Between 6 and 9 December, Tamás Fellegi is meeting leaders of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Railways, as well as the heads of large companies and banks in Beijing to conduct negotiations.
Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende paid a few-hour official visit to Berlin where he had talks with the Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg on 7 December.
Hungary would like to contribute to the execution of the Europe 2020 Strategy with its particular national capabilities and priorities. The primary priority of the government’s economic policy is to improve employment – it also appears as Hungary’s most important commitment of the National Reform Programme, outlining the execution of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
The 500-700bn HUF extra gap in the budget left behind by the Socialist government forced the new government to urgently introduce measures aimed at increasing revenues and cutting expenditure.
The new Hungarian government is firmly determined to make Hungary the 21st century financial services centre of Central Europe by the recently released, long-term and sound economic policy concept. To reach European competitiveness standards, we intend to create an environment with such taxation as well as legal and market regulatory background which, by stimulating financial investments, could turn Hungary into an attractive destination for foreign institutional investors and which could facilitate the long-term rise of domestic savings rate.
General Hakan Syren, the Chairman of the EU Military Committee paid an official visit to Budapest on December 6. He was received with military honours. Then he laid his wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Heroes’ Square.
Report on the measures taken in response to Council recommendation of 7 July 2009 under Article 104(7) of the Treaty
The HDF PRT (Hungarian Defence Forces Provincial Reconstruction Team) has nothing to do with space mission. Instead they carry out reconnaissance missions on the main road named Uranus connecting Pol-e Khumri with Mazar-e Sharif.
Parliamentary State Secretary Dr István Simicskó held discussions on the possibilities of cooperation between the Hungarian and the Slovakian Armies in Bratislava.
Jaroslaw Pietras, Director-General in the EU Council's Secretariat-General (DG I) was welcomed in Budapest on 29 November 2010 by Iván Tamás Kovács, Deputy State Secretary in charge of European Union and International Affairs and Péter Olajos, Deputy-State Secretary Responsible for Green Economy and Climate Policy. Of the EU Council's secretariats-general, "DG I" is responsible for policies on climate change, environment protection, healthcare, consumer protection, food safety, education, youth policies, culture and audio-visual policies.