A softening is expected in sharply toned statements that are straining the relationship between Hungary and Romania, said Foreign Minister János Martonyi, who completed his official visit to Romania on 5 March 2013.
Providing clean drinking water is the responsibility of municipalities; however, the Hungarian government is ready to do everything in order to help them to fulfil their duties fully – said Minister of State András Tállai at the opening ceremony of the project entitled “Tracking Municipal Development Projects”.
Having attended a ceremony closing the activity of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT), Maj.-Gen. László Domján, the commander of the HDF Joint Force Command (HDF JFC) continued his tour in Afghanistan with visiting the contingents of the Hungarian Defence Forces deployed in Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif, where he informed himself about the current tasks and met the personnel serving there. (Reporting from the spot)
The Prime Ministers of the Visegrad 4 countries, including Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, are to hold negotiations in Visegrád, at which Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande will also be present
The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economy Relations of the Prime Minister's Office received Minister of State Cornelia Pieper of the German Federal Foreign Office on Tuesday, the Ministry of State's Chief Press Officer told Hungarian news agency MTI.
Mihály Varga has explained his views on Hungarian economic policy targets at hearings in the Parliament’s education and employment committees taking place yesterday and continuing today. The hearings took place prior to the Minister’s official appointment at the helm of the National Economy Ministry in a new post merging with his earlier position as chief negotiator with the IMF. The committees endorsed Varga’s nomination to replace György Matolcsy, who will be head of the central bank.
Brazil's Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Marcelo Crivella is on an official visit to Hungary at the invitation of Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas. At their meeting today, the two Ministers discussed opportunities for bilateral relations in fish management, with special attention to the sharing of Hungary's wide experience and professional knowledge within the field of freshwater fish production.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has appointed State Secretary Péter Szijjártó as Governmental Commissioner for the development of Hungarian-Russian and Hungarian-Chinese economic relations.
Hungary's Foreign Minister János Martonyi, who is paying a two-day official visit to Romania, met his Romanian counterpart Titus Corlatean in Bucharest. The Ministers discussed differences regarding the recent Romanian ban of the Szekely flag on public buildings. They agreed cooperation should take the sensitivities of both sides and the rights of ethnic communities and European norms pertaining to national minorities into consideration.
On February 28, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende held talks in Beirut on the development of military relations between Lebanon and Hungary, and met the Hungarian soldiers deployed in the Middle Eastern country as well.