Minister of Interior Sándor Pinter addressed European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Monday and presented Hungary's bid to host the European Police College (CEPOL).
Around a hundred new workplaces will be established as a result of the Prec-Cast Ltd investment’s first phase in Sátoraljaújhely, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced following the inauguration of the 5600 m2 building.
"The Government is handling the protection of Hungarian farmland as a priority, and the New Land Act, which determined the fundamental principles of land trade, makes it clear that Hungarian farmland belongs to locally resident farmers, and as such has brought to a close a 1100-year debate", The Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for the State Land Programme Márton Bitay said at a press conference on Monday.
"In the third millennium, it is man's individual and community responsibility to search for what connects us. The cause, the goal towards which we can work together; the fundamental principal according to which we can think, plan and build a future together", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said during the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Ministry and the Hungarian Reformed Presbyterian Association.
The reduction in overhead costs has materially benefitted the financial situation of the population, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of the Ministry of National Development János Fónagy stated at a press conference evaluating the achievements of the first year of the overhead cost reduction policy, held in Budapest on 15 December 2013.
Hungary's environmental status is generally favourable, but there are areas where greater attention is required, the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Environmental Affairs told a press conference in Budapest on Monday.
Preparations are being made for another round of public utility price reductions, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday.
Newly discovered natural gas reserves in Israel could help Hungary ease its dependence on Russian energy, Hungarian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Peter Szijjártó said in an interview for the Jerusalem Post. "Hungary is very dependent on Russian gas. We heat 80 percent of our houses with gas and import 90 percent of our gas from Russia. Being so dependent means that we're relatively vulnerable", State Secretary Szijjártó said, summing up his two-day visit to Israel last week. He said that Hungary could become a central European distribution centre for Israeli gas, he added.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) provides a credit facility of EUR 50 million and EUR 100 million for the State of Hungary and the Hungarian Export-Import Bank Ltd. (Eximbank), respectively, for the modernization of state administration and for supporting export activities of Hungarian SMEs.
In October 2013, industrial output increased by 6 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year, and thus Hungary achieved the third largest increase within the EU.