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Zsolt Németh: the advancement of national interests has been more successful since 2010

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 1, 2014 12:46 PM

"The most significant difference between Hungary’s current foreign policy and the one practiced before 2010 is that the advancement of national interests has been more successful", MFA State Secretary Zsolt Németh declared at the Hungarian Institute for International Affairs on 31 March 2014.

Emirates airlines sets up customer service centre in Budapest

Prime Minister’s Office, March 31, 2014 5:41 PM

Emirates airlines plans to set up a customer service centre in Budapest with an investment of several million dollars, which is expected to employ 300 people, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on Monday.

ESA state budget deficit 2.2 percent in 2013

Ministry for National Economy, March 31, 2014 5:35 PM

According to preliminary data, the deficit of the general government budget, calculated in accordance with EU methodology, was 2.2 percent of GDP last year, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference as the Government of Hungary has sent a report of last year’s budget data to the European Union.

Police officer training linked to the use of child-friendly hearing rooms ended successfully

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, March 31, 2014 5:09 PM

The police officer training program associated with the use of child-friendly hearing rooms for interviewing abused children with mental disabilities has ended successfully. The training was launched by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice in collaboration with the Hungarian Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability (ÉFOÉSZ for short in Hungarian) and the Ministry of Interior in order to make the work of the police officers easier when interrogating children, whether they are entering the judiciary system as victims or as perpetrators, because telling the trauma they suffered is much more difficult for them.

Memorial building inaugurated in honour of Márton Kerecsendi-Kiss in Bicske

Ministry of Human Resources, March 31, 2014 5:02 PM

A memorial house was inaugurated in honour of Márton Kerecsendi-Kiss on Friday in Bicske in County Fejér. The late poet, writer and teacher operated Hungary’s first Roma school in this building from 1938.

The success of the economy is based on the achievements of industrial innovation

Prime Minister’s Office, March 31, 2014 4:35 PM

"The achievements of Hungarian SMEs in industrial innovation are the foundations for the long term success of the Hungarian economy", State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Csepreg, Vas County, at the inauguration of the new 5300m2 plant of Uniriv Limited, realised at a cost HUF 483 million, HUF 192 million of which were provided within the framework of the New Széchényi Plan (ÚSZT) economic stimulus policy.

Minister Martonyi: Hungary fully supports sanctions against Russia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 31, 2014 4:04 PM

The Hungarian Government will give its full support to any sanctions approved by the European Union against Russia in connection with the crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said on CNN on Sunday.
Hungary's policies are in line with its European partners, János Martonyi stated on a programme in which he appeared with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on international news channel CNN. The Hungarian Foreign Minister was asked why Hungary had expressed concern and even possible opposition to sanctions and whether this was in connection with Hungary's wide range of trade relations with Russia.

Junior school programmes in the Hungarian diaspora continues in Vojvodina

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, March 31, 2014 4:00 PM

After Upper Hungary, Transylvania and Prekmurje, the Carpathian Basin-wide demonstration tour of the programme called ‘Year 2014 for Junior School in the Hungarian Diaspora’ carries on in Vojvodina this week; organized by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice. The programme was presented by Zsuzsanna Répás, Deputy Minister of State for Hungarian Communities Abroad in Subotica this Monday.

Prime Minister inaugurates new public service university building

Prime Minister’s Office, March 31, 2014 3:00 PM

The reconstructed wing of the former Ludovika Military Academy building in Budapest will serve as the new headquarters for the National University of Public Service, which is relocating there, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration on Monday.

Domestic consumption growth at an eight-year record high in Hungary

Ministry for National Economy, March 31, 2014 11:42 AM

Domestic consumption growth hit an eight-year record high in January, Minister of State for Economic Regulation Kristóf Szatmáry said at a press conference in District XVI of Budapest.