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Naturalisation Procedure to be Simplified
Prime Minister’s Office, January 3, 2013 3:56 PM
The simplified naturalisation procedure was introduced on January 2, 2011, and 363,795 applications have been submitted to Budapest over the past two years, with a further few thousand still on the way, meaning a total of around 370 thousand applicants. Interest remains high, something that is mirrored in the number of appointments made.
János Lázár to coordinate the settlement of Jewish communities’ financial compensation claims
Prime Minister’s Office, January 3, 2013 12:44 PM
The Government has appointed State Secretary in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár to prepare and coordinate the professional tasks related to the settlement of the financial compensation claims of Jewish communities as well as cultural, educational, historical fact-revealing and tradition-keeping activities concerning Jewish communities.
The Constitutional Court’s decision on transitional provisions
Prime Minister’s Office, January 2, 2013 4:40 PM
For formal reasons, Hungary's Constitutional Court has annulled some transitional provisions of the Fundamental Law, including the one on voter pre-registration.
370 000 people applied for Hungarian citizenship over the past two years
Prime Minister’s Office, January 2, 2013 4:38 PM
A total of 370 000 people applied for Hungarian citizenship over the past two years and the rejection rate was below 1.5%, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén told Hungarian News Agency MTI on Wednesday.
The country’s renewal shall be judged by future generations
Prime Minister’s Office, January 2, 2013 10:35 AM
The necessity of decisions can only be judged with appropriate objectivity by posterity Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said in an interview to Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap.
Hungary “stands the storm of crisis”
Prime Minister’s Office, December 28, 2012 8:22 AM
Hungary is a strong nation, which "stands the storms of a crisis" more successfully than several other nations "of more fortunate history and stronger economic fundamentals", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published in national daily Magyar Nemzet on December 24.
Education reform is the government’s greatest achievement, says the Prime Minister on public radio Kossuth
Prime Minister’s Office, December 27, 2012 4:06 PM
The reorganisation of the education system has been the greatest achievement of the government in the past two and a half years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on public Kossuth Rádió on Sunday morning.
Student movements are a “great thing”
Prime Minister’s Office, December 21, 2012 12:25 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday called student movements "a great thing", but stressed that perspective must be maintained.
The Government is to establish the Hungarian Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee
Prime Minister’s Office, December 20, 2012 6:11 PM
2014 will be the 70th anniversary of the darkest chapter in the Hungarian holocaust, the extermination of Hungarian Jews. For reasons of mourning and remembrance, and to increase awareness of the tragic events of 1944, on the recommendation of Hungarian Jewish organisations and based on the proposal of the Prime Minister, the Government is to establish the Hungarian Holocaust Memorial 2014 Committee.
State Secretary Szijjártó in Moscow
Prime Minister’s Office, December 20, 2012 4:56 PM
With respect to energy security, Hungary will improve more in the next couple of years than it has during the past decades – said State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó by telephone to Hungarian news agency MTI, after negotiating with the Chief Executive Officer of Gazprom in Moscow.
Debts taken over from 1700 municipalities
Prime Minister’s Office, December 20, 2012 4:10 PM
Hungary's government has so far taken over the debts of 1700 municipalities with fewer than 5000 residents nationwide in a total amount of 80 billion forints (EUR 280m), Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Nyíregyháza, on Thursday.
Higher education reform - Everyone is a winner
Prime Minister’s Office, December 20, 2012 3:00 PM
Everyone is a winner, the Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said on Wednesday on Hungarian m1 television's evening debate program Az Este.
2013 to start well with lower utility costs and higher wages
Prime Minister’s Office, December 19, 2012 5:50 PM
On Wednesday, in the Parliament at the signing ceremony of the agreement on next year’s guaranteed minimum wage, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that 2013 will certainly start well, with higher wages and lower utilities costs from January 1.
120 billion forints for development of infrastructure with neighbouring countries
Prime Minister’s Office, December 19, 2012 5:45 PM
Hungary's Government will spend 120 billion forints (EUR 417 million) on developing infrastructure links with neighbouring countries in the next 18 months, Deputy State Secretary for External Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Levente Magyar said at the inauguration of two roads crossing the Hungarian-Austrian border at Zsira, on Wednesday.
The number of state-financed places at colleges and universities cannot decrease below 55,000 under the new legislation
Prime Minister’s Office, December 19, 2012 5:20 PM
The number of state-financed places at colleges and universities cannot be fewer than 55,000 next year, Government spokesman András Giró-Szász told a press conference today, on 19 December.
Pensions to retain real value next year, says the Prime Minister
Prime Minister’s Office, December 18, 2012 3:50 PM
Pensions will retain their purchasing power next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at the session of the Elderly Affairs Council in Parliament, adding that following the reforms of the past two and a half years, the economy is expected to grow in 2013.
EDP procedure against Hungary should be lifted next summer
Prime Minister’s Office, December 18, 2012 12:13 PM
The European Commission should lift the excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against Hungary in the summer since the country is keeping the deficit under the 3% European Union threshold, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on commercial news channel HirTV late Monday.
Strategic partnership signed with Stadler Rail Group
Prime Minister’s Office, December 17, 2012 5:10 PM
Hungary's government signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Monday with the local unit of Swiss rolling stock maker Stadler Rail.
Government expects students to work in Hungary in exchange for the cost of their higher education
Prime Minister’s Office, December 17, 2012 10:35 AM
The Government expects students who are accepted to university or college to obtain a degree and declare their intention to work in Hungary in exchange for the full state financing of their education, Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog said on Sunday.
Hungary's interests have been asserted at the Brussels summit, says Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister’s Office, December 14, 2012 4:43 PM
Hungary has successfully asserted its interests concerning the European Union's planned banking union at an EU summit in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference following the summit.
Non-Eurozone members in a much better position regarding the banking union
Prime Minister’s Office, December 13, 2012 4:05 PM
Conditions under which non-Eurozone countries may join the new European banking supervisory system are appropriate, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday.
Government to ease the financial burden on families
Prime Minister’s Office, December 12, 2012 3:51 PM
Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász announced on Wednesday the Government’s decisions to increase the minimal wage as well as to decrease gas, district heating and electricity prices.
The Government signs a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Microsoft Hungary
Prime Minister’s Office, December 12, 2012 3:04 PM
The Hungarian Government concluded a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Microsoft Hungary Ltd. today in Budapest.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Klaus Mangold
Prime Minister’s Office, December 11, 2012 7:04 PM
Prime Minister Vitkor Orbán received the German Co-President of the Rothschild Investment Bank and former Chief Executive Officer of Daimler Chrysler Services AG Klaus Mangold in his office for a working lunch on Tuesday. Mr. Mangold is on the supervisory board of some of Germany's and France's largest corporations.
Prime Minister’s greetings on the occasion of Hanukkah
Prime Minister’s Office, December 11, 2012 5:09 PM
"Let us light a flame in our hearts against darkness, evil and exclusion", expressed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his letter to the Jewish Community on the occasion of Hanukkah. The contents of the letter are published below.
The Government’s higher education reform enables more students to attend higher education
Prime Minister’s Office, December 11, 2012 4:19 PM
In response to student demonstrations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written an open letter to Hungarian national student union HÖOK in which he pointed out that the Government’s current decisions on higher education reform did not take place unexpectedly.
The Prime Minister’s statement regarding next year’s budget
Prime Minister’s Office, December 11, 2012 1:57 PM
Today, the Hungarian Parliament adopted the 2013 budget, which according to the Hungarian Government’s assessment has settled state finances, which were chaotic and dishevelled when the Government took office.
Hungary is open to dialogue with the US, says Péter Szijjártó
Prime Minister’s Office, December 11, 2012 1:56 PM
Hungary is open to constructive, friendly and sincere dialogue with the United States, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said after meeting Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Brent Hartley in Budapest today.
State Secretary Szijjártó met with Vice Chairman of China’s CCPIT Wang Jinzhen
Prime Minister’s Office, December 10, 2012 7:01 PM
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks with Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Wang Jinzhen.
Deputy Prime Minister Semjén rejects ethical accusations
Prime Minister’s Office, December 10, 2012 4:55 PM
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén considers the issue regarding his theses written at the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) and at the Péter Pázmány Catholic University "finally and officially" closed, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister's press chief stated. The Deputy Prime Minister noted the findings of ELTE University’s three-member committee, but rejects the ethical accusations against him.