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16th Jewish Summer Festival

Prime Minister’s Office, August 28, 2013 4:18 PM

The 16th annual Hungarian Jewish Summer Festival is currently being held in Budapest between 25 August and 2 September and offers various programs introducing Jewish culture. The festival is the largest of its kind in Europe and this year the Prime Minister’s Office is sponsoring the event with 58 million forints.

Uniting Great Minds For Innovation and competitiveness in the V4

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 28, 2013 3:49 PM

Budapest, 28 August 2013 – What can 800 scholars and businessmen do to boost innovation and competitiveness in four countries? This is what the creators of the „Visegrad Four Knowledge Portal”, a truly 21st century online platform with smartphone applications will soon show the world.

Péter Wintermantel received India’s outgoing Ambassador Gauri Shankar Gupta

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 28, 2013 2:26 PM

Deputy State Secretary Péter Wintermantel hosted outgoing Ambassador Gauri Shankar Gupta at a farewell lunch on 26 August 2013. Ambassador Gupta took up his post in Budapest in 2010, and will be leaving for India at the end of this month.

Members of Congress Address the Hungarian Government's Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 28, 2013 2:00 PM

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee acknowledge the Hungarian Government's steps to combat anti-semitism in a letter addressed to Ambassador Szapáry.

Péter Wintermantel: Hungary committed to fighting racism and anti-Semitism

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 28, 2013 1:23 PM

Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs Péter Wintermantel gave a speech at the Fourth Conference of Hungarian-Israeli Friendship Associations, which was held in Zalaegerszeg on 24-26 August. Foreign Minister János Martonyi and State Secretary János Lázár were the chief patrons of the conference.

Mihály Varga: The Banking Association's proposal may serve as a basis for negotiations

Ministry for National Economy, August 28, 2013 12:20 PM

According to the Minister for National Economy, the proposal of the Hungarian Banking Association may provide a starting point at negotiations over the relief scheme for foreign currency debt holders. Mihály Varga disclosed details on public service TV channel M1's Híradó (News).

Agriculture and industry may be the engines of economic growth

Ministry for National Economy, August 28, 2013 12:12 PM

Very few countries would be capable of “freeing themselves” from IMF assistance on their own as Hungary did, without taking out another loan, Mihály Varga said in Szentendre. The Minister added that in the coming years agriculture, manufacturing and industry are expected to become the key sectors of the economy.

János Martonyi held talks with Boris Tadić in Budapest

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 28, 2013 10:38 AM

On 27 August, Foreign Minister János Martonyi met with former Serbian President Boris Tadić to discuss Serbia’s European integration process. The visit by Mr. Tadić to Hungary had been organized by the Foundation for the Szent László (St Ladislav) Academy.

Sándor Czomba appointed as negotiator with Dunaferr

Ministry for National Economy, August 28, 2013 9:34 AM

Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga appointed Minister of State for Employment Dr Sándor Czomba as the Government’s mediator for liaising with the ISD Dunaferr Ltd.

The World's Largest River Expedition along the Danube

Ministry of Rural Development, August 27, 2013 5:07 PM

The current International Danube Expedition (JDS3) is the world's largest river research expedition in 2013, the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation, stated Executive Secretary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River Ivan Zavadsky at a press conference in Budapest.

Number of Hungarian-Slovakian border crossings to double

Prime Minister’s Office, August 27, 2013 5:04 PM

The number of border crossings between Hungary and Slovakia will double in the next seven years, State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó said at the inauguration of a border crossing between Zemplénagárd and Velké Trakany on Tuesday.

Amendment to Public Education Act passed by Parliament

Ministry of Human Resources, August 27, 2013 4:54 PM

Parliament has adopted an amendment to the Hungarian Public Education Act, introducing career models and ensuring a pay rise to all teachers as of September 2013. Alongside the career models, the legislation also introduces a quality assurance system to eliminate differing ways of calculating teachers' salaries.

European Commission open to discussion on funding

Prime Minister’s Office, August 27, 2013 4:37 PM

An agreement between Hungary and the European Commission on lifting the suspension of 13 of the country’s European Union development programmes is “99.9%” certain, Deputy State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office Nándor Csepreghy stated. “We see openness on the part of the European Commission, which will lead to an agreement.”

Enikő Győri: discussions on the suspension of EU funding to resume in September

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 27, 2013 4:36 PM

Minister of State in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, who also heads the National Development Agency as a Government Commissioner, will meet European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn again in September - Minister of State in charge of European Affairs Enikő Győri responded at a press conference held after a meeting of the State Secretaries for European Affairs of the Visegrád Group countries on August 26, 2013. She added that experts of both the European Commission and Hungary are working to prevent the loss of these funds.

Continued Improvement in Employment Trends

Ministry for National Economy, August 27, 2013 12:05 PM

In the second half of 2010, the downward employment trend was reversed and since then the number of people in employment has been steadily on the rise on a year-on-year basis. The latest statistics also underpin this positive tendency. The latest flash report from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reveals that in the period May-July 2013 the number of people aged 15-74 years in employment was up by 56 thousand, to 3 million 964 thousand compared to the same period of 2012, which constitutes an increase of 1.4 percent year-on-year. Thus the employment rate edged up to 51.9 percent, the best figure since 1998. The number of economically active people has also risen to a peak of 4 million 409 thousand, a level also last seen in 1998.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary condemns the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 27, 2013 12:02 PM

Hungary strongly condemns the attack using chemical weapons carried out in Syria on 21 August 2013, as a consequence of which many civilians lost their lives.

One of Europe's most modern wild game processing plants opens in Tata

Ministry of Rural Development, August 27, 2013 11:34 AM

Fiwi-Hűt Ltd has opened a one-billion-forint (3 million Euro) wild game meat processing plant and cold storage unit in Tata's Industrial Park. In his opening speech, Deputy State Secretary for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Lajos Bognár emphasised the importance of game meat exports, adding that some 300 thousand large game and 700 thousand small game are dropped each year in Hungary, with 11 thousand tons of game meat reaching the market during the last game management year.

Prime Minister: National interests can be protected in a peaceful way

Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2013 5:23 PM

National interests can be protected in a peaceful way that is acceptable for the great powers as well, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview recorded in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 27 and aired by Romanian all-news channel Digi 24 on Saturday evening.

2013 be another record-breaking year for tourism

Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2013 4:13 PM

Tourism is exiting the economic crisis and according to estimates the volume of tourism this year could beat last year's record by a further 8 percent with a total of 23-24 million guests nights spent in tourist accommodation by holidaymakers from both at home and abroad, the Office of the Prime Minister's Deputy State Secretary for development programmes announced.

Confucius Institute opens in Miskolc

Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2013 2:50 PM

State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó signed an agreement in the Parliament building on Friday on opening a Confucius Institute in Miskolc. The State Secretary emphasised: the Institute has been established through the cooperation of the University of Miskolc, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology and the Chinese Language Council. The Institute will play an important economic role in the life of Miskolc and act as a bridge between the two countries within the field of strategic cooperation.