Swiss-Hungarian businessman Bahcar Najari acquired a 74.5% ownership share in Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt, after the agreement relating to the transfer of shares was signed in Pécs on Friday.
On Friday, February 15 on the range of Khilagay, the EOD technicians serving with the 13th rotation of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) destroyed by blasting a truckload of expired ammunition which was unfit for airlift. (Report from the spot).
The Hungarian–US Military Advisory Team (MAT) finished its last joint operation with the Afghan National Army (ANA) on February 14. During the three-day patrol, the around 180 Hungarian, US and Afghan soldiers and policemen combed four valleys where – according to intelligence – groups of insurgents and gunmen were reported to be hiding. (Report from the spot).
Topics of discussion at the 10th Session of the French-Hungarian Agriculture and Rural Development Workgroup in Paris included the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and opportunities for important bilateral cooperation. Communiqué.
"Gene preservation is a national issue and the plant varieties found in the Plant Diversity Centre are national treasures", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said at a press conference at the institute in Tápiószele on Friday.
The Government of Hungary concluded a strategic partnership agreement with National Instruments Hungary Kft (NI Hungary), the market leader in measurement and control technology. This has been the 15th such partnership finalized with a multinational company based abroad. The contract was signed at the Debrecen headquarters of NI Hungary by Minister of State at the Ministry for National Economy Zoltán Cséfalvay and Chief Executive Officer of NI Hungary László Ábrahám.
As a result of the dialogue conducted with the EU and the Council of Europe, the rules relating to the conditions of the appointment and election of the President of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (Authority) and the Media Council, respectively, the nomination procedure, the person making the appointment and repeated appointment will change.
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin participated at the conference entitled Internet 2013: Shaping policies to advance media freedom; organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria.
On the sidelines of talks in La Paz February 14, 2013, Minister of State Enikő Győri visited Előd Tóásó, a Hungarian national imprisoned in Bolivia.
Hungary's position on Iran has not changed: the international community should be given the chance to make sure that the Iranian nuclear programme serves peaceful purposes, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry stated on Thursday.