"In the modern world, order and security are among the most important social values", said Minister of State Károly Kontrát in Tamási, Tolna County, where he was inaugurating a new fire station.
Zsolt Németh, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had talks with leaders of Ukraine's Transcarpathian county on strategic cooperation, infrastructure development along the Hungary-Ukraine border, issues around the ethnic Hungarian minority, and energy, in Uzhhorod on Wednesday.
The Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) held its first session this year on 19 March, 2014. The session was attended by Minister of State for Energy Affairs of the Ministry of National Development Pál Kovács, newly appointed alternate member of the board.
Experiences show that the “workfare instead of welfare” concept has been working, Minister of State for Employment Sándor Czomba and Fidesz Communications Chief and Mayor of Eighth District of Budapest Máté Kocsis stressed at a joint press conference on employment held in Budapest.
The Faculty for Applied Humanities and Pedagogy of the St. Stephen University of Szarvas, eastern Hungary held a conference entitled “European National and Minority Identity and Culture” on Wednesday, at which Deputy State Secretary for Minority and Civil Social Relations Csaba Latorcai gave an overview of the legal changes affecting national minorities in Hungary.
In the past few years the Government has revived Hungarian healthcare services which were swamped in debt, disorganised and in a serious crisis, Minister of State for Health Miklós Szócska said in the western Hungarian town of Körmend.
Hungary has opened its doors to all investors who are willing to contribute to the economic growth of the country. This has been underlined many times by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán throughout the country at several factory foundation stone laying ceremonies and plant inaugurations during the last month.
The Government is planning to assist the development of start-ups with HUF 140bn of EU resources, of which the larger part, some HUF 110bn, will be provided in the form of financial instruments, Minister of State Zoltán Cséfalvay said at a professional conference in Budapest.
There is no better European Union response to the Ukrainian crisis than the fact that the previously drafted political chapters of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement are to be signed at the meeting of the European Council next Friday - said MFA Minister of State in charge of EU Affairs Enikő Győri at a press briefing held on 19 March 2014.
Hungary's government is striving to ensure that not only households have access to the cheapest energy in Europe but industry too, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Budapest on Wednesday.