On Saturday, March 08 the international observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) sent to Ukraine do not make another attempt to enter the Crimean Peninsula at any checkpoint, Lt.-Col. Gábor Ács, the leader of the team informed Hungarian News Agency MTI.
In the morning of Thursday, March 6, military observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were en route to the Crimean Peninsula when unknown armed men stopped them, Western news agencies reported in the afternoon.
Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice handed out the awards for the winners of the contest organized for high school students ‘Competing through rights’, which has begun in 2013.
Hungary's interests concerning Ukraine have not changed: Hungary wants to see a democratic country which "stands on its own two feet", Prime Minister Orbán said in Brussels on Thursday, following a special EU summit on the situation in Ukraine.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga presented the “Investor of the Month” award to Infineon Technologies Cegléd Ltd; while Digiterm Ltd was awarded the “SME of the Month” title, and in the category of “Start-up of the Month” the Minister handed the award to the Distinction Ltd in a ceremony held in the building of the Ministry for National Economy in Budapest.
Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh delivered an address to celebrate the completion of the biggest sewage development project in Hungary in Diósd on 6 March, 2014. Up to 130 thousand inhabitants in the Érd Region may have everyday benefits from the investment.
Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog conferred mandates for members of the Hungarian Higher Education Accreditation Committee on behalf of the Prime Minister of Hungary and university professor appointments on behalf of the President of Hungary on 6 March in Budapest.
On occasion of the International Energy Saving Day, seven cities and towns opened their gates to people interested in district heating.
The Government set up a HUF 830 million programme aiming to assist young people to become entrepreneurs in the Central Hungary region. At the opening ceremony of the programme, Minister of State for Employment Sándor Czomba said that over the past years the Government has launched a number of specialized youth employment programmes.
Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván received Laos's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Phouang Parisak Pravongviengkham, who is visiting Hungary with his delegation within the framework of the Global Forum and Expo on Family Farming"