Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén visited South Africa. The main goals of the visit were to further strengthen relations with the Hungarian diaspora, help safeguard their national identities as well as to promote national policy goals and concrete measures of the Government with special regard to the opportunities provided by the Citizenship Law.
Hungary will reduce household gas and electricity prices by another 10 percent in October, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference following an EU summit in Brussels on Friday.
10 years after submitting its request for EU accession, Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union.
"It would have been in the interests of the European Union to accept both Hungary and Croatia as a member state sooner, because it would then also has been much stronger financially when the economic crisis unfolded", stressed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in an interview on Croatian public television (HTV), which aired on Thursday.
State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó met with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Xiao Qian.
The Hungarian-Montenegran economic joint committee is holding its current session in Podgorica. On the occasion of this session, State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó is holding negotiations with Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Branimir Gvozdenovic.
State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó received Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador Marco Albuja Martínez today.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban will attend the funeral of former Hungarian Socialist Prime Minister Gyula Horn, on 8 July.
State Secretary heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár held a lecture at the plenary session of Carpathian Basin Free University, organised by National Forum and Lakitelek People’s academy.
The United Arab Emirates is Hungary's number one foreign trade partner among Arab countries, State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó said at a business forum organised to boost bilateral business relations on Monday.