Public road sections of almost 3000 km in Hungary undergo accident risk surveys and analyses within the framework of the SENSOR (South East Neighbourhood Safe Routes) project financed by the European Union. Based on the findings of the review carried out with a uniform methodology, the Hungarian expert group is to make proposals on low-budget transport technical interventions. The international initiative aimed at significantly raising the standard of traffic safety along the national public road network was presented at a press conference in Budapest on 9 April 2014.
The Government is to start creating conditions for an industrial overhead reduction and, in relation to this, will set up a non-profit public utility company. The necessary legislation is expected to be passed in Parliament by the end of this year, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh announced at a press conference evaluating the results of the MVM Group in the past four years in Budapest on Tuesday.
The transatlantic unity must be strengthened, and trust between the two shores of the Atlantic must be increased – Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said at a memorial meeting of the Hungarian Atlantic Council held in Budapest on Tuesday, April 8. In his speech, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende stressed that the third Orbán Cabinet is going to be a reliable and strong partner of its allies.
The general government budget balance in the first quarter of 2014 was in line with the Government’s prior expectations. The central sub sector of the state budget posted a deficit of HUF 701.2bn in the initial three months of 2014.
Between 7 and 11 April 2014 a joint operation is going to take place on the Danube with ten participating countries, initiated by the Ministry of Interior of Hungary.
A commemoration was held on Tuesday in the 8th district on the occasion of the International Roma Day. The event was attended by Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State for Social Inclusion of the Ministry of Human Resources.
The Ministry of Rural Development is hosting a three-day session of the UN Working Group that is meeting for the 10th time to discuss capacity expansion issues relating to the Cartagena Protocol on the cross-border transport of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Experts arriving for the meeting from 13 different countries were welcomed by Deputy State Secretary for Parliamentary, Social and International Relations Katalin Tóth.
"The Ministry of Rural Development is aiming to support an increase in pig stocks and in the domestic consumption of Hungarian pork through the introduction of the Outstanding Quality Pork (KMS) trademark" Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy Zsolt Feldman announced in Budapest.
The victims of communism must be set as an example to the society, because they have dared to defy dictatorship – said Bence Rétvári, Minister of State of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice on Friday at the premiere of the book ‘Gellert Conferences – Presentations on the crimes of communism’ in Budapest.
Fidesz has been given a clear mandate to continue its work, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference on Monday. He stated that voters had rejected hatred and leaving the European Union and said yes to the new public administration system, new economic policies and governance by a people's party.