The Operations Centre of HDF organised a ceremonial meeting on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hungarian arms control on the 28th September.
A four-day programme started in Pákozd Military Memorial Park on 25th September. During the events the participants commemorated the heroes of the 1848 Revolution and welcomed the troops of the HDF land forces.
Putting an end to a 3-year long court process, 23 September 2010, Hungary has prevailed international arbitration lodged by AES Summit Generation Ltd. and its Hungarian subsidiary AES Tisza Erőmű Kft. (AES Tisza Power Plant Ltd.). The court underlined in the explanation of its – mandatory – ruling that none of the measures taken by the Republic of Hungary violated the regulations of the Energy Charter Treaty. The court found no basis for any of the claims made by AES Summit Generation Ltd. – including a 30 million USD claim for compensation – and dismissed them all.
Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende received His Excellency Hasan Kemal Gür, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Hungary for a complimentary meeting on 17th September.
The government does not negotiate with Russian energy company Surgutneftegas about the purchase of their shares in MOL – confirmed Mr. Tamás Fellegi, Minister of National Development yesterday when addressing foreign journalists in a background meeting.
On September the 21st Administrative State Secretary of the MoD Lajos Fodor gave a lecture on the first 100 days of the Ministry of Defence. The State Secretary of the MoD accepted the invitation of MZNDU Security Policy Special College. The event was attracted by great interest.
Nearly one hundred soldiers lined up last Wednesday afternoon at Kecskemét Air Base. The troops in desert combat uniform are about to leave for Afghanistan where they will serve in the staff officer group at Kabul International Airport or as mentors at the NATO ISAF Combat Service Support (CSS) Logistics School. Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende said farewell to the troops at the ‘Dezső Szentgyörgyi’ Air Base in Kecskemét.
After twelve years’ pause Hungarian-Polish military ministerial talks were resumed in Budapest on 17th September. During the discussions of Hungarian Defence minister Dr Csaba Hende and Klich Bogdan Polish Minister of Defence bilateral military cooperation, common security and defence policy of the East-Central European region were on the agenda.
As the minister of national economy emphasized on the occasion of the nomination of the Government Debt Management Agency's new Chief Executive Officer, a central objective of the government's financial policy they pay special attention to is regaining credibility.
Posthumous Second Lieutenant György Kolozsvári, war hero was laid to rest with military honours in Tata, on 4th September.