The Nabucco Committee held its fourth meeting on 12 April 2013 in Budapest, where the permanent members of the Committee reasserted in a declaration their commitment to the implementation of the Nabucco West project planned for the transmission of natural gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe.
Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár declared that the Government would provide all possible help so that Hungarian wines could become world famous.
In Budapest on Friday, the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law was the subject of discussions between Minister of State for Justice Róbert Répássy and a delegation from the Venice Commission. Mr. Répássy said that a number of the panel members’ questions ‘demonstrated bias.’
Reigniting economic growth in Hungary is of paramount importance and also requires the confidence of enterprises as investing here makes economic sense because profit prospects will be favourable, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga told representatives of large German enterprises with investments in Hungary at a business lunch at the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin.
The Government has learnt with profound sadness of the passing of Annamária Szalai and expresses its deepest sympathy to her family. She endured her long-term, severe illness with patience and dignity.
In 2000, the National Assembly designated 16 April as the Day of Remembrance for Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust. The first such memorial event was held in 2001. This year official Remembrance Day events will take place in Budapest at the Holocaust Memorial Center and the Danube Promenade Holocaust Memorial, and also in the cities of Hódmezővásárhely and Pécs. There will also be a memorial concert in the afternoon at Budapest’s House of Terror Museum.
Among Arab Nations, Algeria is a crucial partner for Hungary, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh said on 11April 2013.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán participated at the foundation stone laying ceremony of leading German brake system manufacturer Knorr-Bremse in Kecskemét (Central Hungary). Within the framework of the greenfield investment, a new plant and a development centre will be constructed on a total of 22 thousand square meters.
Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár declared that according to plans, the M43 motorway stretch between Makó and Hungary's border with Romania would be finished by September, 2014.
Chairman and Chief executive of Wizz Air Hungary Ltd. József Váradi announced that Wizz Air would launch its new route between Budapest and Baku, Azerbaijan on 17 June with two regular flights every week, adding that they expect to transport 30,000 passengers in the first year.