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Hungary-Serbia cooperation to focus on institutional reform, says Deputy Prime Minister

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, May 13, 2013 5:02 PM

Hungary trusts that it will develop cooperation with Serbia focusing on the reform of their institutions, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Tibor Navracsics said after talks with Suzana Grubjesic, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European integration, in Budapest on Monday.

Closing of Australian embassy in Budapest will not impact excellent bilateral relations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 13, 2013 4:58 PM

Australia will close its embassy in Budapest as part of budget cuts for foreign affairs, Australian media reported on Monday, citing the AAP news agency. The reaction of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was that bilateral relations would be maintained at the currently excellent level. The Australian Government is expected to announce austerity measures worth billions of dollars to reduce Australia's deficit on Tuesday, the reports said. Foreign Minister Bob Carr told ABC radio on Monday that his department will also implement measures to share cutbacks. "The most significant one is closing one embassy; that's the embassy in Budapest," he said.

Minister Martonyi: the Association Agreement with Ukraine is important

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 13, 2013 4:57 PM

Signing the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine at the Vilnius Summit in November is also important for the future of the Eastern Partnership – said the Hungarian Foreign Minister at the opening of the 6th EU-Ukraine Forum in Budapest on May 13.

State Secretary Németh: Hungary committed to EU expansion in the Western Balkans

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 13, 2013 4:10 PM

Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declared before the Hungarian Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs that Hungary was committed to continuing EU expansion in the Western Balkans and that it wanted to advance its national interests through the European integration process.

Minister Martonyi: it is important to begin accession talks with Serbia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 13, 2013 2:35 PM

Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared that it was a European as well as a Central European and Hungarian interest that the European Council make a decision about when accession negotiations with Serbia should begin.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Helsinki

Prime Minister’s Office, May 13, 2013 2:28 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is on a one-day official visit to Finland. The Prime Minister gave a lecture entitled The future of Europe at the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki, and will later meet with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and President Sauli Niinistö.

Counties to obtain more EU funding

Ministry for National Economy, May 13, 2013 12:52 PM

Funds with predetermined budgets will be allocated from EU funding within an independent operative programme for regional and urban development and these will be made available to counties and cities with county rights to spend on their own economic development projects, Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Parliamentary Affairs Zoltán Cséfalvay said in Nagykanizsa.

57 thousand people are already participating in Start work schemes

Ministry for National Economy, May 13, 2013 12:49 PM

Currently, there are 135 thousand people in public work schemes, and 57 thousand of them are employed within the Start model programme, Minister of State for Employment at the Ministry for National Economy said in Monostorpályi on Friday.

Hungarian national budget will allocate sum for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 13, 2013 12:00 PM

Hungary’s contribution to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, set up to support the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, will be incorporated into the 2014 national budget according to current plans – said Gábor Kaleta, Head of the Press Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The task of the Foundation is to amass a sum of €120 million for the Perpetual Fund.

Address by Minister of State Németh at the Presentation of the Book “The Unfinished Peace”

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 13, 2013 9:11 AM

Address by Zsolt Németh Minister of State for Foreign Affairs at the Presentation of the Book “The Unfinished Peace” Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 3rd May 2013.