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Hungary provides funding for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 14, 2013 4:16 PM

Hungary is to provide funding to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation as part of the Holocaust Memorial Year in Hungary in 2014, and will also take part in the Foundation's International Committee.

Vietnamese president to visit Hungary in September

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 14, 2013 11:12 AM

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang is scheduled to arrive in Hungary on September 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary announced on 13 August 2013.

Hungary’s second quarter GDP up by 0.5 percent year-on-year

Ministry for National Economy, August 14, 2013 10:50 AM

According to preliminary data by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), in the second quarter of 2013 the Hungarian economy expanded by 0.5 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year. This figure is in line with analysts’ prior estimates (0.5-0.6 percent). These statistics therefore confirm that Hungary has emerged from the recession in a technical sense.

Closing premature infant ward in Miskolc “not necessary”

Ministry of Human Resources, August 13, 2013 5:37 PM

The closing of the premature infant ward of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hospital is not necessary, Minister of State for Healthcare Miklós Szócska stated at a press conference in Miskolc. On Monday, the Prime Minister ordered a special inquiry into the recent deaths of eight premature babies at the hospital. The incidents occurred between August 5 and 10.

The Government of Hungary consistently supports the democratically articulated demands of the Hungarian community in Romania

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 13, 2013 4:36 PM

Following the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Ambassador Oszkár Füzes presented the position of the Government of Hungary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania concerning the questions raised by Romanian President Traian Băsescu at a summer free university gathering in Izvoru Mureșului.

Visegrád 4 prime ministerial meeting postponed

Prime Minister’s Office, August 13, 2013 1:23 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed to postpone the prime ministerial meeting of the Visegrád Four countries scheduled originally for August 24 in Hungary, his Press Chief Bertalan Havasi announced on Saturday.

Action plan to avoid losing EU funds

Prime Minister’s Office, August 12, 2013 5:38 PM

As of 1 August 2013, the utilisation of EU development funds will be supervised by the Prime Minister’s Office instead of the Ministry of National Development, as the adequate utilisation of EU funds totalling some HUF 6000 billion (EUR 20 billion) in the 2014-2020 period necessitates a new institutional system.

IMF loan to Hungary fully repaid

Ministry for National Economy, August 12, 2013 12:29 PM

The Government has redeemed the remainder of outstanding debt owed to the International Monetary Fund in three foreign currencies, US dollars, Euros and British pounds, as required by the institution. The Government Debt Management Agency transferred USD 1.7bn, EUR 570 million and GBP 255 million for the early repayment. The amount of unutilised loan and proceeds from the USD-denominated government bond issuance at the beginning of February as well as those from the Premium Euro Hungarian Government Bond auction had been available to cover the transaction; accordingly, no additional bond issuance was necessary.

Deputy State Secretary Szabolcs Takács: The Year of Central Europe in Hungarian Foreign Policy continues

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 12, 2013 12:27 PM

Szabolcs Takács, Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declared that since Hungary holds the rotating presidency for the Central European Initiative (CEI) in 2013 and for the Visegrád Four Group (V4) in 2013-2014, this year and the following year are years of Central Europe in Hungarian foreign policy.

Hungarian Government committed to the principles of Hungarian-Romanian strategic partnership

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 12, 2013 12:26 PM

In relation to the press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania on August 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary declares that Jobbik is an opposition party in Hungary, and so it does not take part in the work of the Hungarian Government in any way and it does not share any responsibility with the Hungarian Government.