The Hungarian Government concluded a strategic cooperation agreement with the Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday. The agreement was signed by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó and Dinesh P Thampi, Vice-President and General Manager of Tata Consultancy Services' Budapest Service Centre.
Twenty-three out of altogether ninety applications were bestowed the Family-friendly Workplace 2012 title. The awards were handed over in Budapest on Friday.
The anti-corruption task force held another meeting on Friday at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice. At this round of consultations conducted with the participation of civil organisations, including representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce, the Budapest Corvinus University, the Budapest Institute, the Forum of Civic Cooperation, the Council of Geopolitics Foundation, the Magyar Conquest 2000 Society, the Joint Venture Alliance, the K-Monitor Public Association, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Transparency International Hungary and átlásztó.hu, attendees discussed issues concerning the protection of whistleblowers.
On Saturday, January 19 – the seventh anniversary of the Hejce air disaster – a commemoration was held in the village in Borsod-Abaúj Zemplén County. Slovak Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and Hungarian Minister of Defence Csaba Hende were present at the event and thanked all participants of the rescue operation for their work.
Within an alliance, it is natural that we can count on one another and that we share our capabilities with each other, since our security is also shared and indivisible”, Csaba Hende said on several occasions during his three-day visit to the Baltic States, which he paid at the invitation of the defence ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Some 400 thousand visitors will have the opportunity to taste dried buffalo meat, mango-flavoured beer and Hungarian paprika wine at the world's largest agriculture, food industry and gardening exhibition in Berlin this week. This is the 41st time that Hungary is taking part in the International Green Week (Grüne Woche) exhibition and trade fair, this time with a 500 square metre stand. The agricultural diplomacy events linked to the fair affect some 5 billion people.
Der nationalen Gedenktag für die Vertreibung der Ungarndeutschen wurde heute im Rahmen einer staatlichen Gedenkfeier zum ersten Mal veranstaltet. Die Kränze der Erinnerung wurden in Schaumar niedergelegt, eine Siedlung die schwer von diesem dunklen Kapitel unserer gemeinsamen Geschichte betroffen war.
Hungary maintains good relations with the European Union and there are continuous coordination talks despite some disputes over regulations affecting the retirement of judges, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics told Hungarian News Agency MTI in an interview.
Péter Szijjártó, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, praised the fruitful relations that have been built with Arab countries since the change of Government in 2010.
An Italian company, Selex ES produces the 3D NATO radar which is to be installed in Medina. The engineers of the company discussed the details of the implementation in Hungary.