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National Road Reconstruction Programme Under Way

Ministry of National Development, April 22, 2013 4:07 PM

“The Government aims to carry out the reconstruction of the national public road network in the medium term with the necessary funds” said Pál Völner, state secretary of infrastructure on 17 April 2013 in Bajna, at the opening event of the reconstruction of the connecting road between Tát, Tarján and Tatabánya.

NER300 Preliminary Qualification Tender for Innovative Projects

Ministry of National Development, April 22, 2013 4:05 PM

In the framework of the NER300 programme, the European Commission supports innovative projects aimed at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide, the recovery of renewable energy and the development of intelligent networks. Only a limited number of tenders may be submitted per Member State in the framework of the Commission’s call for tenders, therefore the Ministry of National Development is launching a preliminary qualification tender.

The Hungarian State is Selling Its Last EUA Units

Ministry of National Development, April 22, 2013 4:04 PM

In the framework of the supplementary agreement concluded on 11 April 2013 between the Ministry of National Development and the Leipzig based European Energy Exchange (EEX), the Hungarian State will sell all of its remaining European units of account (EUA) in April of this year, as approved by the European Commission.

US still tied to Europe through economic interests, says Zsolt Németh

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 22, 2013 2:59 PM

The United States is a major player is global politics, yet the close American-European alliance remains important, especially with regard to security policy – said Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh at a conference on US-Hungarian relations.

János Martonyi calls for a more powerful European foreign and security policy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 22, 2013 1:10 PM

On the first day of the forum, the foreign ministers of the Visegrad countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – adopted a joint declaration highlighting the growing importance of their V4 cooperation.

Zsolt Németh welcomes Serbia-Kosovo agreement

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 22, 2013 11:59 AM

Minister of State Zsolt Németh welcomed the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo concluded during his visit in Romania.

Consultations with global financial institutions

Ministry for National Economy, April 22, 2013 11:28 AM

In Washington, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga met with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to discuss cooperation options on technical issues. He also held talks with Switzerland’s Economy Minister Johann Scheideer-Ammann about the liberalization of the Swiss labour market with regard to Hungarian jobseekers, in addition to which he sought information about accounts held by Hungarians in Switzerland.

US-Backed Conference on National Park Protection Begins

Ministry of Rural Development, April 22, 2013 10:59 AM

A 5-day professional conference on the protection of National Parks and the more effective prevention and management of fires on their territory began today in Balatonöszöd with the participation of eight countries and the expert and financial backing of the United States.

EUFOR Exercise with Hungarian Participation in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Ministry of Defence, April 22, 2013 8:06 AM

Hungarian, British, Austrian, Turkish and local forces are jointly exercising the use of EUFOR’s new force structure, which has been augmented with the Intermediate Reserves Forces, EUFOR Chief of Staff Brig.-Gen. József Szpisják told Hungarian News Agency MTI on Thursday, April 18.

Prime Minister: We reject the application of any kind of double standard

Prime Minister’s Office, April 20, 2013 3:02 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave an interview to Spanish daily El Mundo, in which he talked about the importance of Christian values in society, the ethnic and religious minorities as constructive elements of the state, and the necessity of more just treatment for Hungary on the part of the European Union.