In 2012 the Government has made over HUF 8.2 billion available for the care of homeless people.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced that the new bridge over the river Danube between Hungary's Komárom and Slovakia's Komarno, which will be built according to the joint statement signed on Tuesday 2 October by the Prime Ministers of Hungary and the Slovakia, could be open to traffic by 2016-2017.
A total of HUF 477 million will be allocated by the Minister of Human Resources to the development of students with integration, learning and behavioural difficulties.
Prime Minister Orbán spoke at the inauguration of the Israeli Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD’s new Hungarian headquarters in Gödöllő, stating that the pharmaceutical industry is one of Hungary’s most successful trademarks worldwide and the Government will do everything in its power to maintain it.
On Tuesday, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán inaugurated the Pilis Slovakians' Centre in Pilisszentkereszt. In his speech at the ceremony, Robert Fico emphasized that the new cultural centre shows that if both sides have the will, delicate issues can also be tackled.
Upon the invitation of the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi Secretary General of the Central European Initiative (CEI), Gerhard Pfanzelter paid a working visit to Budapest on 2 October 2012.
Finding a solution for the problems of the Eurozone is also in Hungary’s interest, but it would require the amendment of the EU Treaty. Hungary could support it only under certain conditions, Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared before Parliament’s Committee on European Affairs October 2, 2012.
UNAOC Group of Friends Ministerial Meeting, UNHQ, NY
September 30, 2012
The Ministry of Rural Development is developing a food chain safety strategy. The objective of the document is to determine the measures and instruments through which the protection of the health of consumers may continue to be most effectively realised.
László Felkai, State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, handed out Palóczi Antal awards, Lehchner Lajos awards and Pro Architectura awards to outstanding professionals on the World Architecture Day.