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We remember the victims of the Holocaust in Hungary on 16 April

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 11, 2012 6:01 PM

On 16 April, Monday, victims of the Holocaust in Hungary are remembered throughout the country. It was on this day in 1944 that the setting up of the first ghettos began in the Trans-Carpathian region of Hungary.

General debate on administrative districts started today

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 11, 2012 5:55 PM

On 11 April 2012, the general debate on administrative districts began in Parliament. In her opening speech, Erika Szabó laid emphasis on the essence of the system, pointing out that in all cases the citizen must be placed at the centre of decisions, because a key element of the process is the creation of a real service-provider state.

Dr. Miklós Szócska met with Roma medical students

Ministry of Human Resources, April 11, 2012 4:31 PM

‘The Roma population barely has an intellectual stratum of society, and in the meantime, we have almost 200 unfilled general practitioners’ practice in Hungary,’ said Prof. Dr. László Rosivall at a meeting where fresher Roma students of Semmelweis University talked with Dr. Miklós Szócska, Minister of State for Health.

Agreement on the representation of the United Kingdom in Syria

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 11, 2012 4:31 PM

Following the agreements with Canada and Australia, Hungary’s Embassy in Damascus also ensures the diplomatic and consular representation of the United Kingdom in Syria on the basis of a bilateral agreement.

Viktor Orbán received Masoud Barzani

Government, April 11, 2012 8:07 AM

Viktor Orbán received Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, in his office today. The negotiating partners agreed it would be necessary to widen cooperation, both in the economy and in commerce.

Liaison Team Provides Assistance on Remote Sites

Ministry of Defence, April 10, 2012 5:58 PM

One of the core missions of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team is to support governmental and security organs. The HUN PRT Liaison Teams (LT) move around the districts in the area of responsibility of the contingent. Their main tasks include participation in negotiations with local leaders, and gathering information about the region. The areas in the north are quite difficult to access because sometimes they have to go across impassable mountain roads and riverbeds.

Cooperation Between Military Doctors and Civil Experts

Ministry of Defence, April 10, 2012 9:52 AM

“The NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine responds to modern-day challenges in military medicine and is an important cornerstone of maintaining contact with the civilian sector” – said Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, the Chief of the MoD Defence Staff in Budapest on March 30.

Hungarian-Latin American Forum in Budapest

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 10, 2012 8:48 AM

“The countries of Latin America can no longer be ignored when it comes to handling the global challenges affecting the whole of humanity; therefore, we must have stronger cooperation with them,” claimed Foreign Minister János Martonyi in the plenary session, the closing programme of the two-day-long Hungarian-Latin American Forum (MLAF). The main organiser of the series of events was the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, but the Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA), the National Innovation Office (NIH), and the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (MKI) also provided venues for the programmes.

No Fooling... HAW Passes 7,000 hours on April 1st, 2012

Ministry of Defence, April 7, 2012 10:11 AM

PÁPA AIR BASE, Hungary – On Sunday, 1 April 2012, the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) and the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program reached a new milestone. The C-17 piloted by Heavy Airlift Squadron Commander, Lt Col Christian Langfeldt (NOR), and his crew passed 7,000 flight hours in Turkish Airspace at 0138 Zulu time. This Afghanistan resupply mission reflected the significant progress made by the program as it included crewmembers from exactly half of the SAC Nations – Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United States.

New exhibition in Veszprém pays tribute to Polish-Hungarian friendship

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 6, 2012 2:44 PM

Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice, gave an address at the opening of an exhibition entitled “Executed cities – Poznań-Budapest, 1956 / Szétlőtt városok – Poznań-Budapest 1956 / Rozstrzelane miasta – Poznań-Budapest, 1956”.