Talks over the last few months have culminated in the breakthrough achieved by Viktor Orbán and José Manuel Barroso at their meeting in Brussels yesterday. This is an important milestone, which is already producing favourable results in the markets. As you know, today there was a decision by the European Commission − the College of Commissioners, to be more precise − according to which, and I quote: “The Commission has decided to start talks with Hungary on precautionary financial assistance.”
Hungary sees Indonesia as an emerging regional giant, with commendable democratic governance credentials. Hungary and Indonesia share very healthy, comlementary relations. Visiting Foreign Minister of Hungary Dr. János Martonyi talked to The Jakarta Post’s Yohanna Ririhena on bilateral relations and the future trends of ASEAN-European Union (EU) relations.
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Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic awarded Mr. Péter Szaló, Deputy State Secretary to the rank of Officer in the National Order of Merit. Deputy State Secretary for Area Management and Construction received the award from Ambassador Roland Galharague during a ceremony at the French Residence in Buda on 25th of April.
"Only technical comments arrived from the European Union with regard to the new Act on waste management. Replies were received from three member states: France, Austria and Germany, and our nation will incorporate the observations into the draft of the new legislation", announced the State Secretary for Environmental Affairs of the Ministry of Rural Development at the conference entitled SymbioCity. At the event, organised within the framework of the "Green Sweden" programme, Swedish and Hungarian experts presented opportunities for sustainable city development.
Hungary's talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on financial assistance are likely to last for weeks, under the current international financial climate, Tamas Fellegi, chief negotiator for talks, told a press conference on Wednesday.
On 23 April, Minister of State for Culture Géza Szőcs opened the China Centre of the University of Miskolc, which is going to offer linguistic and cultural training. The Centre has been established in cooperation with Chinese-owned chemicals group Wanhua-BorsodChem.
In particular, thinking about patriotism has a special stake nowadays, especially when working on the renewal of the Hungarian defence system, “… and when thinking about the future of Europe what is in a crisis now” – said Csaba Hende Defence Minister of Hungary at the conference “Patriotism in the European Union”, organised by the Association of the Hungarian Graduates of Germany in 21 April.
The authorities tested 146 products primarily containing rice, corn, soya and linseed, but found no foods that did not comply with GMO regulations.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi – on his official visit to Indonesia – had a meeting with his counterpart, Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta on 24 April 2012. The parties explored several new areas of cooperation during their talks.