The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary conveys its condolences to the families of the victims of last week’s terrorist attack in Amenas, Algeria, which ended with the death of several. Hungary deeply condemns senseless violence and all forms of terrorism.
Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle attended the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) on 21-22 January 2013 and held talks with CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Secretary General of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Wojciech Sawicki, with representatives of the Venice Commission as well as with the rapporteurs of the CoE Monitoring Committee and secretariat staff.
On Friday, January 25 Hans Niessl, the governor of Burgerland, Austria and Minister of Defence Csaba Hende met in Szombathely to discuss cross-border cooperation and the development of traffic infrastructure between the two countries.
The official negotiations on handing over Camp Pannonia in Pol-e Khomri, Afghanistan have started on January 23. “We have reached another stage in handing over responsibility for security, which is nothing else but the fourth phase of transition”, Commander Col. Antal Sipos stressed at the press conference.
68 years ago today, the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau were liberated. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hungarian Government pays its respects to the victims. The painful anniversary compels every good-hearted Hungarian to pay their tributes
The Mercedes factory in Kecskemét has combined two success stories: a traditional one that Mercedes itself represents, and a new one, the European success story which is the renewal of the Hungarian economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the official launch of the new Mercedes CLA at the company's Hungarian plant today.
Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary for International Communications, today hosted a working lunch with a delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism (ICCA), an organization bringing together Parliamentarians from around the world to lead the fight global against anti-Semitism. During their visit to Hungary, the delegation held talks with Hungarian government and party officials.
The Prime Minister will travel to Moscow for a one-day official visit on January 31, on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among others, the topics on the meeting's agenda will include energy cooperation in relation to the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline that began on 7 December 2012 in Anapa, southern Russia. The pipeline will transport gas from Anapa via the Black Sea, Bulgaria and Serbia to Hungary, Slovenia and Italy.
Earlier today Hungary has transferred 607 million EUR as loan prepayment to the International Monetary Fund due on 12 February 2013. By paying more than two weeks prior to maturity, market risks associated with repaying the IMF loan are eliminated.
In the initial eleven months of 2012 sales of food, beverages and tobacco products declined by only 0.6 percent year-on-year in an unfavourable global economic climate. In the eleventh month of last year, however, this retail sub sector registered a decrease of 2 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year (2011). Year-on-year, sales of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetics articles and second hand products as well as those of mail order services providers continued to increase.