Resolute action to address investor perceptions of sustained weakness in the EU banking sector is an important part of the comprehensive response to the crisis, as endorsed by the European Council. In this context, the objective of the EU-wide stress test carried out across 91 banks for the period 2011-2012 is to assess the resilience of the EU banking system to adverse shocks.
The Ministry of Rural Development amended its statute on crop seeds in record time so that the agricultural authority may act even more efficiently to cleanse areas contaminated with GMOs.
The Ministry of Rural Development is putting strict regulations into force regarding the treatment of foods with ionizing radiation. The statute determines what foodstuffs may be treated under what conditions and at what doses using this process.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the UN General Assembly resolution of the 14th July 2011 adopted by acclamation to admit the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member state of the organisation. The Republic of Hungary is to open diplomatic relations with the new African state as soon as possible.
On 12 July, the Temporary Senate of the National University for Civil Service Studies – which is to prepare operation of the new university from 1 January 2012 – held its inaugural meeting in the assembly hall of the Police Academy. The event was the subject of an announcement by the National Institute of Public Administration.
Sixty young people had the chance to glimpse ‘behind the scenes’ of the Government at the ReGeneráció Camp held in Siófok this weekend.
A joint welcome home and farewell ceremony was held on July 7 at the HDF Joint Force Command (HDF JFC) to welcome the second rotation (35 personnel) of the HDF ISAF National Support Element, the second rotation (18 personnel) of the Hungarian Logistic Mentor Team of the HDF ISAF Combat Service Support (CSS) School, and 25 soldiers who served in individual positions during the past six months in ISAF, Afghanistan. At the same time, the occasion was a farewell ceremony for four officers who are to leave for their tour of duty abroad.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs learned with sorrow of the bomb attack of the 13th July 2011 in Mumbai.
Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner gave account of the Hungarian Presidency's transport policy achievements to the competent committee (TRAN) in Brussels on 12 July 2011. He explained that relying on the work of the preceding Spanish and Belgian partners in the trio presidency, Hungary completed the ambitious transport policy objectives nearly without an exception.
Mandated by the UN General Assembly’s resolution, the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East is held for the nineteenth occasion on the 12th and 13th of July in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary. An estimated number of 80 participants, especially from the Middle East and Central Europe, have gathered to exchange ideas and cooperate in order to promote the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian territories, and to bring this issue closer to public awareness through dialogue and mutual understanding.