The Hungarian Government plans to decide by year-end the exact number of staff required for public administration tasks and whether there were overlaps in services, the Government’s Spokesman András Giró-Szász told public television M1 on Monday, 24 September.
Defence Minister Csaba Hende called the new National Military Strategy and important milestone. The Minister spoke at a press conference, following a five-party consultation in Budapest on 21 September.
Academy award-winning American film director Oliver Stone arrived in Budapest on Friday to hold a master class.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in Rome that Hungary is on the threshold of economic and social success because it is reducing public debt while boosting competitiveness and getting more people into employment. The Hungarian Prime Minister participated in a two-day international meeting of Christian Democratic parties in Rome.
The next sitting of the Hungarian-Slovakian Intergovernmental Joint Committee will be in Visegrád on 18 October. Among the important topics to be discussed will be development of cross-border infrastructure, public transport, possible cooperation in healthcare, and European regional associations. The members of the Hungarian delegation met on Thursday in the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, at the invitation of the co-chairperson, Minister of State Erika Szabó.
Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice, has met with Roman Kowalski, Polish ambassador to Budapest. They visited a Polish-Hungarian children’s history quiz, which was organised with the support of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice.
An international conference and exhibition was dedicated today to the life of Cardinal József Mindszenty, Prince Primate of Hungary, marking the 120th anniversary of his birth. A number of prominent international speakers spoke at the event, including Apostolic Nuncio Alberto Bottari de Castello, as well as British columnist John O’Sullivan, who also served as speechwriter to Margaret Thatcher.
Minister of State for Economic Regulation at the Ministry for National Economy Kristóf Szatmáry, at a joint press conference with the Hungarian Tourism Ltd. and the Hungarian Hotel and Restaurant Association said that government measures introduced in the past two-and-a-half years have yielded results as data for the initial seven months of the year indicate tourist traffic has reached an all-time high. The almost 12 million tourist nights recorded at Hungarian commercial accommodations between January and July surpass both pre-crisis and post-crisis levels.
Legendary Golden Team football player Sándor Kocsis will be reburied in the Saint Stephen's Basilica, Budapest. His ashes will be laid to rest next to those of his team-mate Ferenc Puskás.
Every major Hungarian chocolate and confectionery maker and manufacturer, the most successful distributors and well-known domestic and international brands will all be present at the Édes Napok ("Sweet Days") fair in the Buda Castle district on September 20-23, where visitors will also have the opportunity to participate in a host of programs related to sweets and confectionery.