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Viktor Orbán meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow

Prime Minister’s Office, January 14, 2014 5:04 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a working visit to Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Hungary’s industrial output increases steadily

Ministry for National Economy, January 14, 2014 2:11 PM

The stable upward trend of Hungarian industrial output growth continued in November 2013. Industrial output was up by 3.5 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of 2012, and workday-adjusted data show an even more significant growth of 5.8 percent.

Prime Minister Orbán handed over this year’s Puskás award at FIFA gala

Prime Minister’s Office, January 14, 2014 11:26 AM

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, playing for Paris Saint-Germain, has won the fifth Puskás award handed to him by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the annual FIFA gala in Zürich on Monday.

Castle of Eger development project launched

Ministry for National Economy, January 14, 2014 10:31 AM

A development project valued at HUF 2bn for the renovation of the castle of Eger has begun, Deputy State Secretary for Tourism Viktória Horváth said on visiting the sites of the multifaceted programme.

Hungary’s Richter acrobat troupe wins gold at Budapest International Circus Festival

Ministry of Human Resources, January 14, 2014 10:00 AM

Hungary marked the 10th Budapest International Circus Festival with its first Hungarian medallists ever: the Richter Troupe won gold with their acrobatic horse act, while high wire artist László Simet and his group were awarded a silver medal at the closing gala on 13 January.

Hungary financially stable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 14, 2014 9:26 AM

Financial stability has been achieved in Hungary without any kind of social or political problems, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said in an interview to a Chilean daily.

Victims of the Don commemorated in Debrecen

Ministry of Defence, January 14, 2014 9:08 AM

A large number of people gathered in the military cemetery in Debrecen in the morning of 10th January in order to commemorate the victims of the Soviet breakthrough on the river Don. At the 71st anniversary of the tragic events in the Don bend a wreath-laying ceremony was organized by the 5th Bocskai István Rifle Brigade and the Debrecen branch of the “Honvédség and Society” Support Group.

Irish driver starting sentence in Hungary

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 14, 2014 8:47 AM

Francis Ciaran Tobin, the Irish driver who was sentenced in Hungary for killing two children in a crash nearly 14 years ago is starting his sentence in Hungary, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics said on Monday.

The "Land for Farmers" Programme is principally aimed at helping Family Farms and Young Farmers

Ministry of Rural Development, January 13, 2014 5:20 PM

"The 'Land for Farmers' Programme is principally aimed at helping family farms and young farmers by enabling them to improve their production conditions", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State in charge of the State Land Programme said at a press conference in Budapest today.

Campaign for high school students on the conscious use of social media

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 13, 2014 5:17 PM

The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice initiated the program called’ Internet never forgets’, in order to draw attention to cyberbullying. The first interactive lesson took place in Budapest, at the Gundel Károly Vocational School of Catering and Tourism this Monday.

We can be proud of Hungarian experts at CERN

Prime Minister’s Office, January 13, 2014 4:57 PM

Hungary can be proud of its engineers, IT experts and physicists working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Sunday.

Hungary begins consultations on social workers’ career blueprints

Ministry of Human Resources, January 13, 2014 4:37 PM

The Hungarian Government will begin consultations with the interested parties about social workers’ career models, State Minister for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész said on Monday.

A new era begins for consumer protection

Ministry for National Economy, January 13, 2014 4:37 PM

Over the past four years, consumer protection has undergone a profound change. One of the proofs confirming this is the fact that the protection of consumer rights has been incorporated into the basic law of Hungary, Minister of State for Economic Regulation Kristóf Szatmáry said at a press conference in Budapest.

Statement by the Government Information Centre

Prime Minister’s Office, January 13, 2014 4:05 PM

The Government of Hungary has been examining opportunities for the use of nuclear energy in Hungary for four years on the authority of the National Assembly. Accordingly, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed issues relating to the several decades old Hungarian-Russian economic and nuclear cooperation most recently on 31 January 2013.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travels to Moscow

Prime Minister’s Office, January 13, 2014 3:25 PM

According to the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is travelling to Moscow on Tuesday for a scheduled visit.

A road linking Kétvölgy and Felsőszölnök has been opened by the Slovenian and Hungarian Prime Ministers

Prime Minister’s Office, January 13, 2014 3:22 PM

On Friday afternoon, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovenian counterpart Alenka Bratusek inaugurated a road linking Kétvölgy and Felsőszölnök in Vas County, close to the Slovene border, of which Prime Minister Orbán said: the construction of this road represents a victory over our weaknesses.

Minister of State Fónagy represented Hungary at the funeral of Ariel Sharon

Ministry of National Development, January 13, 2014 1:48 PM

Minister of State János Fónagy represented the Hungarian Government at the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Hungarian small schools have a secure future

Ministry of Human Resources, January 13, 2014 9:54 AM

The Hungarian Government will keep an equal focus on both the smallest villages and largest cities, while in public education it will ensure that even the most underprivileged children are given the same opportunities as their peers born into better circumstances, State Minister for Public Education Rózsa Hoffmann said at a press conference in the northwest Hungarian village of Veszprémvarsány on Friday.

Hungarian and Slovenian prime ministers agree on establishing more border crossings

Prime Minister’s Office, January 10, 2014 4:18 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signed a declaration of intent with his Slovenian counterpart Alenka Bratusek on developing road infrastructure and creating six new border crossing points between the two countries.

Simplification process of the government reduced administration by a quarter

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 10, 2014 2:31 PM

With implementing the administrative simplification process Hungary succeeded in reducing administrative burdens with 25 percent. The promise originally meant to lower entrepreneurial administrative necessities, but the government was able to realize this reduction on the whole population. Unnecessary bureaucratic burdens were eliminated in 228 processes, so less paperwork, forms and standing-in-lines will burden the citizens. With the simplification of directives and shortening of administration periods, enterprises got rid of useless obligations in 96 processes. Also, formal simplification has been carried out on the legislation process, with which more than 3400 unneeded parliamentary resolutions and other decisions were repelled.

Minister Martonyi: cooperation with Roma Self-Government to enhance social cohesion

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 9, 2014 5:08 PM

Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared that the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was cooperating with the National Roma Self-Government (NRS), with social inclusion was becoming a part of foreign policy.

Settlements in Komárom-Esztergom County to be Relieved of HUF 20 billion debts this year

Ministry for National Economy, January 9, 2014 4:58 PM

After the consolidation of over one billion forints implemented last year, the Government is to settle the remaining debts of Oroszlány, amounting to ca. 900 million forints, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh announced in Oroszlány on 9 January, 2014.

Lake Balaton is viable as a tourist region together with Bakony and the Balaton Uplands

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 9, 2014 4:57 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics claimed that "as a tourist region, Lake Balaton is viable only with Bakony and the Balaton Uplands, which together is capable to offer a wide variety of programmes throughout the whole year" at the two-day European Destination Marketing Conference this Thursday, organized in Balatonfüred.

Government signs partnership agreement with Leier Hungária

Prime Minister’s Office, January 9, 2014 4:56 PM

The Government of Hungary signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the local unit of Austrian construction materials manufacturer Leier, based in Győr (northwest Hungary) on Thursday.

Economic sentiment index at 10-year high

Ministry for National Economy, January 9, 2014 4:03 PM

On the basis of the latest data, the seasonally adjusted economic sentiment index of GKI-Erste improved further in December 2013. According to the GKI survey, the economic sentiment index increased to -2.9 points in December, and it is the best reading in more than 10 years: the indicator exceeded this level only in October 2002.