The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has in cooperation with the national supervisory authorities conducted a stress test on European banks. The stress test was applied to 91 banks in total, representing an aggregate market share of the European banking sector of more than 65 percent. The stress test includes the banks exposures to sovereign risk.
The Hungarian Government today announced that generic and specialty drug-maker Mylan Inc. will establish a pharmaceutical packaging center in the Komarom Industrial Park. The project is expected to add approximately 400 new jobs to the local economy over the next several years.
During her visit to Budapest on 22 July 2010, Jadranka Kosor, Croatian Prime Minister, met with Orbán Viktor, with whom – among others – she conducted talks about transport and energy connections, as well as the European Union accession process of Croatia. Within the framework of the prime ministers’ meeting, Tamás Fellegi, minister responsible for national development, signed a bilateral energy agreement with Đuro Popijač, Croatian minister of economy, labour and entrepreneurship.
The Ministry of Defence organised its presidency seminar in the framework of the sectoral preparatory training for EU Presidency for the fifth time on 30th June, 2010. At the event Colonel János Tomolya, head of the Unit for Operations, Defence Policy Department, as well as Viktória Nyulász, desk officer of the Unit for Operations, gave lectures on the EU’s operations in Africa and the reasons of the conflicts in the continent.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary welcomes the decision, that as a result of the mediation efforts by the Cuban Roman Catholic Church and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos of Spain, Cuban authorities shall release 52 political prisoners, and considers this development an initial step towards the actual improvement of the human rights situation in Cuba.
On 15 July 2010, Fellegi Tamás, minister for national development, conducted brief talks with the delegation of the European Commission headed by Catherine Day, chief secretary, in Budapest.
The new Hungarian government seeks to expand, in a geographic sense, its Central European policy in all directions, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said during his visit to Vienna on July 13, 2010. The head of Hungarian diplomacy travelled to Austria at the invitation of his Austrian counterpart, Michael Spindelegger. He was received on a courtesy visit also by the Federal President, Heinz Fischer.
The Programme of National Cooperation: Work, Home, Family, Health, Order
Office of the National Assembly
Document Number: H/47
Received: 22 May
Foreign Minister János Martonyi has sent a telegram to his Slovak counterpart Mikuláš Dzurinda, congratulating him on his appointment.