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Foreign Minister János Martonyi at the ASEM Summit in Laos

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 7, 2012 11:53 AM

Foreign Minister János Martonyi represented Hungary at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Vientiane, Laos, on November 5-6. The Hungarian Foreign Minister spoke about the outstanding role of water resources in sustainable development and about sustainable water management at the summit.

Hungary sees the United States as a strategic ally

Prime Minister’s Office, November 7, 2012 11:10 AM

Hungary continues to view the United States as a strategic ally and aims to preserve strong bilateral relations, Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin stated on MR1 Kossuth Radio’s morning show, 180 Minutes.

The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 7, 2012 10:48 AM

The parliamentary elections held in Ukraine received special attention in Hungary, testament to which is the fact that – coming out in great numbers to the Ukrainian request - there were a total of 45 Hungarian election observers who followed the events on site.

Ministry hosts Conference on Preservation of Biodiversity

Ministry of Rural Development, November 7, 2012 9:06 AM

The Ministry of Rural Development and the National Society of Conservationists (NSC) held a joint conference on the preservation of biological diversity on 6 November. The apropos for the event was that a global Summit involving 170 countries was convened two weeks ago in India by the decision-making bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Prime Minister’s comments regarding the Luxembourg Court of Justice’s decision

Prime Minister’s Office, November 6, 2012 7:08 PM

Prime Minister Orbán stated in a press conference on Tuesday that with its decision on the retirement of judges, the Luxembourg Court of Justice ruled on a non-existing provision of law as the Hungarian Constitutional Court annulled it in July 2012.

National consultation forum launched on the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy

Ministry for National Economy, November 6, 2012 3:29 PM

National consultations have been launched on the draft version of the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2020, which had been prepared by the Ministry for National Economy after a broad coordination process with experts. The opportunity of sending comments and proposals on the draft strategy available at kormány.hu or expressing relevant opinions in person is now open to the wider public at the one-month discussion forum lasting until 4 December 2012 in Budapest, Debrecen, Győr, Pécs and Szeged.

Opening speech by State Secretary Mr. Zsolt Nemeth at the Conference ’Facing Evil: Wallenberg’s Rescue of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust’

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 6, 2012 3:27 PM

Czech Chamber of Deputies, Prague
November 4, 2012

International Conference on Raoul Wallenberg in Prague

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 6, 2012 2:53 PM

An international conference on the life of the famous Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, entitled „Face to Face with Evil” was hosted in Prague on November 5. Hungary was represented by Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Czech legislation, Miroslava Nemcová was the chief patron of the event, which took place in the building of the Czech House of Representatives.

Legitimacy of the outcome of Ukraine's parliamentary elections questionable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 6, 2012 2:37 PM

Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh on Tuesday called the legitimacy of the outcome of Ukraine's parliamentary elections questionable and qualified the vote as a step back in democratic development.

Endre Kardevan discusses deepening Hungarian-Vietnamese Cooperation in Hanoi

Ministry of Rural Development, November 6, 2012 2:24 PM

Among topics at discussion for State Secretary Endre Kardevan at the meeting of the Vietnam-Hungary Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation and later bilateral talks was an increase in Hungarian food exports and especially of pork.