Hungarian-Turkish agrarian relations may be developed perspectively, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI in a telephone interview after meeting with his counterpart, Turkish Minister of Agriculture Mehmet Mehdi Eker in Ankara on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Human Resources are working together in the interests of environmental education and to promote the environmental awareness of future generations by ensuring that children gain suitable experience and practical environmental training beginning in nursery school. 226 nursery schools were awarded "Green Kindergarten" certificates in 2013 at a ceremony held in the Hungarian Museum of Agriculture on 19 December.
Parliamentary State Secretary Károly Kontrát gave Christmas presents to those who work in law enforcement and have six or more children as well as to the widows and orphans of law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
After a renovation amounting to HUF 302 million, the Castle of Szigliget was inaugurated on Thursday. At the ceremony, Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister, said that the renovation of the castle was an excellent example of how a community living at one of the most beautiful spots of the Lake Balaton region is able to grasp an opportunity arising out of the historical past.
In the Hungarian Parliament Building, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga presented the 25th Pro Turismo Honour Awards, the most highly regarded award of the Hungarian tourism sector, to tourism experts who act as role models for other professionals through high-quality work and services.
According to the press release of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), in October 2013 industrial output was 6 percent higher in comparison to the corresponding period of 2012. Both workday-adjusted and unadjusted data show an increase of 6 percent. In light of EU data it can be concluded that in October Hungary was the third best within the EU on the year-on-year industrial performance ranking.
Miklós Soltész, Minister of State for Family and Social Affairs, accompanied by Hungarian hockey players, visited a social institution located in Polgárdi-Tekerespuszta for disabled people.
Project owner Magyar Közút Nonprofit Ltd. built a new roundabout intersection on Main Road No. 5 using only national budget funds. The project was completed less than two months after the building area was taken over. The roundabout will eliminate congestions on the main road section which leads to the pedestrian entrance of the Mercedes-Benz Factory.
Minister of State for Employment Sándor Czomba stated at a press conference in Bácsalmás, Békés County, he considers it a crucial objective that people who cannot find work on the labour market will earn a net monthly income of some HUF 50 thousand instead of a welfare benefit of HUF 22 800 during the winter, because as of 1 January 2014 the net wage of a public work employee will increase by 2.4 percent to HUF 50 600.
Children demand special attention during official proceedings and everything must be done so that they suffer the least possible trauma, as Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice emphasised in Kaposvár on Wednesday, on the occasion of handing over a child-friendly interview room at the police headquarters.