János Martonyi attended the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, joined also by the Croatian Foreign Minister, at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25. The ministers and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton discussed the most important issues of international politics.
The State Secretariat for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources is using EU subsidies to implement a project focusing on social inclusion in healthcare, which has priority status within the New Széchenyi Plan.
Speaking at the Community of Democracies (CoD) meeting on Tuesday in New York, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi stated that Hungary seeks to strengthen democracy both within and outside its borders.
A delegation from the European Union's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee visited Hungary between 24 and 26 of September following a request from the European Parliament to prepare a report on whether recently adopted laws in Hungary are in line with the fundamental rights and norms included in the European treaties and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Committee also included Hungarian Members of the European Parliament, such as former Foreign Minister Kinga Göncz and member of the Hungarian Jobbik Party Krisztina Morvai.
On 26 September the parliamentary debate began on the new Civil Code, which is due to be the first civil law codex formulated in Hungary under democratic conditions. Before being submitted to Parliament, the new Civil Code was the subject of wide-ranging public and professional consultations, involving the country’s most eminent specialists.
67 years ago today, one of the most significant composers and pianists of the 20th century, Béla Bartók, passed away.
The Switzerland-based Stadler Rail Group, the rail vehicle manufacturer, held a ceremony for laying the foundation stone for its new Szolnok project earlier today.
The new construction law can bring a regime change to the building industry – said the Ministry of Interior’s Deputy State Secretary for Regional Development and Construction Péter Szaló on Tuesday during a consultation with building industry entrepreneurs in Székesfehérvár.
President of Hungary János Áder and Minister for Foreign Affairs János Martonyi are attending the general debate of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his address, János Áder said that Hungary's new constitution guarantees constitutional as well as “fourth generation human rights”.
The Hungarian Prime Minister met with Peter Spuhler, CEO of Stadler Rail AG on Tuesday, 25 September.