The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrád countries - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - have discussed the recent developments in Ukraine.
The Hungarian Government will spend 10 billion forints (EUR 32.1 million) on improving public education infrastructure, of which 3 billion forints each (EUR 9.62 million) will go towards building swimming pools, gymnasiums and classrooms, and one billion (EUR 3.21 million) will be spent on kindergartens, Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog said on Friday at a press conference in the northeast Hungarian town of Diósgyőr.
Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi welcomed the vote by Ukrainian lawmakers in the day for the release of former Ukranian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary welcomes the deal to end the domestic crisis in Ukraine signed on February 21. We express our hope that this will put an end to the bloodshed and life can return back to normal in Ukraine. It is most important that both sides abide by the agreement so that the political and constitutional conditions for resolving the crisis can be established.
The Komárom-Esztergom County Government Office released a publication on crime prevention in commemoration of the Day for Victims of Crime, the first title of such in the country, which will be delivered to all households of the county next week. The publication was presented by Tibor Navracsics at a press conference in Tatabanya this Friday.
220,000 people are becoming victims of crime each year - said the Minister of Interior at the the conference organized on the International Day for Victimes of Crime, which was co-organized by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, the Institute of Public Administration and Justice and the National Council on Crime Prevention in Budapest this Friday.
Every Hungarian household will have broadband Internet connection by 2018, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday after signing a partnership agreement with Magyar Telekom.
"There are significant opportunities for the further development of Hungarian-Kazakh agricultural relations; Hungary could be an outstanding partner to Kazakhstan within the fields of agriculture and environmental protection", Minster for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared on Friday in Budapest at a bilateral logistics forum.
Hungary is prepared for every eventuality in connection with the crisis in Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his regular Friday radio interview.
According to the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), in January-December 2013 average gross and net wages increased by 3.4 percent and 4.9 percent, respectively, in comparison to data compiled one year ago.