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16th Jewish Summer Festival
Prime Minister’s Office, August 28, 2013 4:18 PM
The 16th annual Hungarian Jewish Summer Festival is currently being held in Budapest between 25 August and 2 September and offers various programs introducing Jewish culture. The festival is the largest of its kind in Europe and this year the Prime Minister’s Office is sponsoring the event with 58 million forints.
Number of Hungarian-Slovakian border crossings to double
Prime Minister’s Office, August 27, 2013 5:04 PM
The number of border crossings between Hungary and Slovakia will double in the next seven years, State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó said at the inauguration of a border crossing between Zemplénagárd and Velké Trakany on Tuesday.
European Commission open to discussion on funding
Prime Minister’s Office, August 27, 2013 4:37 PM
An agreement between Hungary and the European Commission on lifting the suspension of 13 of the country’s European Union development programmes is “99.9%” certain, Deputy State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office Nándor Csepreghy stated. “We see openness on the part of the European Commission, which will lead to an agreement.”
Prime Minister: National interests can be protected in a peaceful way
Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2013 5:23 PM
National interests can be protected in a peaceful way that is acceptable for the great powers as well, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview recorded in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 27 and aired by Romanian all-news channel Digi 24 on Saturday evening.
2013 be another record-breaking year for tourism
Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2013 4:13 PM
Tourism is exiting the economic crisis and according to estimates the volume of tourism this year could beat last year's record by a further 8 percent with a total of 23-24 million guests nights spent in tourist accommodation by holidaymakers from both at home and abroad, the Office of the Prime Minister's Deputy State Secretary for development programmes announced.
Confucius Institute opens in Miskolc
Prime Minister’s Office, August 26, 2013 2:50 PM
State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó signed an agreement in the Parliament building on Friday on opening a Confucius Institute in Miskolc. The State Secretary emphasised: the Institute has been established through the cooperation of the University of Miskolc, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology and the Chinese Language Council. The Institute will play an important economic role in the life of Miskolc and act as a bridge between the two countries within the field of strategic cooperation.
State Secretary Szijjártó discussed the opening to the East at Tranzit Festival
Prime Minister’s Office, August 22, 2013 4:39 PM
To boost its exports Hungary must reduce the country's exposure to EU markets and turn to fast-growing countries in the East, State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday.
Prime Minister’s speech and cabinet meeting in Székesfehérvár
Prime Minister’s Office, August 20, 2013 10:00 AM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a speech in Székesfehérvár on Monday, honouring the 2013 Saint Stephen Memorial Year, which commemorates the first Hungarian king’s legacy on the 975th anniversary of his death. Prior to the speech, the Prime Minister and Mayor of Székesfehérvár András Cser-Palkovics laid wreaths at the king’s tomb. Despite the bank holiday, the Government also held a cabinet meeting in the city on Monday.
Prime Minister nominates Mónika Karas as head of NMHH
Prime Minister’s Office, August 14, 2013 5:48 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has nominated Mónika Karas as Head of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH). Ms. Karas will take over this position following Annamárai Szalai’s recent death. The Prime Minister informed President János Áder about his recommendation in a letter, with effect from 19 August.
Visegrád 4 prime ministerial meeting postponed
Prime Minister’s Office, August 13, 2013 1:23 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed to postpone the prime ministerial meeting of the Visegrád Four countries scheduled originally for August 24 in Hungary, his Press Chief Bertalan Havasi announced on Saturday.