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Thomas Becket Commemorated in Esztergom

Ministry of Human Resources, January 7, 2013 3:16 PM

An ecumenical ceremony was held in Esztergom to honour Thomas Becket, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, which was followed by a conference on Christian values and European identity.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to attend the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala in Zurich

Prime Minister’s Office, January 7, 2013 3:08 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, founder of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy, has been invited to the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala in Zurich to be held today, the Prime Minister's spokesman Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian News Agency MTI.

Foreign Minister Martonyi Recovering in Hospital

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2013 2:24 PM

Due to the illness of Foreign Minister János Martonyi, Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh represented the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the opening of the Hungarian–Italian Cultural Year at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest on January 6.

Hungarian Government to sign its latest Strategic Partnership Agreement with IBM

Prime Minister’s Office, January 7, 2013 1:24 PM

Hungary's government is ready to sign its next strategic cooperation agreements with the local units of IBM, National Instruments, TATA and Nokia Siemens Networks, business daily Napi Gazdaság reported on Monday.

The Opening Event of the Year of Central Europe Held in Poland

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 4, 2013 3:03 PM

2013 is the Year of Central Europe for Hungary because Hungary took over the Presidency of the Central European Initiative (CEI) on January 1, and will take over the Presidency of the Visegrad Cooperation as of July1.

Central Europe Must Become Stronger, Says Zsolt Németh

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 4, 2013 3:02 PM

„We need to make Central Europe stronger, and we can achieve that through reinforcing our solidarity” – Zsolt Németh told the Public Radio concerning the prospects of Hungary’s neighbourhood policy.

Another Positive Employment Figure

Ministry for National Economy, January 4, 2013 11:53 AM

According to this morning's information summary from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), positive trends are continuing with regard to employment figures, which play a determining role in government policy.

New Waste Management Regulations

Ministry of Rural Development, January 3, 2013 4:25 PM

Some of the implementation regulations of the new Waste Management Act that came into force on January 1 have been issued. Among others, the new regulations concern the distribution of packaging materials, the returning and recycling of packaging materials, the receipt of electric and electronic equipment that has become waste, and the handling of cars that have been removed from circulation.

An outlook on the most important measures taken to increase employment and to strengthen SMEs

Prime Minister’s Office, January 3, 2013 4:13 PM

The Hungarian Government has been following a political and legislative agenda which aims at expanding employment, maintaining budget discipline at an economic level as well as equal burden-sharing within society.

Naturalisation Procedure to be Simplified

Prime Minister’s Office, January 3, 2013 3:56 PM

The simplified naturalisation procedure was introduced on January 2, 2011, and 363,795 applications have been submitted to Budapest over the past two years, with a further few thousand still on the way, meaning a total of around 370 thousand applicants. Interest remains high, something that is mirrored in the number of appointments made.

Hungary earmarks HUF 268bn for upgrading hospitals, clinics

Ministry of National Development, January 3, 2013 3:15 PM

Hungary has earmarked 268 billion forints (EUR 0.92bn) for upgrading and extending regional hospitals and outpatient clinics this year, the National Development Agency (NFÜ) said in a statement on Thursday.

János Lázár to coordinate the settlement of Jewish communities’ financial compensation claims

Prime Minister’s Office, January 3, 2013 12:44 PM

The Government has appointed State Secretary in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár to prepare and coordinate the professional tasks related to the settlement of the financial compensation claims of Jewish communities as well as cultural, educational, historical fact-revealing and tradition-keeping activities concerning Jewish communities.

Administrative district offices formed

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 3, 2013 12:10 PM

District offices were reintroduced on 1 January (thirty years after the abolition of the system of administrative districts), within a new organisational structure and with new goals. There are 175 district offices outside Budapest, and twenty-three in the capital. These will carry out administrative tasks below county level.

Major chapter of Hungary’s role in Afghanistan to be closed in 2013

Ministry of Defence, January 3, 2013 11:36 AM

Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said Hungary's military had been able to "maintain its capabilities" in 2012 amid limited financial possibilities.

More than HUF 900 million to support the social integration of homeless people

Ministry of Human Resources, January 3, 2013 10:12 AM

In order to promote the social inclusion of people living on the streets, the Government is making a total of HUF 917 million available within the framework of the New Széchenyi Plan.

The Constitutional Court’s decision on transitional provisions

Prime Minister’s Office, January 2, 2013 4:40 PM

For formal reasons, Hungary's Constitutional Court has annulled some transitional provisions of the Fundamental Law, including the one on voter pre-registration.

370 000 people applied for Hungarian citizenship over the past two years

Prime Minister’s Office, January 2, 2013 4:38 PM

A total of 370 000 people applied for Hungarian citizenship over the past two years and the rejection rate was below 1.5%, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén told Hungarian News Agency MTI on Wednesday.

The country’s renewal shall be judged by future generations

Prime Minister’s Office, January 2, 2013 10:35 AM

The necessity of decisions can only be judged with appropriate objectivity by posterity Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said in an interview to Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap.

2013 Central European year in Hungarian diplomacy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 28, 2012 2:02 PM

2013 will be a Central European year in Hungary’s foreign policy as the country will serve as president of both the Visegrad Four Cooperation and the Central European Initiative (CEI).

Military to aid municipalities in dealing with arsenic contamination of drinking water

Ministry of Defence, December 28, 2012 11:23 AM

The Hungarian Armed Forces will distribute drinking water in 123 towns from January 1, 2013, Maj.-Gen. László Domján, the Commander of the HDF Joint Force Command said on December 27 at a press conference in Csongrád County.

Foreign Minister congratulates Romanian counterpart on reappointment

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 28, 2012 8:40 AM

Foreign Minister János Martonyi congratulated Titus Corlatean on his reappointment as Foreign Minister in Romania's new government.

Hungary “stands the storm of crisis”

Prime Minister’s Office, December 28, 2012 8:22 AM

Hungary is a strong nation, which "stands the storms of a crisis" more successfully than several other nations "of more fortunate history and stronger economic fundamentals", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published in national daily Magyar Nemzet on December 24.

Situation of Hungarian communities abroad moving forward

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 28, 2012 8:10 AM

The Hungarian government has moved forward the goals of education policy, cross-border projects, human rights issues and institutional development in its relations with Hungarian communities abroad in 2012, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh stated on December 26.

Education reform is the government’s greatest achievement, says the Prime Minister on public radio Kossuth

Prime Minister’s Office, December 27, 2012 4:06 PM

The reorganisation of the education system has been the greatest achievement of the government in the past two and a half years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on public Kossuth Rádió on Sunday morning.

Hungarian retail trade figures in line with European trends

Ministry for National Economy, December 21, 2012 2:53 PM

In the initial ten months of 2012 the sales volume of food, beverages and tobacco products stagnated year-on-year in an unfavourable global economic climate. In the tenth month of the year, however, this retail sub sector registered a decline of 1.2 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year. This figure is much more favourable than September data calculated by the same methodology (then contraction amounted to 3.7 percent).