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Prime Minister Orban’s greetings to former PM Gyula Horn

Prime Minister’s Office, July 5, 2012 5:51 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent a greeting letter to former Head of Government Gyula Horn, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Job protection action plan aimed at assisting elderly, young and unskilled people and cutting red tape for Hungarian small enterprises

Ministry for National Economy, July 5, 2012 3:00 PM

The government is set to launch a 10-point job protection action plan which aims to improve the situation of disadvantaged employees, jobseekers and enterprises. The primary objective of this package of measures is to create and preserve existing jobs as one of the keys to the economic growth of Hungary. The budgetary resources required for the action plan will be provided by the financial transaction duty.

With Remembrance Against Oblivion

Ministry of Defence, July 5, 2012 10:34 AM

The representatives of the Hungarian Defence Forces, a military delegation from the US Embassy in Budapest and the World War II American and British Military Heritage Association held a joint wreath-laying ceremony in Szigliget on Saturday, June 30. On the hill of the settlement near Lake Balaton, US and Hungarian war memorials keep alive the memory of the soldiers who fell in World War II.

Péter Szijjártó has been appointed head of eight joint cooperation committees

Prime Minister’s Office, July 4, 2012 6:03 PM

At the joint proposal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for National Economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appointed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó as the head of eight bilateral economic intergovernmental committees with effect from 2 July 2012.

The Hungarian Embassy in Tripoli has handed over EU representation to the European External Action Service

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 4, 2012 4:34 PM

Secretary General of the European External Action Service, Pierre Vimont, announced to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Hungary that since 1 July 2012 the EU delegation in Tripoli has taken over local representation of the European Union from the Hungarian Embassy.

Parliament has passed amendments to judicial laws

Government, July 4, 2012 8:15 AM

In response to the remarks of the Venice Commission, Parliament has passed the amendments of the laws on courts on Monday. The amendments serve to make the administration of justice and courts more specific, more effective and more transparent, and reinforce the monitoring powers of the National Judicial Council over the President of the National Judicial Office in the area of central administration.

50 Years of Common Agricultural Policy! – Which Way Now, CAP?

Ministry of Rural Development, July 3, 2012 7:40 PM

"The accomplishments of the past five decades prove that the Common Agricultural Policy is one of the European Union's most successful, strongest and most efficient community achievements. One of our priority interests is the suitable development of the CAP for the period 2014-2020", stated Minister for Agriculture Sándor Fazekas at the conference organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the CAP. The meeting entitled CAP Reform 2014-2020 – Agricultural Economy Challenges and held at the Ministry of Rural Development was welcomed in a letter by EU Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development Dacian Cioloș.

The Wallenberg Exhibition and the Holocust Educational Programme were a great success

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 3, 2012 7:04 PM

The Hungarian Wallenberg Exhibition and the Holocaust Educational Programme were warmly and appreciatively received at the conference organized by the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research (ITF) held in Belgium on 28 June 2012, Deputy Secretary of State Gergely Prőhle declared in a statement.

Viktor Orbán's letter to Joseph Crowley and his colleagues

Prime Minister’s Office, July 3, 2012 6:58 PM

The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to The Honorable Congressman Joseph Crowley and his colleagues in a letter responding to the former’s concerns about growing anti-Semitism in Hungary.

Joint Declaration on the CAP at the V4+2 Conference in Poland

Ministry of Rural Development, July 3, 2012 5:53 PM

Deputy State Secretary for International Affairs Katalin Tóth of the Ministry of Rural Development represented Hungary at the V4+2 Conference held in Rzeszów, Poland.

Parliament insists; red star is a totalitarian symbol

Government, July 3, 2012 5:03 PM

Parliament adopted a decision on Monday in which it expresses its disagreement with the Strasbourg verdict passed in the red star lawsuit, and insists on sanctioning the use of symbols of totalitarian regimes.

Increased protection for children’s interests in the justice system

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, July 3, 2012 3:15 PM

On Tuesday Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics spoke at a conference of his ministry’s Child-friendly Justice System Working Group, when he called for further emphasis on the needs of children when training judges.

The volume of exports in the initial four months of the year increased by 0.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year

Ministry for National Economy, July 3, 2012 10:15 AM

According to the latest flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, in January-April 2012 the volume of exports increased by 0.7 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of 2011, while the volume of imports declined slightly by 0.2 percent. Foreign trade balance has still registered a significant surplus of 626bn HUF (2 125 million EUR) for the initial four months of the year.

Farewell to Military Attachés

Ministry of Defence, July 3, 2012 9:59 AM

„We are saying goodbye to our excellent comrades who have done very much in the field of military diplomacy to enable the armed forces of their countries and the Hungarian Defence Forces to fulfill their mission and be able to protect their homelands against all kinds of challenges to security”, Defence Minister Csaba Hende said in the evening of Thursday, June 28 at the farewell ceremony of the Croatian, Serbian, French and US military attachés accredited to Budapest.

Firefighting

Ministry of Defence, July 3, 2012 9:47 AM

On June 28 in the late afternoon hours, one local resident was killed and five were injured when a magnetic bomb emplaced on an oil tanker went off in the busiest hub of Pol-e Khomri, Afghanistan. It was sheer luck that the explosion did not cause a mass disaster in the always crowded downtown area.

WHITE KNIGHT in Tuzla

Ministry of Defence, July 2, 2012 7:51 PM

The superior ordered in June the companies of the Multinational Battalion (MNBN), the maneuver element of EUFOR to practice Crowd Disturbance Operations (CDO) using crowd riot control (CRC) techniques.

Viktor Orbán in Azerbaijan: closer cooperation with the Caspian region

Prime Minister’s Office, July 2, 2012 5:41 PM

On Saturday, at the Crans Montana Forum in Baku, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasised the importance of the EU creating closer cooperation with the Caspian region, in order to make the community’s energy supply more secure.

Our common future after the European Council meeting – Prime Minister Orbán’s Speech in Parliament

Prime Minister’s Office, July 2, 2012 4:17 PM

As required by the Hungarian constitution, today Prime Minister Viktor Orbán briefed Parliament on the decisions made at the European Council meeting last week; he also introduced the Job Protection Action Plan.

Hungarian Presidency of the Salzburg Forum

Ministry of Interior, July 2, 2012 10:02 AM

Hungary will take over the Presidency of the Salzburg Forum on 1 July 2012.

Prime Minister Orbán’s speech following the European Council meeting

Prime Minister’s Office, June 29, 2012 4:44 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a speech in Brussels today after the European Council meeting. In his speech he highlighted that the main topic under discussion was how growth can be fuelled by income from bank taxes, crisis taxes and transaction taxes; in light of this, Hungary’s current measures in economic policy can be seen as justified and in line with international thinking.

Hungary Takes On Leading Role on Water-related Issues

Ministry of Rural Development, June 29, 2012 3:53 PM

"Hungary's activities within the field of water management are internationally acknowledged", stressed the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Water at the conference organised on International Danube Day. The countries that lie on the river's catchment area have been drawing attention to the Danube's values and diverse wildlife on June 29 of each year since 2004. This specific day was chosen because the international Danube River Protection Convention to which 14 countries including Hungary became affiliated was signed in Sofia on June 29 1994.

Minority Legal Protection Institute and Foundation launched for Hungarians all over the world

Prime Minister’s Office, June 29, 2012 2:36 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Deputy State Secretary for Hungarian Communities Abroad Zsuzsanna Répás announced the launch of the Minority Legal Protection Institute and Foundation, which aims to contribute to the reinforcement of legal protection for Hungarians living abroad, primarily in neighbouring countries.

Successful talks on National Public Service University in the US

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 29, 2012 12:49 PM

Dr András Levente Gál, government commissioner for the coordination of the implementation of the Good State development concept, had talks with leading US universities on student exchange programmes and joint research projects. The purpose of the consultations conducted with the representatives of Tufts University, Fletcher School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government is to enable the students of the National Public Service University to improve their skills at universities in the United States in the future.

Countryside in the Heart of the Capital – Kossuth Square Market Opens

Ministry of Rural Development, June 29, 2012 12:06 PM

"The fact that the flavours and values of rural Hungary have been given space in the heart of the capital under the arcades of the Ministry of Rural Development is symbolic. The Ministry indeed wants to take producers under its wings and support them with every instrument possible", announced State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh at the official opening of the market on Kossuth Square, opposite Parliament.

New financial relief package introduced

Ministry for National Economy, June 28, 2012 6:28 PM

The Ministry for National Economy and the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance have agreed on a HUF 300 billion financial relief package as part of the 2013 budget.