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Béla Bartók memorial concerts

Ministry of Human Resources, September 26, 2012 5:19 PM

67 years ago today, one of the most significant composers and pianists of the 20th century, Béla Bartók, passed away.

New Stadler investment in Szolnok: 3.5 billion forints and 230 new jobs

Ministry for National Economy, September 26, 2012 4:13 PM

The Switzerland-based Stadler Rail Group, the rail vehicle manufacturer, held a ceremony for laying the foundation stone for its new Szolnok project earlier today.

The new construction law to bring changes

Ministry of Interior, September 26, 2012 3:20 PM

The new construction law can bring a regime change to the building industry – said the Ministry of Interior’s Deputy State Secretary for Regional Development and Construction Péter Szaló on Tuesday during a consultation with building industry entrepreneurs in Székesfehérvár.

The Fundamental Law guarantees “fourth generation human rights”, says President János Áder at the UN General Assembly

Government, September 26, 2012 2:00 PM

President of Hungary János Áder and Minister for Foreign Affairs János Martonyi are attending the general debate of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his address, János Áder said that Hungary's new constitution guarantees constitutional as well as “fourth generation human rights”.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with CEO of Stadler Rail AG

Prime Minister’s Office, September 26, 2012 11:09 AM

The Hungarian Prime Minister met with Peter Spuhler, CEO of Stadler Rail AG on Tuesday, 25 September.

Investment worth 7 billion forints at pharmaceutical company Egis

Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2012 6:34 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated Egis Pharmaceutical Company’s new pharmaceutical technology research and development unit and analytical development laboratory building in Budapest, which were built with a total expenditure of 7 billion forints.

The renovation of the Matthias Church can be concluded by May 2013

Ministry of Human Resources, September 25, 2012 5:52 PM

Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog held a press conference in the internationally renowned Matthias Church, where he announced that further 700 million forints were allocated in order to finish the building’s renovation.

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs holds consultations with British investors

Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2012 5:44 PM

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held consultations with the biggest British investors in Hungary on 25 September. The State Secretary briefed British employers on the government’s job protection action plan as well as on measures designed to ease red tape and administrative burdens.

Hungary Requests EU Aid for Drought Damage Mitigation

Ministry of Rural Development, September 25, 2012 3:13 PM

At the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas requested that emergency aid be transferred from the European Union Solidarity Fund for the mitigation of drought damage. The Minister also proposed the simplification and if possible temporary waiving of agricultural-environmental regulations, in addition to suggesting that 80 percent of 2013 direct funding should be payable in advance instead of the current 50 percent.

State Secretary Péter Szijjártó held talks with a delegation of Jordanian businessmen in Budapest

Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2012 2:20 PM

State Secretary Szijjártó told Issa H. Murad, the President of the Jordan Europe Business Association (JEBA) and other members of the delegation that developing economic cooperation with the Arab world was a key objective of Hungary’s economic opening to the East.

The European Parliament’s delegation met with Minister Navracsics

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 25, 2012 12:09 PM

At the amicable meeting, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics and Minister of State for Justice Robert Répássy said that following a decision by the Hungarian constitutional court, new regulations on the retirement of judges had been submitted to the National Assembly.

Recognition for Danuta Hübner and her work in regional policy

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 25, 2012 12:07 PM

Danuta Hübner, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development, has been awarded the Pálfi István Memorial Medal, an annual award created by Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice.

The Council of Europe’s Conference on Urban Violence and Juvenile Crime

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 24, 2012 6:23 PM

Speaking as Hungary’s representative at the Council of Europe’s Justice Conference in Vienna, Minister of State at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Róbert Répássy said that urban violence in Hungary is not present to the same degree as in some western European countries, such as France.

Tibor Navracsics writes another letter to Commissioner Reding on the Irish driver who killed two children

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 24, 2012 6:21 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics has sent another letter to Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, related to the case of Francis Ciarán Tobin, who has been convicted of dangerous driving resulting in death, and whose extradition in Hungary was refused by the Irish authorities.

Address by Tibor Navracsics to the Alliance of European Journalists

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 24, 2012 6:19 PM

‘The state is good if it serves the interests of its citizens and has no external goal for which it uses its citizens to accomplish, in the way that the state did under the Arrow Cross and Communist dictatorships.’ This was the central message of Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice, when he spoke on Friday at the Budapest College of Communication and Business, at the invitation of that institution and the European Federation of Journalists.

International training for judges and prosecutors

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 24, 2012 6:16 PM

The European Commission supports the call for applications released by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice for professional language training for judges and prosecutors.

A delegation from the European Union's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee are welcomed by ministers, state officials and party representatives

Government, September 24, 2012 5:48 PM

A delegation from the European Union's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee is visiting Hungary between 24th and 26th of September.

Hungarian Diplomatic Note Sent to Armenia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2012 4:39 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia on 24 September, 2012.

Hungarian–South Korean Cooperation in Nuclear Studies

Ministry of National Development, September 24, 2012 4:31 PM

Pál Kovács, Minister of State for Climate Change and Energy, discussed the opportunities of a future co-operation in the field of education in nuclear sciences with Goon Cherl Park, President of the KEPCO KINGS nuclear training centre of South Korea on 20 September 2012 in Budapest.

The state of the central sub sector of the state budget in August 2012

Ministry for National Economy, September 24, 2012 3:37 PM

Key data of the central sub sector of the state budget in August 2012.

Working group to specify the term "domestic violence"

Ministry of Human Resources, September 24, 2012 2:25 PM

On 21 September 2012 a working group was set up at the Ministry of Human Resources to work out the specifications of the term “domestic violence”.

Prime Minister Orbán in Vilnius on a one-day visit

Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2012 1:24 PM

The Hungarian government is fighting to reduce public debt to below 50 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and looks to Lithuania's economic growth as a model, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Vilnius after talks with his Lithuanian counterpart Andrius Kubilius on Monday.

Retail sales of food, beverages and tobacco products increased in the initial seven months of the year

Ministry for National Economy, September 24, 2012 12:47 PM

In the initial seven months of 2012 sales of food, beverages and tobacco products increased by 0.2 percent on an annualized basis. In the seventh month of the year, after growth in the previous month, this retail sub sector however recorded a turnover decline of 2.4 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

Commemorating Lajos Kossuth in Cegléd

Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2012 12:33 PM

State Secretary for the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár participated in an event commemorating the famous recruitment speech of the great Hungarian politician and patriot Lajos Kossuth, given on 24th September 1848 in Cegléd.

Minister Martonyi and President Áder to participate at UN General Assembly

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2012 10:38 AM

Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs Szabolcs Takács announced that the Hungarian UN delegation’s main goal will be to promote the country’s initiative to organise an international conference on water management in Budapest by the end of 2013. The UN General Assembly begins its 67th session on Tuesday, 25 September and President of Hungary János Áder will also speak at the event.