The inaugural sitting has taken place of the Human Rights Roundtable, which will have a major role in the preparation of Hungary’s Human Rights Report. The Roundtable has been set up the Human Rights Working Group, which operates as an advisory body to the Government. Forty-five civil society organisations active in the field of human rights – several of them recognised internationally – are taking part in the Roundtable’s work. Next year thematic meetings will focus on twelve major areas.
Hungary has successfully asserted its interests concerning the European Union's planned banking union at an EU summit in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference following the summit.
At a conference in Veszprém on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said we that we must rediscover and redefine Central Europe.
Conditions under which non-Eurozone countries may join the new European banking supervisory system are appropriate, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday.
Hungary welcomes the fact that European Union finance ministers now see eye-to-eye concerning the community's planned banking union, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said on Thursday at a press conference on the annual assessment of Hungary’s diplomatic relations.
Favourable trends have continued recently on the Hungarian government securities market. In the past six months yields have come down, forint-denominated government securities holdings of non-residents have reached a historic high and the stock of government securities held by households has doubled this year. Along with favourable international trends the improvement of risk perception regarding Hungary, also reflected by falling CDS premia, has also largely contributed to the aforementioned positive tendencies.
The Aviation Authority has launched administrative proceedings to investigate the circumstances of a technical fault that forced Liszt Ferenc International Airport to shut down on 7 December.
More than 70 tons of food, distributed into 2012 packages, will be given to people in need by the Ministry of National Economy within the framework of the Producers for Families Program.
The Wallenberg Memorial Committee, which was responsible for the coordination of the activities of the Wallenberg Year in Hungary, has held its final session on December 11.
Hungary is urging for progress on EU enlargement and would also like if EU members would offer tangible prospects for countries in the Western Balkans on their paths of integration – said Minister of State responsible for EU Affairs Enikő Győri at a press briefing in Brussels, following a General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting December 11, 2012. The meeting’s main focus were the EU perspectives of Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. Member States’ Heads of State and Government will be meeting on Thursday and Friday.