The president of the United Nations General Assembly has appointed Hungary as co-chair, alongside Kenya, of inter-governmental talks on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ambassador of Hungary’s permanent representative said.
Producers of foreign films have spent more than HUF 75 billion (EUR 244 million) in Hungary over the past two years, government commissioner for the film industry Andrew G. Vajna told Magyar Nemzet daily.
The government is ready for a debate with the European Union on the constitutional amendment, the government spokesman told public radio. András Giró-Szász neither confirmed nor denied press reports that the Prime Minister had told participants of last week’s EU summit that he would accept the assessments and observations of the European Commission but not of any member states.
The Arab world, Jordan included, will be among the winners of global economic changes, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a Jordanian-Hungarian forum of about 100 businesspeople in Amman on Monday.
On Monday Hungarian Consul General József Bacskai declared that Hungarian citizens had been insulted on two occasions in Uzhhorod (Ungvár) during the weekend, while the commemorations held to celebrate the Hungarian National Day of March 15 (when the Hungarian War of Independence broke out in 1848) were not upset by any turbulent acts.
European integration and Hungary's participation in it are beneficial to the country in every way, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said at a public event on Monday.
On March 15th 2013, I granted the Táncsics Mihály award to Ferenc Szaniszló on the recommendation of a journalist association. When I made this decision I was not aware of the fact that this person, who used to perform a high quality job as a foreign affairs editor and journalist, had made comments recently that violated human dignity.
Remarks questioning the independence of the Hungarian judiciary by European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding are "outrageous and unacceptable," Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics said in a letter to the commissioner published on Sunday.
Severe weather conditions including snowstorms and gale-force winds affecting most of Europe have reached Hungary. Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér put the police force and disaster management forces, including ambulance services and on high alert on Thursday afternoon in order to ensure a maximum response to the increasingly serious situation.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held an international press conference on Thursday in Brussels, where he travelled to participate on a two-day European Council meeting. He emphasised that Hungary is open to discussion regarding the Fourth Amendment, adding that transparency and debate form the basis of European culture.