State Secretary for Food Chain Control Supervision and Agricultural Economy of the Ministry of Rural Development Endre Kardeván attended the AGRO-2012 International Agriculture Fair in Kiev on September 5, which was opened by President of the Ukraine, Viktor Janukoviĉ.
The Deputy State Secretary, Senior Advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister Jenő Megyesy and Ambassador of Hungary to the United States György Szapáry spoke briefly with the Vice President on the first day of the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. In recent years the former senator, who has widespread foreign policy experience, has advised President Barack Obama on several international issues and is expected to be re-elected in his position.
The Ministry of Human Resources designated 150 million forints to the Hungarian Office of the Finno-Ugric World Congress to organise the three-day event, and appointed Deputy State Secretary for Cultural Affairs Judit Hammerstein as the main coordinator of the preparations.
The European Union's Danube Strategy, adopted during Hungary's EU Presidency in the first half of 2011, has turned out to be a success story, government commissioner Balázs Medgyesy told a press conference in Dunaujvaros, central Hungary, on Wednesday.
Talks with the International Monetary Fund and European Union are expected to be concluded in autumn this year, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, September 4 Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, the Chief of the Defence Staff visited the the US Army Europe Headquarters (USAREUR HQ) in Heidelberg, Germany at the invitation of US Army Europe Commander Lt.-Gen. Mark P. Hertling.
The change of Hungary’s place in the category evaluating macroeconomic environment, in the competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum aptly demonstrates that although the financial consolidation process of the past two years was painful but a success nonetheless.
A comprehensive picture of Hungary's and China's water status, water management and of opportunities for professional cooperation between the two countries was provided by Deputy Minister for Water Dong Li and Deputy State Secretary for Water Péter Kovács at a press conference held at the Ministry of Rural Development I Budapest. The session of the Hungarian-Chinese workshop of water policy and flood protection is the result of the cooperation agreement signed by Minister Sándor Fazekas in April in China.
The Ministry of National Development has undertaken to prepare a National Building Energy Strategy, to be completed by the summer of 2013 with assistance from ÉMI Construction Quality Control Innovation Non-profit Kft. Harmonised with the directives of the European Union, the policy document will record long-term concepts for the energy-efficient renovation of the existing buildings and the construction of new energy-saving edifices. The strategy will be a significant guide to planning building energy improvement projects.
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin is attending the 2012 Democratic National Convention, which takes place this week in Charlotte, North Carolina.