Before the end of the year, the state will take over the debt of those villages and towns that have less than 5000 inhabitants – said András Tállai, the Ministry of Interior's State Secretary for Municipal Affairs at a press conference on Thursday.
Next year, Central Europe will be given "a special focus" in Hungary's foreign policy, as the country will serve as president of both the Visegrad Four Cooperation and the Central European Initiative (CEI), Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh told a conference on Thursday.
Hungary's Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi stated in Brussels on 29 November that Hungary will abstain in the vote later today in the United Nations Assembly. The vote will be held to determine whether or not the Palestinian Authority should become a non-member observer state.
After having completed a national consultation forum the Government may discuss the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy - Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Parliamentary Affairs Zoltán Cséfalvay from the Ministry for National Economy announced on Thursday at a conference in Szeged.
The economic role of women and their labour market participation has been an issue gaining more and more significance. Hungary is no exception: via the National Cooperation Programme the Hungarian Government aims to create a more family-friendly labour market. One of the Programme’s pivotal elements pays special attention to women’s employment, as without improving it a family-friendly Hungary cannot be established.
Any changes to the basic treaties governing the functioning of the European Union can only be addressed after the 2014 European parliamentary elections, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said in Brussels November 28, 2012.
"We will protect farmers' incomes", declared Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI and EU portal BruxInfo in Brussels on Wednesday, after having taken part in a meeting between the Agriculture Ministers of the EU member states.
Following the practice of the previous year, the Ministry of Interior is providing HUF One Billion in support for purchasing firewood to those who live in the most disadvantaged parts of the country.
In the third quarter of 2012, manufacturing sector investments which constitute more than 30 percent of total Hungarian investments could pick up steam again, due primarily to impressive performance in sub sectors of significant weight. In the third quarter manufacturing sector investments increased by 3.8 percent year-on-year.
Yesterday, Deputy State Secretary Ferenc Kumin met with Andrew Srulevitch, director of European Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League in New York, and conveyed to him in person the Government of Hungary's strong condemnation of the statement made in Parliament by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi.