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Teachers' salaries to be raised as of 1 September 2013, Minister Zoltán Balog says

Ministry of Human Resources, July 1, 2013 1:08 PM

The Government has decided to raise the salaries of Hungarian teachers from September 1 this year, Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog announced at a congress of the Teachers’ Trade Union (PSZ).

Travelling to the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix free of charge

Ministry of National Development, July 1, 2013 12:40 PM

With the cooperation of the national transport companies the visitors may travel to the Hungarian Grand Prix free of charge again this year. Within the framework of the programme titled „Egyenesen a Hungaroringre 2” (Straight to Hungaroring 2) with the discount provided by MÁV-START Zrt., GYSEV Zrt., Volánbusz Zrt. and BKK Zrt. the 28th Formula-1 Hungarian Grand Prix will be accessible free of charge from even the remotest point of the country, it was announced on the press conference held at the Hungaroring on 28 June 2013.

Hungarian-Croat cooperation to increase following Croatia’s EU accession

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, July 1, 2013 12:38 PM

Croatia's accession to the European Union will boost cooperation between Hungarians and Croats, and further strengthen the already good relations between the two countries, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said in Pécs on Sunday evening.

Further reduction in household gas and electricity prices in October

Prime Minister’s Office, July 1, 2013 11:56 AM

Hungary will reduce household gas and electricity prices by another 10 percent in October, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference following an EU summit in Brussels on Friday.

Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union

Prime Minister’s Office, July 1, 2013 11:44 AM

10 years after submitting its request for EU accession, Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union.

Five waste deposit sites successfully recultivated in the Karcag area

Ministry of National Development, July 1, 2013 8:18 AM

Five previously closed waste deposit in four settlements in the Karcag sub-region have been successfully recultivated at a cost of HUF 1.3bn, announced László Dobos MP (Fidesz-KDNP), Mayor of Karcag, at the event held in the city to mark the closing of the project.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: Europe would have been stronger had it accepted Croatia sooner

Prime Minister’s Office, June 28, 2013 3:32 PM

"It would have been in the interests of the European Union to accept both Hungary and Croatia as a member state sooner, because it would then also has been much stronger financially when the economic crisis unfolded", stressed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in an interview on Croatian public television (HTV), which aired on Thursday.

The Government continues to stand for the protection of foreign currency debtors

Ministry for National Economy, June 28, 2013 1:34 PM

The European Commission notified Hungary already in December 2011 within an EU Pilot procedure which warns that the Government Decree stipulating that the monthly income of applicants of foreign currency loans shall exceed a sum equivalent of 15 times the amount of official minimum wage, and the income shall be received in the same currency in which the loan is denominated violates EU law.

Unemployment down to 10.5% and 62 thousand more people in employment

Ministry for National Economy, June 28, 2013 1:31 PM

According to the latest flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the total number of people in employment continued to increase in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year.

Hungary now fulfils two euro zone accession criteria

Ministry for National Economy, June 28, 2013 12:52 PM

Hungary has already achieved compliance with two out of the three euro zone accession requirements: those on inflation and the government fiscal deficit, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the general assembly of the Hungarian Association of International Enterprises.