The reply of Dr. Tibor Navracsics to the Vice President of the European Commission.
Act CLXXXV of 2010.
The Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran accredited to the UN in Vienna addressed a letter to several representations in Vienna, among them the delegation of the European Union and the Hungarian delegation, inviting the addressees to participate in a visit to unspecified Iranian nuclear facilities in January 2011.
A Volunteer Reserve System was established in Hungary on 1 January, 2011. At fifty-seven barracks and military establishments of the HDF security guards have been replaced by reservists. The Hungarian Defence Forces have started to set up a Volunteer Reserve Force with the authorization of the Parliament.
Fourteen soldiers took the oath at the barracks of HDF 5th ‘Istvan Bocskai’ Infantry Brigade on January 2. After the Changing of the Guard Ceremony the reservists took over service. The event was opened by Brigadier General Gábor Böröndi, Commander of HDF 5th Istvan Bocskai Infantry Brigade.
Sixty-nine reservists have entered into service at the barracks of HDF12th Arrabona Anti Aircraft Missile Regiment.
Reply to the criticisms expressed by the international media against the Media Act.
Heads of state and government, actors and sportsmen have travelled to Afghanistan to visit the troops from their homeland recently.
Criticism 1: The proposed levying of high fines may create the opportunity for the government to exert pressure on Hungarian media. The proposed legislation would allow sanctioning of the heads of the outlets violating the law (head or editor-in-chief of the publisher) as well. The National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT) also applied the sanctions of fines and temporary suspension of broadcasting - it did not, however, terminate the broadcasting right of outlets. Why was this drastic step needed?
Minister of Defence travelled to Afghanistan to visit the Hungarian soldiers on mission and conduct talks with the Provincial Governor.
Ten new American Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are to be delivered to the HDF shortly. The new MRAPs to be used in Afghanistan are effective against roadside bomb attacks, Minister of Defence said.
Dr Zoltán József Tóth, Deputy State Secretary for Legal Affairs and Administration, MoD and Major General József Kovács, Commander of HDF Joint Force Command paid a four-day visit to the Hungarian Contingent of HDF UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on 9 December. The delegation was received by Rear Admiral Mario Sánchez Debernardi, Commander of UNFICYP.
Government passed resolution 1148/2010. (VII. 8.) on the reconstruction of the buildings damaged in the extreme weather of May-June, 2010.
Since the amendment of the infringement act in August, the number of shop-lifting fell by 40 percent, according to the feedback of traders working in large towns – said Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior, at the annual evaluation presidency meeting of the National Militia Association (NMA) on Friday.
The Ministry of Interior improves the crime prevention system in a measure of two billion Forints at several levels in the frame of the New Hungary Development Plan Social Renewal Operative Program accentuated project (TÁMOP 5.6.2).
A delegation headed by Administrative State Secretary Lajos Fodor visited the troops stationed in the Balkans from 14 to 17 December. During his stay Lajos Fodor had talks with Deputy Minister of Defence of Bosnia Herzegovina Mrs Marina Pendes and met the Commander of Sarajevo EUFOR HQ and the Multinational Battle Group-West.
On 14 December 2010 Pál Völner, Secretary of State for the Hungarian Minister of National Development, held talks in Paris with Thierry Mariani, Secretary of State for Transport for the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing, to discuss the programme and priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency.
The Ministry of Interior supports the Hungarian crime prevention program with two billion forints.
On 16 December 2010 the Ministry of Interior organized a Christmas celebration to orphans and widows of those who died while serving their country.
3-3 prize-winners received the Károly Kós architecture prizes in individual and corporate category in Duna Palace of Budapest. The acknowledgements were given by Péter Szaló Dr., country planning and building affairs deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Interior.
The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) was concluded with an agreement on 10 December 2010. With the adoption and signing of the agreements drafted by the working groups, the participating member states ratified the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol and declared the necessity of drafting a new climate treaty. The adopted documents also set out the commitments of the United States and developing countries relating to climate policy and the reduction of greenhouse gases. The Hungarian delegation was led by Péter Olajos, deputy state secretary of the Ministry of National Development responsible for the development of the green economy and climate policy. The Hungarian delegation included several climate policy experts of the ministry.
The leadership and diplomatic corps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary was shocked to hear the sad news of the death of Presidential special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke.
Minister of Defence of the Hungarian Republic Dr Csaba Hende participated in the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU in Brussels on 9 December.
Pál Völner, state secretary of the Ministry of National Development, met British Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond in the spirit of the preparation for the EU presidency on 9 December 2010 in London.
One of the most important goals of the National Collaboration Government established in May 2010 is the development of Hungarian rural areas, and, at the same time, the regaining of respect for rural life. The affairs of Hungarian rural regions and agriculture are not only the problems of those living in villages and involved with agricultural production, but the whole of society shares in the successes and failures of rural areas. Deviating from previous years the present government is setting a fundamentally new direction for the development of agriculture, it is primarily promoting the development of small and medium sized family enterprises.
The Márai program to be financed from a HUF 1 bn budget will start in January 2011, the target of which is to support the publication, distribution and presence in libraries of literary and educational works – announced Géza Szőcs, under-secretary responsible for culture and Marcell Jankovics, president of the commission of the National Cultural Fund on Thursday.
It is indispensable for Hungary's renewal that corruption is recognized as a common enemy. In recent years, unpunished and systemic corruption and its toleration has had a major role in the development of the country's financial and economic situation, and in the degradation of everyday moral standards and trust in society. The government which came to power in May is committed to raising the level of trust in the state, and it will ensure responsible management of national assets and public funds, the exposure of corruption, and the prosecution of those found guilty of criminal malpractice.
The troops stationed at Camp Nothing Hill were visited by Colonel Carlo Emiliani, the newly appointed Commander of the Multinational Battle Group-West, MNBG-W, Lieutenant Colonel Boris Rutar, Deputy Commander of MNBG-W and Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Del Lungo, Commander of the Italian manoeuvre company.
According to the announcement by the Prime Minister’s Office, in the 2011 budget the Government will increase the subsidies to sports to more than one and a half times as high as compared to the present sports budget of HUF 16 billion.
Effective as of 3 December 2010, the Minister for national development, Tamás Fellegi has been appointed Government Commissioner for Hungarian-Chinese Economic Relations for a term of 18 months.