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.
Twenty years have gone by since the passing away of Hungary’s first democratically elected Prime Minister József Antall, but his legacy still exerts an influence on today's Hungary.
The newly arranged Egyptian exhibition has been opened in the Museum of Fine Arts, including new artefacts purchased through the biggest acquisition in the history of the Egyptian collection. Now, the whole ensemble contains almost 500 pieces of history.
On 12 December, former Prime Minister József Antall was remembered in Budapest's Fiumei Street cemetery on the 20th anniversary of his death.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Aleksei Miller, president of Russia's gas company Gazprom, in Budapest on Wednesday.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks on water-, agriculture-, pharmaceutics- and R&D-related agreements during his 1-and-a-half day visit to Tel-Aviv, Israel. He met with Israeli Minister of Finance Yarir Lapid, with whom he reached an agreement on strengthening investment and innovation ties between the two countries.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén represented Hungary at the state memorial ceremony of the late South African President Nelson Mandela in Pretoria on Wednesday, the head of the Prime Minister's Press Office said.
The first meeting of the Hungarian-Georgian joint economic committee took place in Budapest on Tuesday. Agreements to increase bilateral cooperation in the areas of energy, water management and agriculture were concluded, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said. Bilateral trade between Hungary and Georgia rose by an annual 7% to USD 40 million in the first nine months of the year.
The Government has introduced several measures aimed at boosting exports of small and medium-sized companies, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday.
The National Development Agency (NFÜ) held a campaign closing event for its Számít a szavam! (My word counts!) programme at the Liszt Academy of Music.