Canada's immigration minister Chris Alexander told news portal canada.com that changes to Canada's immigration policies have helped reduce the number of asylum seekers, most of whom had previously come from Hungary.
Hungary condemns the terrorist bombings that took place in Egypt on 24 and 25 January, and urges a democratic solution, Press Chief of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gábor Kaleta declared. He also stressed that acts of violence provide no solutions for the challenges of Egyptian society and that a democratic response should be found.
The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service launched a new website called "Webnurse" on Tuesday, offering free advice on care services.
Agriculture is hoped to be a highly successful priority area in Hungarian-Azerbaijani relations, Hungary's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations said on Wednesday.
There is mutual sympathy between Hungary and Kazakhstan, and developing closer relations is in the interests of both countries, declared Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi at the EU-Kazakhstan Forum held in Budapest on 28 January.
The rule of law was restored after 2010 with a new government, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at the Ministry of Interior’s Annual Assessment Meeting on Tuesday.
"Kazakhstan is one of the fastest growing economies I the world today, with excellent economic performance that it can be rightly proud of," Minister for Rural Development said in his speech at the seminar organised on 28 January 2014 in Budapest to promote cooperation between the European Union and Kazakhstan.
A Hungarian-Polish intergovernmental summit and a meeting of Visegrád Group prime ministers will be held in Budapest on Wednesday afternoon.
Hungarian state subsidies for public catering increased by 83 percent or 24 billion forints (EUR 79 million) in the 2010-2014 period, Minister of State for Family and Social Affairs Miklós Soltész said at a press conference in Székesfehérvár, central Hungary on Monday.
Hungary welcomes that China, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom reached an agreement with Iran on the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) in Geneva on January 10, 2014. Hungary also welcomes the report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Iran complying with the stipulations of the JPOA, and is pleased with the fact that Teheran has been fulfilling its commitments concerning the gradual restriction of its nuclear program.