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Hungarian-Macedonian Joint Economic Committee holds meeting in Budapest
Prime Minister’s Office, February 19, 2013 5:49 PM
The Hungarian-Macedonian Joint Economic Committee started a two-day meeting in Budapest on Tuesday. State secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó stated that the committee decided that areas of bilateral cooperation include energy, transport, farm and tourism sectors.
Viktor Orbán presents awards to Lebanese businessmen
Prime Minister’s Office, February 19, 2013 3:14 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presented two Lebanese businessmen with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for the development of Hungarian-Lebanese relations. Mr. Orbán emphasized that Hungary understands the East's message, and so has many prestigious friends in the East.
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications addresses OSCE conference Internet 2013: Shaping policies to advance media freedom (video)
Prime Minister’s Office, February 18, 2013 5:45 PM
Deputy State Secretary Ferenc Kumin stressed that Hungary fully supports the statement of the European Union that was issued at the end of the conference.
State Secretary Szijjártó discusses bilateral economic ties and infrastructure development in Austria
Prime Minister’s Office, February 18, 2013 3:31 PM
State Secretary Péter Szijjártó discussed bilateral economic ties, infrastructure development and EU affairs with senior Austrian officials in Vienna on Friday. The State Secretary held talks with , State Secretary of the Austrian Chancellery Josef Ostermayer, General Secretary at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Johannes Kyrle, and local business leaders.
Ferenc Kumin takes part in OSCE conference on Internet freedom
Prime Minister’s Office, February 15, 2013 5:53 PM
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin participated at the conference entitled Internet 2013: Shaping policies to advance media freedom; organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria.
Recent international bond issue shows that Hungary can stand on its own two feet
Prime Minister’s Office, February 15, 2013 1:03 PM
Hungary’s recent dollar-based bond issue has proven that the country is capable of standing on its own feet, without the assistance of the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on public Kossuth Rádió’s morning show “180 minutes”.
Official UNESCO recognition of Hungarian falconry as cultural heritage
Prime Minister’s Office, February 14, 2013 5:40 PM
The 20th Fishing Hunting and Arms International Exhibition was opened today by Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Hungarian Society for the Protection of Hunting Zsolt Semjén. The event was attended by Minister of Rural Development Sándor Fazekas, Ukranian Minister of Agriculture Mykola Prysyazhnyuk and a number of members of the diplomatic corps.
Hungarian farmers to receive HUF 500 billion more in subsidies
Prime Minister’s Office, February 14, 2013 4:43 PM
Hungarian farmers could expect an additional HUF 480-500 billion in direct subsidies during the EU’s next seven-year financing period, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday, following talks with the President of the National Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Societies (Magosz).
Volvo and Rába bus companies sign cooperation agreement
Prime Minister’s Office, February 14, 2013 9:35 AM
Swedish Volvo Bus Corporation and Hungary's Rába Vehicles Holding signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Budapest on Tuesday. The agreement was concluded in Parliament by Volvo’s European Vice-President and Head of Business Development Stefan Guttman and Rába's President and Chief Executive István Pintér.
The International Press's View of Hungary has Improved
Prime Minister’s Office, February 13, 2013 6:32 PM
According to Deputy Secretary of State for International Communications Ferenc Kumin, the image of Hungary in the international press has improved recently and attention is instead centred around how Hungary has managed to achieve such positive changes.