Subscribe to RSS
Results per page 30

News

Foreign Minister János Martonyi has begun his visit to Southeast Asia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 25, 2012 8:44 AM

At the start of his tour in Southeast Asia on 24 April 2012, Foreign Minister János Martonyi gave an interview to The Jakarta Post, the leading daily newspaper of Indonesia published in English. The Minister introduced the purposes of his visit in the paper aimed at Indonesian businessmen and decision makers, as well as foreigners living in the Asian country. The head of the Foreign Ministry focussed on the overview of the Hungarian-Indonesian relations, and following the interview, he negotiates with his colleague, Marty Natalegawa.

Hungarian ideas for environment-friendly transport

Ministry of National Development, April 24, 2012 4:14 PM

Alternative fuelled vehicles constructed by Hungarian university teams were presented on 23 April, 2012 in the driving technology centre of Hungaroring. The apparatuses that were available for on-site testing will compete at several international competitions in the near future. The Ministry of National Development will of to promote the engineering students' successful participation. A separate project office was set up in order to promote and coordinate higher education workshops.

Orbán met Barroso

Prime Minister’s Office, April 24, 2012 3:07 PM

At today’s informal meeting, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the President of the European Commission, Mr. José Manuel Barroso held an exchange of views about the issues under discussion between Hungary and the European Commission. Prime Minister Orbán informed the President of the Commission about the intentions of the Government in relation with these issues.

Viktor Orbán’s speech at the EPC

Prime Minister’s Office, April 24, 2012 3:03 PM

On 23 April Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took part in a workshop at the European Policy Centre in Brussels where he spoke about the general political and economic situation in Europe, and Hungary’s goals within that.

Success of the innovative corporate tax relief in Hungary approved by the European Commission

Ministry of Human Resources, April 24, 2012 11:07 AM

Participation of private capital in Hungarian sport financing system used to be quite poor and that is the reason why the new system of tax benefits for companies that provide additional subsidies for team sports was introduced.

Turnover of industrial products and foodstuff was higher in February

Ministry for National Economy, April 24, 2012 10:20 AM

According to the latest flash report of the Central Statistics Office (KSH), in the initial two months of 2012 retail sales totaled almost 1115bn HUF in Hungary. The turnover of foodstuff which makes up almost half of sectoral sales (48 percent) increased by the greatest extent in 5 months (1.7 percent) in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year.

János Martonyi’s discussion with Peter Slipper, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 24, 2012 10:00 AM

On 17 April 2012, Foreign Minister János Martonyi conducted negotiations with Peter Slipper, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.

Hungarian Help towards EU Inclusion of Serbia

Ministry of Rural Development, April 23, 2012 6:14 PM

Hungary and Lithuania are jointly providing help to Serbia so that it may integrate the European Union's food safety and animal welfare requirements into the Serbian legal system as smoothly as possible. The EU is providing 2 million Euros in support until 2014 towards the professional cooperation between our countries.

The Széll Kálmán Plan 2.0 has been completed

Ministry for National Economy, April 23, 2012 3:11 PM

With the Széll Kálmán Plan 2.0 Hungary has complied with the requirements of the Council of the European Union, and the excessive deficit procedure related to the country can be resolved after years of failure to meet targets up until last year’s success.

Government Commissioner oversees renewal of public transport

Government, April 23, 2012 1:47 PM

On 1 May the Government will appoint János Fónagy as government commissioner for the restructuring of public transport, for a one-year term. The restructuring of public transport is one of the important commitments in the structural reforms launched in 2011 (Széll Kálmán Plan).

Hungary Discusses Timeline for Drawdown of Forces from Afghanistan

Ministry of Defence, April 23, 2012 9:36 AM

This year Hungary is not planning to significantly reduce its contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, but it has started discussions with the allies on the timeline of the expected future drawdown – Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende told General John Allen, the Commander of ISAF in Brussels on April 18.

Discussions at the Bundeswehr Operations Command

Ministry of Defence, April 23, 2012 7:29 AM

On April 18 Maj.-Gen. László Domján, the Commander of the HDF Joint Force Command paid a visit to Potsdam at the invitation of Lt-Gen. Rainer Glatz, the Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command.

Political Director Péter Sztáray’s Remarks AFGHANISTAN 2014 Conference April 20, 2012

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 21, 2012 12:17 PM

Organized by the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy and Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, April 20, 2012
As Prepared for Delivery

Orbán: Hungary is becoming one of the most competitive countries in the Central European region

Prime Minister’s Office, April 20, 2012 1:43 PM

A new bio-technology plant for the pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon was opened in Debrecen on Thursday. The project is worth HUF 25bn. At the opening ceremony, the Prime Minister said that this and similar projects indicate that Hungary has begun to recover from the failures of the past and to move forward.

Proposed amendment of media regulation to go before Parliament

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 20, 2012 1:41 PM

The Press Office of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice said that the Ministry has taken note of the Hungarian Constitutional Court’s decision on oversight of print and online news media, issued on Tuesday. Proposed amendments to media regulation are being prepared, and will be submitted to the Hungarian parliament in May.

Minister for National Resources Miklós Réthelyi opened the XIXth Budapest Book Festival

Ministry of Human Resources, April 20, 2012 11:56 AM

Minister for National Resources Miklós Réthelyi opened on Thursday, April 19 the XIXth Budapest International Book Festival.

The proceedings in regard to Hungary vs. the European Commission currently ongoing at the European Court of Justice

Ministry for National Economy, April 20, 2012 11:12 AM

In the past couple of days several articles have been published by various newspapers about the legal proceedings between Hungary and the European Commission which were launched because of the financing of VAT expenditures from EU funds. The ministry for National Economy provides the following information about the lawsuit as far as it concerns the budget

Exhibition of Transylvanian artists in Budapest

Ministry of Human Resources, April 20, 2012 11:06 AM

Mr. Géza Szőcs, Minister of State for Culture at Ministry of National Resources was attended today at the opening ceremony for „European Travellers – Art from Cluj Today”, an exhibition in Budapest’s Műcsarnok gallery.

Address by Deputy State Secretary János Hóvári János at the Afghanistan 2014 Conference

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 20, 2012 11:05 AM

Hungarian Institute of Foreign Affairs, April 20, 2012.
As prepared for delivery.

Klára Breuer's Opening Speech at BIMUN 2012

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 20, 2012 9:09 AM

Head of the Minister’s Cabinet Klára Breuer's opening speech at BIMUN 2012 as prepared for delivery.

Statement of the Visegrad Group countries

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 19, 2012 6:56 PM

Statement of the Visegrad Group countries – Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia – on the decision of the Swiss Government to re-establish quantitative limitations for certain categories of residence permits as regards EU citizens who are nationals of eight of the EU Member States.

The Gini index

Ministry for National Economy, April 19, 2012 4:47 PM

The Gini index (or Gini coefficient) is the indicator most frequently applied for measuring income inequalities. The figure may vary on a scale of 0 to 1, or it is often expressed in percentages. The figure 0 indicates that incomes are perfectly evenly distributed and 1 signals absolute inequality, that is all incomes are owned by one person (which, of course, is an extreme example which can never occur in reality.)

Joint meeting of NATO foreign and defence ministers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 19, 2012 3:23 PM

The joint meeting of NATO foreign and defence ministers was held in Brussels on 18-19 April, 2012. Hungary was represented at the meetings by Minister for Foreign Affairs János Martonyi and Minister of Defence Csaba Hende.

Hungary will take legal action if the Slovak citizenship law is amended

Government, April 19, 2012 12:02 PM

Under current rules, Slovakian citizens applying for citizenship of another country must renounce their Slovak citizenship – dual citizenship is not possible, even though this prohibition is in conflict with the Slovakian constitution. Robert Fico’s government has said that it plans to amend its Act on citizenship to legalise dual citizenship, but not for those applying for Hungarian citizenship.

Electronic cross-border justice system

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 19, 2012 11:48 AM

Cross-border legal procedures are increasingly common at EU level. To deal with these effectively, cooperation between the justice systems of Member States is indispensable. To assist the information flow necessary for this, an e-justice communication system based on transfer of data over the Internet has been created.

Meeting of the Ministers of Health of the Visegrad Group, Prague, 13 April 2012

Ministry of Human Resources, April 19, 2012 11:01 AM

Last week, Leos Heger, Minister for Health of the Czech Republic invited the Ministers of Health of the Visegrad Group (V4) for a meeting in Prague.

Gross wages increased dynamically in Hungary

Ministry for National Economy, April 19, 2012 9:45 AM

In February 2012 average gross wages increased by 6.9 percent in the national economy, while net wages excluding family tax benefits were higher by 3.7 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the communication of the Central Statistics Office published earlier this morning.

PM Orban meets Russia's Gazprom chief

Prime Minister’s Office, April 18, 2012 2:45 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Gazprom chief executive Alexey Miller on Tuesday to discuss current issues connected with Russian-Hungarian energy cooperation, the prime minister's spokesman Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.

The Government is committed to resolve all issues raised in the European Commission’s infringement procedure related to the Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Ministry for National Economy, April 18, 2012 2:39 PM

The Hungarian Government is committed to the commencement of the negotiations on a precautionary financial assistance with the EU and the IMF which necessitates the resolution of the issues raised in the infringement procedure related to the Magyar Nemzeti Bank.

Viktor Orbán has talks with Speaker of the Australian parliament

Prime Minister’s Office, April 18, 2012 11:13 AM

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks in his office with Peter Slipper, the Speaker of the Australian legislature, who recently organised a Hungarian evening in the Australian parliament.