The President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves is welcomed by President of Hungary János Áder.
Budapest’s annual Jewish Summer Festival has become one of the most important and most popular cultural events in Hungary. This year the festival was held for the fifteenth time, between 26 August and 4 September, and it provided an amazing range of events, such as klezmer-influenced urban and pop music, classical and jazz performances, concerts and exhibitions.
The National Security Authority of Hungary, operating as a support institution of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, held the second Information Security and Cyber Defence (ISCD) conference on 3-4 September as a preliminary event of the October Budapest Cyberspace Conference taking place in October.
“The mission of the National University of Public Service (NUPS) as a 21st-century institution of higher education is the continuous renewal of the Hungarian statehood” – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed at the opening ceremony of the NUPS academic year in the Orczy Park, Budapest on 3 September. The Hungarian Prime Minister held his speech after Dr. András Patyi, the rector of the NUPS opened the academic year 2012–2013.
Even simpler arrangement of affairs; even more transparent tasks and a public administration organisation tailored to them; public servants who are even more respected and professionally trained: these are the main directions which need to be maintained for further improvement of effectiveness in public administration.
Some 300 Hungarian soldiers will leave for Afghanistan to serve at Kabul airport, in a provincial reconstruction team, an air training command team and an air advisory team from September, Defence Minister Csaba Hende said on Monday.
President Niinistö will attend the 6th World Congress of Finno-Ugric Poeples in Siófok and will hold talks with President of Hungary János Áder and Speaker of Parliament László Kövér.
Following the meeting on Monday between the ministers of Iraq and Hungary, responsible for environmental issues, Hungarian Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told reporters, "Issues regarding climate change, environmental protection and water management were on the agenda at the meeting.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasised on Monday that Hungary complied with international regulations regarding Ramil Sahib Safarov’s transfer to Azerbaijan. He added that the rules of international law are shaped openly and not on the basis of secret agreements.
Hungary's Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan in Budapest on Sunday that the actions that followed the transferral home of life-sentenced Azerbaijani Ramil Sahib Safarov are unacceptable to Hungary, the foreign affairs state secretary at the prime minister's office told Hunagrian News Agency MTI.