While some member states are lobbying to do away with the agricultural support system, at the Luxembourg meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council Sándor Fazekas agreed with his French counterpart that the level of support provided to farmers must not decrease after 2014.
The Foundation for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities organizes a roundtable on the best ways and possibilities of cooperation to prevent genocide and mass atrocities in the Great Lakes Region.
Hungary must become a self-sufficient producer of sugar, and so the Ministry is doing everything in its power to keep sugar-beet farmers in good spirits – said György Czerván at the press conference following the session of the Sugar and Isoglucose Product Path Committee at the Ministry of Rural Development. The State Secretary for Agricultural Economy stressed that farmers would receive the almost 2 billion Forints in support for this year despite the fact that the government has earmarked 800 million Forints of the support quota because the national budget is in a difficult situation.
This morning, the Minister reported on the work of the Ministry before the Sustainable Development Committee and the Agriculture Committee.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary has learnt with deep sorrow about the recent death of Mrs Laura Pollán, founding member of the Cuban human rights activist movement ’Ladies in White’ (Dama de Blanco). Mrs Pollán’s persistent and uncompromising peaceful struggle for the liberation of the imprisoned political prisoners and for the respect of human rights has made her respected and appreciated worldwide.
In Q3 2011, demand on short term government securities declined, while that on goverment bonds usually increased. Average bid-to-cover ratios on the auctions of short term instruments in the period were between 2.1 and 2.6, while there was a more significant coverage of bonds between 3.2 and 3.5 (except for the one auction of the 15-year bond which had poor cover ratio). Bid-to-cover ratios of the T-Bills, the 5 and 15-year bonds fell remarkably, of three-month T-Bills slightly, while that of the rest of bonds increased significantly.
We successfully overcame the obstacles and efficiently coordinated the interests of the various member states – emphasised Foreign Minister János Martonyi in an interview to the Diplomatic Magazine on 18 October 2011.
The red sludge disaster occurred a year ago, which claimed the life of ten people, and caused enormous material, environmental, and immeasurable psychical damages. On the occasion of the anniversary commemorations were held in Kolontár and in Devecser, and awards were handed over on Tuesday, October 4.
Hungary has launched a new initiative aimed at addressing Hungarians living outside the borders.
Farmers will receive 280 billion Forints in Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) funds for the current year, 50 billion more than last year. The payment of half this sum, around 135 billion Forints, will begin today – stated Sándor Fazekas at the joint press conference of the Ministry of Rural Development and the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH). Péter Palkovics stressed that payment of special milk support would also begin in December, within the framework of which 2700 milk farmers will receive payments from a fund of 13.5 billion Forints.