The wastewater treatment plant in Szarvas, financed from public and EU funds, started its test run on 27 February, 2014. The investment was inaugurated by Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh, who also delivered an address at a conference held on the major EU investments in the town of Szarvas after the inauguration ceremony.
The „Night of Exercise”, an event aiming at drawing attention to the importance of physical exercise and regular sports, will be organised for the first time in June 2014, Minister of State for Health Miklós Szócska announced at a press briefing on Thursday.
Philipp Missfelder, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation of the German Government, was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary yesterday.
The Foreign Ministers of the Visegrád four countries are travelling to Kiev to support Ukraine’s endeavours to overcome the crisis and help democratisation, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said on 27 February 2014.
Education and employment are the two key phrases in the integration of the Roma, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog emphasised at the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) plenary session in Brussels. The Hungarian Minister briefed the organisation about Hungarian achievements in this area.
"The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) decontamination of pigs causes no damage to either the country or to farmers, the level of contamination is only 10 percent at even the largest animal husbandry units and contaminated animals are slaughtered in the usual way, there is no forced culling", Endre Kardeván told Hungarian news agency MTI with regard to the fact that in his opinion several pieces of false information had appeared in the media recently with regard to the PRRS decontamination programme.
The Hungarian Government will hold further talks with the European Commission on a number of issues regarding the capacity maintenance of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said on Thursday, stressing that Brussels fundamentally supports the project.
The goal of the Hungarian government is to achieve full employment in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a local gathering in Ózd, in northern Hungary, on Thursday.
The situation in Ukraine and the development of the North Atlantic Alliance’s defence capabilities were top of the agenda at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence on Wednesday, 26 February, it was revealed at a press conference held by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following the discussions.
According to the European Commission’s Winter Forecast, Hungary’s real GDP growth is estimated to be 2.1 percent both in 2014 and 2015, which is an upward revision of the former prognosis.