Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin held a lecture in the Parliament building for former Danish Minister of Tax, Trade and Industry Ole Stavad and former Danish Members of Parliament.
“We must generate the national rotary-wing capability, which means the creation of an economically operated and modern fleet meeting the challenges of the 21st century” – Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said in Budapest on May 22.
The Prime Minister reiterated at a press briefing following an EU summit of heads of state and heads of government in Brussels that the Hungarian Government has no disputes whatsoever with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, nor does the governing Fidesz party with Germany's ruling CDU party.
Hungary supports the idea of creating an integrated EU energy market, but not price liberalisation until the smooth and efficient functioning of this market – said Minister of State responsible for EU Affairs Enikő Győri, after attending the meeting of the EU Ministers of European Affairs on 21 May 2013.
The expansion of the Oroszlány (Central Transdanubia) factory of American turbocharger manufacturer BorgWarner is worth over HUF 8 billion (EUR 27.7 million). The new production hall was inaugurated by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó.
Hungary will be performing the duties of Coordinator and acting as Co-President of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) for the next two years. On May 21, the members states of the CTBTO named Hungary and Indonesia to be Co-Presidents of the Organization between 2013 and 2015.
Average net wages – excluding family tax allowances -- increased at above the rate of inflation in January-March 2013, by 4.2 percent year-on-year.
The strategic agreement was signed by State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó and Sanofi CEO Christophe Gourlet. The State Secretary declared that beside its economic strategy of Opening Towards the East, Hungary aims to maintain a closer cooperation with large multinational companies.
The laws of the European Union and its individual Member States should be brought into balance, with the various constitutional and political structures of members being respected, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said May 21 at the international conference in Budapest, entitled “The Enforcement of EU Law against Member States”.
It is with regret that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary has become aware of those political statements that show a clear misunderstanding of the remark made by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his radio interview on May 17, 2013. The Hungarian Prime Minister reacted to the suggestion made by Peer Steinbrück, in which the leader of the social democrats raised the possibility of excluding Hungary from the European Union.