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Statement of the Visegrad Group countries

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 19, 2012 6:56 PM

Statement of the Visegrad Group countries – Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia – on the decision of the Swiss Government to re-establish quantitative limitations for certain categories of residence permits as regards EU citizens who are nationals of eight of the EU Member States.

The Gini index

Ministry for National Economy, April 19, 2012 4:47 PM

The Gini index (or Gini coefficient) is the indicator most frequently applied for measuring income inequalities. The figure may vary on a scale of 0 to 1, or it is often expressed in percentages. The figure 0 indicates that incomes are perfectly evenly distributed and 1 signals absolute inequality, that is all incomes are owned by one person (which, of course, is an extreme example which can never occur in reality.)

Joint meeting of NATO foreign and defence ministers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 19, 2012 3:23 PM

The joint meeting of NATO foreign and defence ministers was held in Brussels on 18-19 April, 2012. Hungary was represented at the meetings by Minister for Foreign Affairs János Martonyi and Minister of Defence Csaba Hende.

Hungary will take legal action if the Slovak citizenship law is amended

Government, April 19, 2012 12:02 PM

Under current rules, Slovakian citizens applying for citizenship of another country must renounce their Slovak citizenship – dual citizenship is not possible, even though this prohibition is in conflict with the Slovakian constitution. Robert Fico’s government has said that it plans to amend its Act on citizenship to legalise dual citizenship, but not for those applying for Hungarian citizenship.

Electronic cross-border justice system

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 19, 2012 11:48 AM

Cross-border legal procedures are increasingly common at EU level. To deal with these effectively, cooperation between the justice systems of Member States is indispensable. To assist the information flow necessary for this, an e-justice communication system based on transfer of data over the Internet has been created.

Meeting of the Ministers of Health of the Visegrad Group, Prague, 13 April 2012

Ministry of Human Resources, April 19, 2012 11:01 AM

Last week, Leos Heger, Minister for Health of the Czech Republic invited the Ministers of Health of the Visegrad Group (V4) for a meeting in Prague.

Gross wages increased dynamically in Hungary

Ministry for National Economy, April 19, 2012 9:45 AM

In February 2012 average gross wages increased by 6.9 percent in the national economy, while net wages excluding family tax benefits were higher by 3.7 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the communication of the Central Statistics Office published earlier this morning.

PM Orban meets Russia's Gazprom chief

Prime Minister’s Office, April 18, 2012 2:45 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Gazprom chief executive Alexey Miller on Tuesday to discuss current issues connected with Russian-Hungarian energy cooperation, the prime minister's spokesman Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.

The Government is committed to resolve all issues raised in the European Commission’s infringement procedure related to the Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Ministry for National Economy, April 18, 2012 2:39 PM

The Hungarian Government is committed to the commencement of the negotiations on a precautionary financial assistance with the EU and the IMF which necessitates the resolution of the issues raised in the infringement procedure related to the Magyar Nemzeti Bank.

Viktor Orbán has talks with Speaker of the Australian parliament

Prime Minister’s Office, April 18, 2012 11:13 AM

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks in his office with Peter Slipper, the Speaker of the Australian legislature, who recently organised a Hungarian evening in the Australian parliament.