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Ministry of Interior strives to improve public order and safety

Ministry of Interior, November 17, 2011 7:00 PM

“I trust that our cooperation contributes to the decrease of illegal migrants from South-Balkan” – emphasized Interior Minister Sándor Pintér on the doorstep press conference after a negotiation with Constantin-Traian Igas Romanian Minister of Interior and Administration.

Hungary offers an attractive and competitive investment environment to China as well as other countries

Ministry of National Development, November 17, 2011 11:23 AM

In summary of his visit to China, Minister of National Development, Tamás Fellegi, who also acts as Government Commissioner for Hungarian-Chinese Bilateral Relations declared that since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have been experiencing the most intensive period in their cooperation. Further agreements are expected to be signed in the near future about the utilisation of the EUR 1 billion development limit granted for projects in Hungary. The first specific project to be implemented may be the urban rapid transit system connecting Budapest with the Liszt Ferenc Airport.

Gripen on Gripen

Ministry of Defence, November 17, 2011 10:24 AM

There is an aviation history event going on in Hungary’s airspace: this is the first time that Gripen fighters with Swedish and Hungarian markings are engaging in “air combat” against each other. The idea of the joint training flight originated with the Swedish partners, and the participants of the Exercise Satenas Exchange 2011 had some special badges made with the words GRIPEN MAFIA 2011 on them.

Statement by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Hungary on the elections in South Ossetia, Georgia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 16, 2011 4:13 PM

Hungary -- with full support to the Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the elections in the breakaway region of South Ossetia in Georgia of 14 November 2011 -- does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework within which those elections were held.

Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference in Pravets

Ministry of Interior, November 16, 2011 2:24 PM

On the Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference Hungary recommended that Salzburg Forum States should not only cooperate in the rapid implementation of the EU Directive on facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on traffic offences which has recently entered into force and had been negotiated under the Hungarian EU Presidency but should also promote the implementation of decisions finding infringement and imposing fines.

Agriculture is a Mainstay of the Hungarian Economy

Ministry of Rural Development, November 16, 2011 1:29 PM

The GDP of the agriculture sector grew by 9.8% last year. This year's favourable conditions mean that a significantly greater increase is expected.

Chinese Quarantine Authority gives Green Light for Hungarian Beef

Ministry of Rural Development, November 15, 2011 6:57 PM

There is a good chance that Hungary, which is free of BSE, will be the first to export beef to the Chinese market – stressed Endre Kardeván following a series of discussions in China. Hungary is free of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad-cow disease, and so China will soon give the go-ahead for the import of Hungarian beef.

Hungary Seeks Extension of EU Sugar Quota System

Ministry of Rural Development, November 15, 2011 4:10 PM

Within the European Union, Hungary has proposed that the sugar quota system, which according to current plans may be terminated in 2015, be extended until at least 2020 – announced State Secretary for Agricultural Economy and leader of the Hungarian delegation György Czerván in Brussels following the Monday meeting of EU Agricultural Ministers.

American Agricultural Loan System developed in 1912 on basis of Hungarian Model

Ministry of Rural Development, November 14, 2011 6:58 PM

Sándor Fazekas held discussions in Washington with the Chairman and CEO of the federal Farm Credit Administration on federal-based agricultural loans, then with the leaders of the two largest American farmers' organisations on the role of representative bodies and the more important elements of the planned Farm Bill.

Ministerial Keynote Speech on a New Organization for the Military National Security Services

Ministry of Defence, November 14, 2011 2:22 PM

On November 8 the Hungarian Parliament opened a general debate on the proposed amendment to the Act on establishing a new organization for the military national security services. In his keynote speech Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende said “During the last 20 years, time after time the opportunity emerged to integrate the two military secret services, the Military Security Office and the Military Intelligence Office. Now we have the will and opportunity to implement the integration.”