreement signed at the Intersputnik Workshop organised by the Ministry of National Development and the National Media and Infocommunications Authority, Hungary became an active member of the operational decision-making body of the organisation.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs hands over painting to the Hungarian National Gallery

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 23, 2014 5:40 PM

Foreign Minister János Martonyi handed over an important Hungarian avant-garde painting to Head of the Hungarian National Gallery László Baán, on the occasion of Hungarian Culture Day on Thursday.