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New Civil Code standing out from current legislation

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, March 14, 2014 8:17 AM

Entering into force on Saturday, the new Civil Code stands out from the last few years’ legislative processes, as it is the first Civil Code in Hungary what was created and comes into force under democratic conditions or have grown on soils of private property and market economy and supports these as well – said Lajos Vékás, the academic in charge of controlling the codification process at the press conference held in the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice this Thursday.

Rural Policy Must Also Assure People a Living in Small Settlements

Ministry of Rural Development, March 13, 2014 8:37 PM

Hungary requires a rural policy that provides people living in the country's many small settlements a living and an opportunity to get ahead in the future, the Minister for Rural Development declared at the joint foundation stone laying ceremony of the Water Quality Improvement Programmes of the towns of Abádszalók and Tiszaroff in Hungary's Northern Great Plains region on Thursday.

A training centre for European patent judges opened in Budapest on Thursday

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, March 13, 2014 5:21 PM

A training centre for European patent judges opened in Budapest on Thursday. The centre will coordinate the training of prospective judges of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and it will be located in the House of Hungarians, in the Castle District of Budapest.

Government triples subsidies for student exchanges to neighbouring countries

Ministry of Human Resources, March 13, 2014 5:05 PM

The Hungarian Government has tripled the funding it provides within the framework of its “Without Borders” program for Hungarian students to visit their counterparts living in minority in neighbouring countries and reciprocal visits to Hungary, Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog said on Thursday in Budapest.

Exemplary best practices with National Cooperation Program funding

Ministry of Human Resources, March 13, 2014 5:03 PM

Some 30 children with special needs received special theoretical and practical training in Somogyvár, South Transdanubia, during the reconstruction of the local Széchenyi Mansion thanks to a programme run by the Rostás Cathedral Foundation. Deputy State Secretary for Minority and Civil Social Relations Csaba Latorcai attended a meeting to summarise the results and discuss further tasks related to the programme.

AGC’s new industrial unit has been inaugurated in Tatabánya

Prime Minister’s Office, March 13, 2014 4:52 PM

Japanese company AGC Glass Hungary, which manufactures windshields, opened its newest production unit at its factory on Thursday in the industrial zone of Tatabánya, Central Transdanubia. The investment, totalling 3.5 bn HUF (€ 10 million), will create 140 new jobs by the end of the year.

Hungary’s industrial output growth expected to continue this year

Ministry for National Economy, March 13, 2014 4:38 PM

In light of the report published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) earlier this week, industrial output rebound which began in 2013 will continue this year as in January 2014 industrial sector output – according to both unadjusted and workday-adjusted data – increased by 6.1 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of 2013.

Hungary condemns the missile attacks against Israel

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 13, 2014 4:13 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary firmly condemns and regards as unjustifiable the missile attacks launched against Israel from the Gaza Strip on March 12, 2014. Fortunately, the attacks had no victims.

Hungarian Inter-Ministerial Committee discussed EU-US free trade negotiations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 13, 2014 2:52 PM

The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Transatlantic Coordination, headed by Deputy State Secretary Péter Wintermantel, held a session on March 13, 2014.

Third-stage sanctions over Ukraine would have serious impact on Russia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 13, 2014 2:30 PM

Russia cannot win the economic war that will emerge if the EU puts in place a third stage of sanctions, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi told public Kossuth Radio on 13 March 2014.