Ten new American Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are to be delivered to the HDF shortly. The new MRAPs to be used in Afghanistan are effective against roadside bomb attacks, Minister of Defence said.
Dr Zoltán József Tóth, Deputy State Secretary for Legal Affairs and Administration, MoD and Major General József Kovács, Commander of HDF Joint Force Command paid a four-day visit to the Hungarian Contingent of HDF UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on 9 December. The delegation was received by Rear Admiral Mario Sánchez Debernardi, Commander of UNFICYP.
Government passed resolution 1148/2010. (VII. 8.) on the reconstruction of the buildings damaged in the extreme weather of May-June, 2010.
Since the amendment of the infringement act in August, the number of shop-lifting fell by 40 percent, according to the feedback of traders working in large towns – said Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior, at the annual evaluation presidency meeting of the National Militia Association (NMA) on Friday.
The Ministry of Interior improves the crime prevention system in a measure of two billion Forints at several levels in the frame of the New Hungary Development Plan Social Renewal Operative Program accentuated project (TÁMOP 5.6.2).
A delegation headed by Administrative State Secretary Lajos Fodor visited the troops stationed in the Balkans from 14 to 17 December. During his stay Lajos Fodor had talks with Deputy Minister of Defence of Bosnia Herzegovina Mrs Marina Pendes and met the Commander of Sarajevo EUFOR HQ and the Multinational Battle Group-West.
On 14 December 2010 Pál Völner, Secretary of State for the Hungarian Minister of National Development, held talks in Paris with Thierry Mariani, Secretary of State for Transport for the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing, to discuss the programme and priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency.
The Ministry of Interior supports the Hungarian crime prevention program with two billion forints.
On 16 December 2010 the Ministry of Interior organized a Christmas celebration to orphans and widows of those who died while serving their country.
3-3 prize-winners received the Károly Kós architecture prizes in individual and corporate category in Duna Palace of Budapest. The acknowledgements were given by Péter Szaló Dr., country planning and building affairs deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Interior.