Between January 16 and 18, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende is paying a three-day visit to the Baltic states at the invitation of the defence ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, accompanied by Lt.-Gen. Dr. Zoltán Orosz, the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff.
"Food exports have fallen over the past decades, but pork, poultry and fish have the required animal health certificates and we have now succeeded in regaining our market positions", said the Ministry of Rural Development's State Secretary for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Administration Endre Kardeván at the conference on the agricultural economy organised by Baki Agrocentrum Ltd. in Zalaegerszeg on Monday.
Minister of State for Justice Róbert Répássy had talks today with Slomó Köves, Executive Rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation and his colleagues, attorney-at-law Dr István László Fekete and the representatives of the Action and Protection Foundation, Managing Director Kálmán Szalai and President of the Board Dániel Bodnár, with respect to issues of law application related to the offence of incitement to hatred against identifiable groups. The meeting held at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice was initiated by Slomó Köves.
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Poštovani Gosti, Dame i Gospodo!
Želim Vam se zahvaliti na vašem odazivu na današnje prisjećanje na dvadeset i prvu obljetnicu osnutka diplomatskih odnosa Mađarske i Hrvatske. Bilateralne veze dvije zemlje sustavno se razvijaju od dana kada je Hrvatska proglasila nezavisnost. Odnosi su uzajamno proglašeni odličnim i partnerskim s obje strane.
A photo exhibition entitled „Images of Croatia” was opened January 15, in the building of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Hungary and Croatia. The exhibition will also be displayed at other venues in the country.
Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle met with actress Andrea Osvárt, the „face” of the current Hungarian-Italian cultural season, which includes concerts, exhibitions, performances, film screenings and book presentations which will be held in six Hungarian and eight Italian cities.
In October 2013, Hungary will host an international conference on water with the participation of UN member nations and institutions, and all related economic and social players (The Budapest World Water Summit). Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas has appointed Chief Advisor István Teplán Ministerial Commissioner to represent the Ministry in the preparation and organisation of the conference, and to serve as Vice-President of the Inter-ministerial Preparatory Committee.
In order to stimulate growth, the Government aims to motivate capital investments, Minister of State for Taxation and Financial Affairs Gyula Pleschinger said at an economic conference held in Vienna on Tuesday.
As from January 15, Col. Tamás Sándor, the commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Special Operations Contingent fills the position of deputy chief of staff for operations and intelligence at the headquarters of Task Force 10, which directs the special operations forces (SOF) units in Afghanistan.
The history of a community, a nation is the history of belonging of the people living in it, so it is important that every generation should know what our predecessors had undergone – the Minister of Defence said in Csepel during a commemoration held to mark the 70th anniversary of the Don catastrophe on January 14.