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Nationality Award of Békés County Council granted for assisting national minorities

Ministry of Human Resources, December 6, 2013 1:43 PM

The Békés County Minorities' Day is organised at the end of every year by the County Council of Békés. Individual contributions to bettering the life of minorities living in the county are recognised at the event. This year, the awards were presented by Deputy State Secretary responsible for National Minority and Civil Society Affairs Csaba Latorcai, on 6th December in Csabacsűd.

Hungarian Ministries work to develop a Carpathian Basin Knowledge Area

Ministry of Rural Development, December 6, 2013 1:39 PM

The Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Human Resources have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at achieving cooperation between Hungarian farmers within the whole Carpathian Basin, which would make the Carpathian Basin an internationally important Hungarian education and economy knowledge centre.

Quince-Pear brandy becomes Hungary's Pálinka of the Year

Ministry of Rural Development, December 6, 2013 1:22 PM

A quince-pear brandy produced by the Brill Pálinka Distillery has won the title of Hungary's Best Pálinka in 2013. A bottle of the winning schnapps was placed in a display cabinet among former winning distilled spirits at the Hungarian Museum of Agriculture during Saint Michael Pálinka Festival celebrations on Thursday.

Council of EU Ministers of Interior meet in Brussels

Ministry of Interior, December 6, 2013 12:25 PM

The Council of the EU ministers of interior was held in Brussels on Thursday. The Hungarian delegation was led by Parliamentary State Secretary Károly Kontrát.

Development policy will change radically

Prime Minister’s Office, December 6, 2013 12:21 PM

Three years after the change of government, radical changes will be implemented in development policy, Deputy State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Nándor Csepreghy announced at a press conference on Thursday in Győr.

Schools at the forefront of volunteer work

Ministry of Human Resources, December 6, 2013 11:34 AM

International Volunteer Day was established by the United Nations’ General Assembly through Resolution of 17 December 1985. The Resolution of 26 November 2002 adopted by the General Assembly of the international organisation calls upon national governments to support volunteering as a strategic instrument of economic and social recovery. It is not only the world organisation that pays special attention to the importance of volunteering, but it is strongly supported also at European level; 2011 was designated as the European Year of Volunteering by the European Union.

Investing in Hungary is worth it

Ministry for National Economy, December 6, 2013 11:26 AM

On visiting the Budapest Stock Exchange to celebrate the launching of the Xetra trading system, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said that as parallel to the economic rebound the profit outlook is also improving it is worth investing in the Hungarian economy.

Zoltán Cséfalvay: start-ups are the future!

Ministry for National Economy, December 6, 2013 10:01 AM

Minister of State for Parliament and Economic Strategy Zoltán Cséfalvay stated at a conference organized by economic news website Napi.hu that start-ups will be the catalysts of economic growth.

Concluding partnership agreements was a good Government decision

Ministry for National Economy, December 6, 2013 9:36 AM

Last year’s Government decision which elevated partnership between the Government and large companies operating in Hungary to a new level was right, Mihály Varga stated at the ceremony for signing a Strategic Partnership Agreement between Scheider Electric and the Government of Hungary at the French company’s logistics centre in Szigetszentmiklós.

Political Director Takács received scholars from the University of Banja Luka

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 6, 2013 8:12 AM

A group of around 200 students and professors, undertaking a two-day long study visit, arrived in Budapest from the University of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) with the aim to explore the possibilities of launching scientific cooperation with Hungarian higher education institutions.