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Outgoing Presidency Trio recommends successor good cooperation with EP

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 2, 2011 5:47 PM

Enikő Győri, Minister of State for EU Affairs of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, invited the present and the forthcoming Presidency Trios’ Ministers of State for EU affairs, to a working dinner in Budapest, on 1 June 2011. The meeting focused on the preparations for the Presidency takeover.

The ‘auxiliary police force law’ came into force on Saturday

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 2, 2011 3:40 PM

From now on, auxiliary police organisations can only pursue their activities within the community of their registered headquarters, and any auxiliary police personnel breaking the law may receive a prison sentence or a fine of up to HUF 150,000. As a result of recent violent events related to auxiliary police organisations – including in Gyöngyöspata – on 16 May the National Assembly adopted legislative changes in order to maintain order in the public domain. These changes, which had been recommended by the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, have now entered into force.

The renovated jail at Gyorskocsi Street is handed over

Ministry of Interior, June 1, 2011 3:53 PM

The goal, that the prisons should be self-sufficient, remains – said Sándor Pintér, the Minister of Interior at the press-conference held for the official hand over of the Metropolitan Penal Institution’s Gyorskocsi street object.

The E. coli Infection is a European Problem

Ministry of Rural Development, May 31, 2011 6:55 PM

The Agricultural Ministers of the EU labelled the E. coli bacteria infection a European problem at the informal meeting of the Agriculture Council held on 31 May 2011 in Debrecen. The Hungarian Presidency volunteered to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council to discuss the cucumber crisis if necessary.

The Government’s programme on FX-denominated mortgages

Ministry for National Economy, May 31, 2011 4:56 PM

The Government is determined to address the potential social and financial stability problems that arose from wide-scale foreign currency mortgage lending activity that took place in the years preceding the crisis.

No Contaminated Spanish Vegetables in Hungary

Ministry of Rural Development, May 31, 2011 2:58 PM

At present there are no contaminated Spanish vegetables in Hungary, all tests so far have proved negative - announced Endre Kardeván, Under Secretary of the Ministry for Rural Development responsible for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Administration, on Tuesday in Debrecen.

Presidency Trios start preparing for takeover

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 31, 2011 10:29 AM

At the invitation of Deputy Secretary of State for EU Affairs, Bálint Ódor, the European Directors of the present Spanish–Belgian–Hungarian and the upcoming Polish–Danish–Cypriot Presidency Trio, met on 30 May 2011 in Budapest. The aim of the consultations was to prepare for a smooth takeover between the Trios.

Hungarian EU presidency to end with a Danube Party

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, May 31, 2011 10:00 AM

The end of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be marked by a colourful three-day series of events, between 24 and 26 June. ‘The six-month presidency has been a good opportunity to show ourselves and our colourful culture,’ government spokesperson Anna Nagy said at the press conference announcing the events.

Member States are discussing standardisation of their environmental legislation in Budapest

Ministry of Rural Development, May 27, 2011 4:50 PM

Hungary, with the environmental provisions of its new Constitution, is providing strong background support for the operation of organisations such as IMPEL (the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law), which was created to apply and enforce the EU’s environmental legislation – said Sándor Fazekas, Minister for Rural Development, at the international organisation's 7th General Assembly. The event – in which environmental protection bodies from thirty countries were represented – was organised as part of Hungary’s EU presidency.

Győri: unlocking Europe’s own resources

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 27, 2011 5:35 AM

A major cause of the economic crisis is the uncontrollable increase of state debt, and the remedy is a work-driven economy, declared Enikő Győri, Minister of State for EU Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the World Investment Conference held in La Baule, Western France, on 26 May 2011.