On October 12, the European Commission will present its recommendations on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the Union between 2014 and 2020 – announced Sándor Fazekas at the conference entitled "Renewing Europe – response concerning the Common Agricultural Policy and the challenges of the 21st Century", organised within the framework of the National Agriculture and Food Exhibition (OMÉK).
Another swearing-in ceremony for Crown Guards took place on September 20 in the cupola hall of the Parliament building. In the presence of László Kövér, the Speaker of the Parliament and the member of the Holy Crown Committee, Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende and Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, the Chief of the MoD Defence Staff, the crown guards took their oath of allegiance, pledging that “I shall be guarding the Holy Crown with utmost loyalty…and I will never let it fall into unauthorized hands, even if I have to sacrifice my life for it”.
The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov welcomed the delegation leaders of the UN Pan-European Conference of Environment Ministers today, and later held bilateral talks with Sándor Fazekas. The Minister expressed his hopes that the agreements reached during his visit to Kazakhstan would come to fruition in joint projects involving the exchange of agricultural and environmental technologies, the development of business relations and the fields of education and training.
Following a six-year break, the National Agriculture and Food Exhibition (OMÉK), organised jointly by the Ministry of Rural Development and the Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC), will take place between September 28 and October 2 at the Hungexpo Budapest Fair Centre.
Minister for National Development Tamás Fellegi is on an official visit to Washington between 23 and 27 September 2011. The minister will meet government policymakers in energy and foreign affairs and top private sector executives to discuss primarily energy and climate change policy matters. Tamás Fellegi will participate in the roundtable discussion held with energy experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and will give a lecture at the meeting of the Atlantic Council.
The International Atomic Energy Agency elected Hungary one of its 35 members of the Governing Board, its decision-making body on 22 September, 2011 in Vienna. In the next two years this position of outstanding professional and diplomatic significance will be held by Pál Kovács, Deputy State Secretary for Energy of the Ministry of National Development.
On September 20th Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi participated at the UN summit in support of Libya hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and attended among others by US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, leader of the Libyan Transitional National Transitional Council (NTC).
It is us who make a decision about our present and future, not our past or our heritage. It all depends on whether we are willing to learn about and discover our national heritage for ourselves- Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende said during the opening ceremony of the National Gallop in Heroes’ Square on 17 September.
Hungary is represented by President Pál Schmitt and Foreign Minister János Martonyi at the High-Level Segment of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly started on September 20th.
Relying on the achievements of Hungary’s term of the presidency of the European Council, and in support of the efforts made by the Polish presidency, Hungary firmly stands up for the improvement of energy security in the European Union, Tamás Fellegi, Minister of National Development said at the two-day informal meeting of energy ministers in Wroclaw, Poland.