President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Suma Chakrabarti met with Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga in Hungary.
Through its European section, the South Stream gas pipeline could create the missing connections between the countries and contribute to strengthening supply security in the whole Central European region. The Hungarian Government assigns high priority to the implementation of the investment since, beyond boosting energy markets, the project could also have a role, by raising the GDP produced and employment, in mitigating the effects of the economic crisis, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh explained in her address opening the conference South Stream: The Evolution of a Pipeline in Budapest on 18 November 2013.
The Inter-sessional Implementation Meeting and the New and Evolving Technologies Technical Experts Meeting of the Australia Group (AG), as well as an AG Dialogue Meeting with the participation of 100 experts, takes place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 18 to 22 November. For the first time in the history of the inter-sessional meetings, the AG will be especially devoted to dialogue with countries outside the group.
Calls for tender in fields of mining were issued by the Minister of National Development in four fields of hydrocarbon research (Southeast and West of the Szeged Basin and North and South of Battonya-Pusztaföldvár) and three fields of geothermal energy research (Ferencszállás, Kecskemét and Jászberény) in August 2013.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), exchanged views on the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and with relation to the transfer of technology in Budapest on Monday.
MFA Deputy State Secretary responsible European bilateral relations Gergely Prőhle held talks with Europe Director of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Vijay Rangarajan in Budapest on 15 November.
Deputy State Secretary for Tourism Dr Viktória Horváth held a presentation at a professional conference on the key development priorities of Hungarian health tourism and the National Tourism Development Concept (2012-2024) which is currently under social consultation. The Government plans to increase by 2024 the share of the tourism sector within Hungary’s GDP to as much as 10 percent.
The development of the 4th National Environmental Protection programme, which is aimed at assuring the environmental requirements for sustainable development, is complete, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Parliamentary, Social and International Relations Katalin Tóth announced on Friday in Budapest at the conference organised to discuss the new Programme.
The upcoming European Parliament elections were among the topics of discussion during talks between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former Spanish Head of Government José María Aznar on Monday in Budapest.
Szabolcs Takács, Political Director of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, paid a visit to London to meet his British counterpart Simon Gass and several foreign policy advisors to Prime Minister David Cameron. Following his meetings, Szabolcs Takács stated that Hungary and Britain shared many mutual interests, and that this had already become clear during Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Britain in early October.
The Chinese-Hungarian Friendship Awards, acknowledging people who have contributed significantly to strengthening Chinese-Hungarian relations, were presented at a ceremony in Parliament today.
"Hungary is actively contributing to the South-East European EU integration process and is playing a major role in providing pre-accession support within the fields of agriculture and rural development", Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy Zsolt Feldman declared at the 7th ministerial session of the South-East Europe Rural Development Standing Work Group in Kopaonik, Serbia.
According to Parliamentary State Secretary Károly Kontrát, the number of border guards will increase by 600 by the end of the year. Their recruitment and is currently under way.
The multi-month upward trend of Hungary’s industrial production continued in September this year: In comparison to the corresponding period of 2012, industrial output increased by 5.5 percent. As a result of the Government’s reindustrialization policy, Hungary is also among the top performers within the European Union.
Hungary is now stronger and in a position to spend more on culture as well as on intellectual and scientific projects, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday at the opening ceremony of a new facility to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
The Government aims to turn Hungary into a key transit country for East-West transport, State Secretary Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Friday.
The multi-month upward trend of Hungary’s industrial production continued in September this year: in comparison to the corresponding period of 2012, industrial output increased by 5.5 percent. In light of data adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, the sector grew by 1.8 percent compared to August. As a result of the Government’s reindustrialization policy, Hungary is also among the top performers within the European Union.
If needed, the Ministry of Interior is ready to double the number of the places available for homeless people. Currently there are 10 thousand places ready to be used by those in need but there will be no underpasses opened. – said Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér in an interview. He also touched upon the changes in public employment, the preparation of the law enforcement organizations for the winter months and the second round of the consolidation of local governments.
The Szigetvár-based metalworking company Iron-Tech Ltd has completed a new production facility within the framework of a partly state-funded investment project worth HUF 450 million. The site was opened by Minister of State for Employment Sándor Czomba.
The 13th Hungarian Film Festival, scheduled to screen 15 Hungarian films, was opened by Minister of State for Culture János Halász in Los Angeles on Wednesday.