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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discusses the situation in Ukraine and US-Hungary relations with US Senator John McCain

Prime Minister’s Office, January 31, 2014 4:23 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met John McCain, current Republican Senator of Arizona, leading figure of the Republican party, in Budapest on Friday afternoon.

Hungarian public administration reform can be an international reference work

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 31, 2014 4:08 PM

Thanks to the cooperation with the OECD, the renewal of the Hungarian administration system could be a reference in the region, Europe and eventually out of Europe as well, said Minister of Public Administration and Justice, Tibor Navracsics at the Forum of Public Administration arranged for European public administration leaders in Budapest this Friday.

620 billion forints spent within the National Youth Strategy

Ministry of Human Resources, January 31, 2014 3:56 PM

Hungary spent 620 billion forints (some 2 million euros) on the young generation within the framework of the National Youth Strategy in the 2012-13 period, the Ministry for National Economy and the Ministry for Human Resources said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

Hungary hosts poetry and prose recital festival

Ministry of Human Resources, January 31, 2014 3:43 PM

Hungary will host a poetry and prose recital festival this spring to commemorate the European Year of the Family and the 100 years since the outbreak of World War I, Minister of State for Culture János Halász said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Prime Minister addressed the Lámfalussy conference

Prime Minister’s Office, January 31, 2014 3:37 PM

The exchange rate is exclusively in the Central Bank's scope of authority and government should keep away from openly discussing this issue, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. He addressed a conference named after Alexandre Lámfalussy, a Belgian banker originally from Hungary, who helped bring about the creation of the euro.

Minister Martonyi: we must also prepare for a worst-case scenario

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 31, 2014 3:36 PM

As regards the Ukrainian situation, the Hungarian Government must be prepared for all possible eventualities including the worst case, and this is why a new operative task unit has been set up to coordinate the operations of government agencies and other organisations, Foreign Minister János Martonyi told InfoRadio on Thursday.

Economic growth is on a sustainable path

Ministry for National Economy, January 31, 2014 12:30 PM

In the opinion of Minister of State for Taxation and Financial Affairs Gábor Orbán, the Hungarian economy has been set on a sustainable growth path, as the structure of the economy has become sounder and positive trends appear to persist.

Government concluded a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Delphi Corp.

Ministry for National Economy, January 31, 2014 10:31 AM

The Strategic Partnership Agreement, between the vehicle industry supplier Delphi’s Hungarian group of companies and the Government of Hungary, was signed by Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and Delphi Hungary Manager Zoltán Jámbor in Budapest.

Large-scale development in the IT infrastructure of Hungarian public education

Ministry of National Development, January 30, 2014 4:57 PM

Last year, the bandwidth of internet access doubled at more than one thousand schools in Hungary, Minister of State for Infocommunication Vilmos Vályi-Nagy announced at a press conference on the achievements of the project Sulinet+ in Mezőkeresztes on 30 January, 2014. Developments are to continue in some 3800 educational institutions this year.

Hungary and Poland are Striving to Achieve Common Goals

Ministry of Rural Development, January 30, 2014 4:17 PM

Following the official meeting between Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orbán and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the agriculture ministers of Hungary and Poland also held bilateral talks in the Parliament building. The main topics of the meeting between Sándor Fazekas and Stanislaw Kalemba included GMO policy, the domestic distribution system for Common Agricultural Policy funding, supporting the tobacco industry, opportunities for cooperation provided by the European Innovation Partnership, and cooperation between national rural networks.