If there is such a request, Hungary stands ready to continue its presence in Afghanistan after 2014, the end of the mandate of NATO’s current mission, President of Hungary János Áder said after his discussions with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the NATO Headquarters, Brussels on Thursday, January 17. The NATO Secretary General called Hungary “a dependable ally”.
In public Kossuth Rádió's morning show “180 minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán envisaged growth for Hungary in 2013. In the interview, topics including the new Governor of the National Bank of Hungary or voters’ pre-registration were touched upon.
The Government wants to put an end to capital circumventing the Hungarian tax system, Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said on public television on Thursday.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog and Swedish Minister for Integration Erik Ullenhag presented this year's Wallenberg Awards at Budapest's Holocaust Memorial Centre on Thursday.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén received the officials of the European Jewish Parliament, who are on a visit to Hungary.
"2014, Holocaust commemoration year, must be the year of confronting the past and asking for forgiveness" the State Secretary heading the Prime Minister's Office told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday following the founding session of the Holocaust Memorial Committee. According to János Lázár, facing the past means the incorporating into law of the command to remember and the prohibition of forgetting, while asking for forgiveness must be made part of the national identity.
The Hungarian Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee held its founding session today. The Government set up the body, which is responsible for preparing the commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Hungarian Jews in 2014.
There will be state-funded places available at the 16 faculties as opposed to previous plans, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog announced following a two and a half hour consultation with representatives of the National Union of Students (HÖOK).
Upon the request of the President of Mali, and in agreement with the UN Security Council Resolution 2085, on January 11, 2013 France launched a military operation to stop the advancement of the Islamist militants who control the northern part of Mali.
Under the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, an Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting was held in Dublin on 17 January 2013. State Secretary Károly Kontrát acted as the head of the Hungarian delegation.