Hungary strongly condemns the brutal use of force against the Syrian civilian population and calls upon the Government of Syria to immediately halt the violence.
The latest issue of Hungarian Agricultural Research introduces Hungarian research institutes concerned with agricultural research and environmental studies.
A healthy diet, local products, youth for the countryside, Hungary’s native livestock species, wineries, the New Hungary Rural Development Program, gene conservation, allergenic ragweed – just a few of the interesting topics that visitors may become more aware of at the Ministry of Rural Development’s stand at the Civil Village of the Sziget Festival. The staff of the ministry will be awaiting all visitors every day on August 10-15 between 11am and 6 pm with amongst others lectures, discussions, fun quizzes and film screenings.
Maj-Gen. Alojz Šteiner, Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, and his Hungarian counterpart, Chief of the MoD Defence Staff Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő had a meeting in Hungary on Thursday, July 28. At the event held in Lenti, the two parties discussed, among others, the future of the Hungarian-Italian-Slovenian Multinational Land Forces (MLF), the issue of pooling and sharing forces and defence capabilities, and the ways how to further strengthen military-to-military relations between the two countries.
The Cheers 2011 competition, set up through civil initiative with the hope of creating a tradition, has been launched, in which instead of a single wine or wine producer, the wine-producing settlements are at the centre of interest.
At the initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development, the government has brought a decision to pay Hungarian farmers who have suffered damages as a result of seeds contaminated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) compensation equal to 360 thousand forints per hectare.
The Geographical Names Committee has decided to change the name of Lágymányosi Bridge to Rákóczi Bridge. The new name was proposed by Minister of National Development Tamás Fellegi in governmental support of the initiative put forward by the Budapest City Council.
Tokaj-Hegyalja has a special esteem for Hungarians everywhere. The unique soil and environment, the grape varieties and wines produced here and the centuries-old tradition of wine-making are the jewels in the crown of Hungarian grape and wine culture – said Deputy Sate Secretary for Agricultural Economy Zsolt Feldmann at the opening ceremony of the Tokaj Wine Region Viticulture and Wine-Making Research Institute in Tarcal.
The traditional medal parade for Hungarian and Portuguese peacekeepers serving in Camp Slim Lines, Pristina, Kosovo was held on Monday, July 25. Maj.-Gen. József Kovács, Commander, HDF Joint Force Command (HDF JFC) also attended the ceremony, which was organized for the troops who are going to complete their tour of duty abroad in these days.
The HR strategy and the new military career model were the topics on the agenda of the Commanders’ conference, held on Friday, 22nd of July at the HDF Joint Force Command (JFC) in Székesfehérvár. During the event Dr. Gábor Szarka, Head of the MoD Cabinet Office and Lt.-Gen. Zoltán Orosz, Deputy Chief of the MoD Defence Staff gave a briefing on the changes concerning the introduction of the new career model, adopted by the Minister of Defence.