"Water is a priority issue for Hungary, and so the country has undertaken to provide the venue for a World Conference on water in autumn 2013", announced Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Katalin Tóth at the session of the Parliamentary Committee on Sustainable Development.
The French delegation was headed by President-CEO Patrick Korn, and Prime Minister Orban was accompanied by National Development Minister Zsuzsanna Nemeth, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy and Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos. The meeting was aimed at discussing opportunities for cooperation between Hungarian industrial units and the French conglomerate.
The people of Libya have exercised their democratic right to vote for the first time after decades on July 7th, 2012. At these historic elections they have selected their future leaders with a high turnout. Hungary welcomes the fact that in spite of the attempts to disrupt the elections votes were successfully cast in 98% of the constituencies.
It would be difficult for Hungary's government to yield ground on the issue of flat-rate income tax at negotiations for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, Minister without portfolio Mihaly Varga said in an interview on public television late on Monday.
Paris, le 6 juillet 2012
The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the US corporation GE held a joint conference on Monday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the GE Foundation’s Scholar-Leaders scholarship programme.
The 7th Budapest Pride March, an event which boasts a long history, took place in Budapest in early July. The first organized LGBTI film festival (1993) was preceeded by a picnic in 1992. The significant traditions of the Pride Festival have gradually intertwined with film and other artistic programmes.
The World Meeting of Weekend Hungarian Schools concerned with the language teaching of Hungarians living beyond the borders and the preservation of their cultural identity began in Budapest. Some 100 Hungarian teachers are coming to the one-week event from 4 continents.
The Agreement is aimed at increasing the output of the company in Hungary and fostering supplier co-operation
Budapest, 5th July 2012
delivered at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences