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The classical music festival in Eszterháza will have a budget of HUF 200 million

Prime Minister’s Office, November 13, 2012 3:06 PM

Ferenc Zumbok, Governmental Appointee for the renewal of Buda Castle and Eszterházy Castle, stated at a press conference that Eszterháza is to receive a further HUF 350 million towards cultural events and infrastructure due to the modification of budget law.

Viktor Orbán meets with the President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (CORRECTED VERSION)

Prime Minister’s Office, November 13, 2012 2:37 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received the President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians István Pásztor today. The meeting may be regarded as a new step in regular relations, cooperation and mutual information, but was also made actual by the two-day official visit to Budapest of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, which begins today.

NATO Crisis Management Exercise Starts

Ministry of Defence, November 13, 2012 1:08 PM

The annual NATO Crisis Management Exercise (CMX 12) has started with the participation Hungary.

Closer Cooperation between Brazil and Hungary

Ministry of Rural Development, November 13, 2012 11:34 AM

Deputy State Secretary Katalin Tóth, representing the Ministry of Rural Development and as a member of the Government delegation, held a presentation on Hungarian agriculture and opportunities for bilateral cooperation at the session of the Hungarian-Brazilian Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation in Brazil.

Young Farmers are Indispensable to Agriculture

Ministry of Rural Development, November 13, 2012 10:59 AM

"Helping young people is an important area of rural development policy, since running Hungarian agriculture would be inconceivable without young farmers", said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas on Monday at the press conference organised to herald the Young Farmers' Information Exchange.

Hungary is committed to supporting Serbia's European integration

Prime Minister’s Office, November 13, 2012 9:11 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasized to Tomislav Nikolić, the President of Serbia that Hungary continues to support Serbia’s efforts to join the European Union.

Ministerial honours for winners of European Village Renewal Award

Ministry of Interior, November 13, 2012 8:10 AM

Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér honoured the mayors of Kunsziget and Újszilvás, winners of the European Village Renewal Award, on Monday in Budapest.

Prime Minister received the successful Hungarian EuroSkills 2012 Team

Prime Minister’s Office, November 12, 2012 6:23 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received the medal-winning Hungarian team that competed at the European Skills Competition (EuroSkills 2012) in October, held in the Belgian town of Spa-Francorchamps.

Hungarian Agriculture is Competitive

Ministry of Rural Development, November 12, 2012 6:18 PM

"Hungarian agriculture is capable of keeping pace and is facing up to competition", declared Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas in Szentes, when he inaugurated MA-KA Ltd's new feed mixing plant, which was built with an investment of 2 billion forints.

The Government’s statement regarding the incident in Kajászó

Prime Minister’s Office, November 12, 2012 5:10 PM

It is the Government’s firm standpoint that the action of the people calling themselves "land occupiers" in Kajászó is against the norms of the rule of law, is obviously politically motivated, and deliberately misleading.

Hungary is Guest of Honour at China's 3rd International Feather and Down Festival

Ministry of Rural Development, November 12, 2012 2:39 PM

The delegation representing Hungary, which similarly to previous years is the event's guest of honour, is led by State Secretary for Agricultural Economy György Czerván. The State Secretary is the only foreign member of the chairing committee of the 3rd International Down Festival, held between 10-12 November 2012 in Luan in China's Anhui Province. Communiqué.

Hungary's doors are "wide open" to business relations with the Arab world

Prime Minister’s Office, November 12, 2012 2:29 PM

There are no political, legal or economic obstacles in the way of Arabic-Hungarian business relations, the Prime Minister said on Monday at the first Arabic-Hungarian Forum, at which approximately 200 businessmen, diplomats and politicians from 16 Arab countries took part. At the meeting, 87 priority investment projects worth 1.94 billion euros were presented to the participants.

The Land Act Assures the Future of Rural Society

Ministry of Rural Development, November 12, 2012 2:04 PM

Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas held a lecture on the upcoming new Land Act entitled "Homeland, Farmland, Livelihood" on Saturday in Lakitelek at the first event organised by the Public Academic Alliance. Communiqué.

Memorial commemorating the 1960 women’s revolt unveiled

Prime Minister’s Office, November 12, 2012 11:59 AM

"It is the women and mothers of Nyírcsaholy who, in times of dire trouble, or if great bravery is needed, give us courage and provide an example in the fight for Hungarian land", Deputy Prime Minister Semjén said on Friday at the unveiling of the memorial commemorating the 1960 women’s revolt against forced cooperativisation.

Strategic Partnership Agreements concluded with major foreign companies

Prime Minister’s Office, November 10, 2012 3:10 PM

The Hungarian Government so far concluded four Strategic Partnership Agreements, with Coca Cola HBC, Richter Gedeon, Alcoa-Köfém and Daimler AG.

The main obstacles to concluding a loan agreement with the IMF and the EU have been removed

Prime Minister’s Office, November 10, 2012 1:57 PM

In an interview for Hungarian News Agency MTI today, the Prime Minister said that the government has made efforts to endure that the excessive deficit procedure Hungary has been subject to since 2004 will end.

Welcome statement by H. E. Klára Breuer Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 10, 2012 1:00 PM

V. Budapest Human Rights Forum

Budapest, 8 November 2012

German Concerns about Croatia’s Accession Have decreased

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 10, 2012 12:12 PM

Germany’s concerns regarding the preparedness of Croatia to join the European Union have abated – Gergely Prőhle, Deputy State Secretary in charge of European Bilateral Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared in Berlin on November 9.

Hungary and Germany: fighting for a strong, stable and active Europe

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 10, 2012 11:16 AM

Crisis management must not be allowed to endanger the achievements of European integration, Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi said in Berlin November 9, 2012.

Deputy State Secretary for International Communications pays a visit to Great Britain

Prime Minister’s Office, November 10, 2012 9:33 AM

Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin paid a visit to London, where he held a lecture at an event organized by the Policy Research and Analysis Centre Federal Trust.

Hungary to become one of the industrial production centres of Europe

Prime Minister’s Office, November 10, 2012 8:49 AM

Hungary's new economic model is very closely related to the German one, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the signing ceremony of the government's Strategic Partnership Agreement with Daimler AG.

Hungary and Croatia Inaugurate Transboundary Biosphere Reserve

Ministry of Rural Development, November 10, 2012 8:35 AM

Hungary's sixth biosphere reserve, and the first transboundary reserve of its kind in the country, was inaugurated on Thursday in Szentborbás, Somogy County.

Minister of Defence Csaba Hende Held Talks in Turkey

Ministry of Defence, November 10, 2012 8:25 AM

Minister of Defence Csaba Hende held talks with his Turkish colleague, Minister of Defence Dr. İsmet Yilmaz in Ankara on November 8 and 9. The Hungarian Minister arrived in the capital upon the invitation of the Turkish side.

Anti-corruption cooperation between Hungary and China

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, November 9, 2012 3:55 PM

In the interests of promoting anti-corruption cooperation between Hungary and China, a declaration of cooperation and agreement has been signed by Marcell Biró, Minister of State for Public Administration at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, and Cui Hairong, Deputy Director of China’s National Bureau of Corruption Prevention.

Minister of State Cséfalvay: arguments are just presented in this phase of IMF-EU credit negotiations

Ministry for National Economy, November 9, 2012 3:30 PM

Until recently no accord could be reached on the amount or type of IMF-EU credit line at negotiations held with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission; currently the viewpoints of the parties are being tabled, Minister of State Zoltán Cséfalvay from the Ministry for National Economy said in Berlin.