The Foundation, which pays homage to the former president of the National Media and Info-communications Authority, considers it as its main mission to achieve the objectives identified by Annamária Szalay – especially the protection of children and youth against the adverse effects of electronic media, the founders of the organization and the president of the curators’ board said at a press conference in Budapest.
On Friday, Minister for National economy Mihály Varga held talks with the representative of the Russian-owned ISD Corporation Yevgeny Potapov about the future of the Dunaferr conglomerate. At the meeting, Mihály Varga said that the Government maintains the intention to purchase the company and they will do everything in their power to preserve the jobs of company employees.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) unanimously decided at its session on Thursday that Hungary will take over the presidency of the organisation in 2015.
Hungary's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó in Seoul on Friday discussed opportunities to develop bilateral business ties and further explore South Korean investment projects in Hungary.
On October 10, Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi held a meeting with Harish Chandrasing Rawat, Minister for Water Resources of India, who is in Hungary to attend the Budapest World Water Summit.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Lower Saxony's former Prime Minister and a senior CDU top official David McAllister on Thursday in his office.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Janez Jansa, head of the Slovenian Democratic Party and Slovenia's former premier, in Budapest on Friday.
Minister of State for Economic Strategy Zoltán Cséfalvay emphasised the crucial role which knowledge capital plays within the national economy at the Figyelő TOP 200 conference in Budapest.
According to the press release of the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (HALPIM), the seasonally adjusted Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) increased to 54.5 points in September. This figure is 2.7 percentage points higher than that of August, which signals a significant improvement in the outlook of manufacturing sector enterprises.
The EU’s Air Passenger Rights Regulation is amended for more efficient enforcement of air carriers’ obligations to provide help, catering and compensation. The provisions under preparation could create a clear legal situation also for missed connections. The competent ministers of the Member States held an orientation debate on the draft at the Transport Council’s session on 10 October 2013 in Luxembourg.
Merely three weeks after the Hungarian-led inspection in Ukraine, between 30 September and 04 October, a Ukrainian-led multinational inspection team conducted two, so called “declared site” inspection in Hungary based on the provisions of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (the CFE Treaty).
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent his condolences in a letter to Ms Miet Smet, the widow of Wilfried Martens, co-founder and president of the European People's Party, and Belgium's former prime minister.
On 9 October, Foreign Minister János Martonyi held a meeting with Speaker of Serbian Parliament Nebojša Stefanović, who is in Hungary to hold bilateral talks and take part in the meeting of Speakers of Parliament from the Western Balkans and Hungary.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary has learned with deep sorrow and sadness about the passing of Mr. Wilfried Martens.
The Hungarian-Mongolian Business Forum organized by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which was also supported by Hungary’s Ministry for National Economy, held on 8 October 2013 in Budapest was an event which attracted great interest.
Hungary is one of the special guests at the Golden Autumn agriculture and food industry exhibition, which opened in Moscow on Wednesday. The Hungarian delegation is headed by Minster for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas.
The transport ministers of Eastern Partnership countries adopted a Joint Declaration at their second meeting in Luxembourg on 9 October, 2013. The parties agreed to continue cooperation as well as the gradual approximation of the regulatory legislation to the EU law in all transport areas. The ministers also approved the map of regional transport networks and the list of priority infrastructure development projects.
"Water is not only the most valuable but also the most crucial and strategic resource of the 21st century, and it therefore requires special management and protection", Zoltán Illés declared at the session of the China Europe Water Platform in Budapest on Wednesday. The Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Environmental Affairs pointed out that in future, most of the conflicts throughout the world would be caused by a lack of water.
CEPOL, the EU organisation responsible for setting up and conducting training programmes for police officers, will be located in Hungary – said Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér in Luxembourg.
The Ministry for National Economy is launching an employment programme for those unemployed women who are older than 55 years and who have less than one year of the 40-year employment period required for retirement, Minister of State for Employment Sándor Czomba said at a press conference in Budapest.