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Viktor Orbán encourages Turkish investment in Hungary

Prime Minister’s Office, December 18, 2013 4:16 PM

Hungarian-Turkish relations have strong roots dating back several decades and have a promising future as well, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a Turkish-Hungarian business forum organised in Ankara.

The recently renovated baths were reopened in Gyula

Prime Minister’s Office, December 18, 2013 3:46 PM

The Castle Baths on Gyula have been restored at a cost of almost HUF 1.2bn (some 4 million euros) and with the opening of the new AquaPalota (AquaPalace) water park on 6300 sqr metres, with 5 new pools and several new amenities, the facility has become an all-year bathing complex.

Grandiose charity event in honour of the elderly comes off as a success

Ministry of National Development, December 18, 2013 3:39 PM

MÁV Symphony Orchestra gave an Advent charity concert under the title Christmas! in honour of the elderly at Liszt Ferenc Music Academy on 17 December, 2013. The main patron of the event was Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh; Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of MND János Fónagy delivered an address at the concert.

The next step towards the 2015 World Exhibition in Milan

Prime Minister’s Office, December 18, 2013 3:10 PM

The building plots for the 2015 World Exhibition in Milan have been distributed.

Minister Balog presented Awards for Nationalities

Ministry of Human Resources, December 18, 2013 2:28 PM

Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog handed over the Award for Nationalities to four organizations and seven individuals on Monday, in the National Museum.

Hungary provides USD 500 000 in funding for education and culture in Transcarpathia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 2:00 PM

On December 18, Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that Hungary would contribute half a million US dollars to the renovation of educational and cultural institutions in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine.

Lower tax liabilities for 270 thousand families

Ministry for National Economy, December 18, 2013 12:41 PM

According to the calculation of the Ministry for National Economy, the extension of the family tax allowance system will leave some HUF 50bn more at 270 thousand households, and thus the Hungarian family-friendly taxation system will support even more families with children, Minister of State for Taxation and Financial Affairs Gábor Orbán said at a press conference in Budapest.

Victims may publicly expose the names of agents from January

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 18, 2013 12:35 PM

As of January, victims may reveal the names of secret agents who reported on them during the communist era, announced Minister of State Bence Rétvári in Parliament on Tuesday after the National Assembly has adopted the proposal on setting up the Commission on National Remembrance.

Deputy State Secretary Prőhle: Cultural ties belong to the core of Hungary–France relations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 12:27 PM

Cultural ties are the solid core of relations between France and Hungary, Gergely Prőhle, Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in Paris on Thursday.

Minister of State Kovács had talks with German partners on Roma inclusion policy

Ministry of Human Resources, December 18, 2013 12:13 PM

Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources had talks on Roma inclusion policy in Berlin on Tuesday with Romani Rose, head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and Erika Steinbach, Member of Parliament for the CDU party and spokeswoman of the Bundestag’s parliamentary group on human rights and humanitarian aid.