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Nowhere People

Ministry of Interior, May 16, 2012 7:03 PM

Mr László Felkai, State Secretary of Ministry of Interior and Mr Gottfried Köfner, UNHCR’s Regional Representative for Central Europe opened a joint exhibition about the world’s stateless people entitled “Nowhere People – Hazátlanul” which will be held on 16-31 May 2012 in the Palace of Arts (MÜPA).

Navracsics briefs Finnish officials on Hungary's justice reform

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, May 16, 2012 5:20 PM

Talks between Tibor Navracsics, the minister of justice and public administration, and Finnish politicians in Helsinki on Wednesday focused on reform of the justice system and public administration.

New Block Added to Clinical Centre of the University of Szeged

Ministry of National Development, May 16, 2012 3:59 PM

Minister of National Development Zsuzsanna Németh laid the foundation stone of the new clinical block of the University of Szeged on 15 May 2012.

Cutback on designer drugs

Ministry of Human Resources, May 16, 2012 3:41 PM

Besides the slow increase in illicit drug use, the consumption of designer drugs dramatically increased in Hungary between 2009 and 2011. These psychoactive substances with more or less unpredictable effects are spreading apace especially among the youth. Due to their rapidly changing composition, prohibiting and penalizing them presented serious problems. The Government has implemented new instruments against the distribution of drugs, and the early results have already been achieved.

Foreign Minister János Martonyi’s arrival in Brazil

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 16, 2012 1:15 PM

Within the framework of the Hungarian foreign policy’s global opening, János Martonyi pays an official visit to Brazil, the country with the fifth largest territory and the sixth largest economy in the world on 15-18 May 2012.

Conference on Green Growth

Ministry of Rural Development, May 15, 2012 6:22 PM

At the Smart Economy Hungary conference organised on Tuesday in Budapest by CoSignum and the National Institute for Environment (NeKI), State Secretary for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés and State Secretary Norbert Csizmadia spoke about the new Waste Management Act and the relation between the environment and the economy.

GDP figure driven by international trends

Government, May 15, 2012 5:49 PM

European economic data published today clearly shows that Europe still faces serious challenges in the area of growth. Eurostat’s latest figures show a significant slowdown in the EU27 and the eurozone. European economic developments illustrate the importance of the Hungarian government’s policy of opening up to the East, and its attempt to increase the country’s economic security through new strategic alliances.

Wallenberg Commemoration in Buenos Aires

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2012 3:41 PM

Foreign Minister János Martonyi opened the exhibition on the life of the Swedish rescuer, compiled in Hungary, at the Wallenberg commemoration in the building of the Federal Audit Office of Argentina on May 14th, 2012.

Agreement with Kosovo

Ministry of Interior, May 15, 2012 3:30 PM

Mr. Lóránt Balla, Ambassador of Hungary to Kosovo and Mr. Bajram Rexhepi, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo signed an Agreement between the Government of Hungary and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo.

Dutch cultural diplomat Mr. Jan Kennis received the Hungarian “Pro Cultura Hungarica” award

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2012 1:03 PM

The Hungarian Minister for National Resources decorated Mr. Jan Kennis, Dutch cultural diplomat – current vice president of SICA – with the award Pro Cultura Hungarica. The decoration was handed over, in the name of the Minister by H.E. Gyula Sümeghy, Ambassador of Hungary to the Netherlands during a short ceremony at the Embassy on 11 May 2012.