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Hungary awards HUF 230 million to national minorities

Ministry of Human Resources, January 8, 2014 3:19 PM

The Hungarian Government is providing a total of 230 million forints (EUR 766,000) this year for safeguarding the languages, cultural customs and spiritual and material heritage of national minorities, as well as for strengthening their ethnic identities, the Ministry of Human Resources announced.

Strengthening Hungarian-Azeri economic relations

Prime Minister’s Office, January 8, 2014 2:32 PM

Hungarian exports to Azerbaijan have expanded by 29 percent in the past year, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said.

Highly regarded former football players and coaches should be held in high esteem

Prime Minister’s Office, January 8, 2014 2:31 PM

"No country can disregard its successful former players and put aside its own traditions, and accordingly highly respected retired football players and coaches should be held in especially high esteem" – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Duna TV after attending Olympic bronze medallist and former national football team coach Ferenc Kovács’s 80th birthday celebrations.

More disabled people are working and the benefit system has become more sustainable

Ministry of Human Resources, January 8, 2014 12:01 PM

After reviewing almost 350,000 assessments regarding to the working ability of handicapped and disabled people, Ombudsman for Fundamental Rights László Székely has only found seven questionable decisions, the Ministry for Human Resources said in a statement on Tuesday.

New electoral procedure results in a more transparent system

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, January 7, 2014 4:25 PM

According to Minister of State Bence Rétvári, a cheaper and more transparent system will come to be with halving the number of parliamentary representatives and changing contrariety rules. He spoke about the upcoming changes at the press conference today.

Energy aware enterprises facilitate implementation of government objectives

Ministry of National Development, January 7, 2014 4:19 PM

“Energy awareness raising and dissemination are high priority aspirations of the government”, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh said at an event announcing the tender ‘For the energy awareness of enterprises’, held in Budapest on 7 January, 2014.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs active in the Phillippines aid program

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2014 3:33 PM

Collaboration among the Hungarian Government, the business sector and NGOs to provide aid to the victims of typhoon Haiyan can serve as a model of cooperation – Péter Wintermantel, MFA Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs, declared on Tuesday.

Minister Martonyi reopens embassy in Santiago de Chile

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2014 3:31 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian Embassy in Santiago de Chile. He also had talks with his counterpart and with the leaders of the Chilean Congress.

Stimulating growth to replace consolidation policy

Ministry for National Economy, January 7, 2014 2:23 PM

The recently completed taking over of the debt of local governments marks a shift from a period of consolidation to that of stimulating growth, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference in Kecskemét.

Prime Minister sent a letter of condolence to his Portuguese counterpart

Prime Minister’s Office, January 7, 2014 11:14 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter of condolence to his Portuguese counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho over the death of soccer legend Eusebio, who died on Sunday at the age of 71.