In public Kossuth Radio's morning show “180 minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about the purchase of E.ON’s gas business in Hungary, the latest developments in the IMF talks as well as his meeting with the President of the European Commission. The new Governor of the National Bank and the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Moscow were also discussed.
It is in Hungary's fundamental interest to pursue good relations and close cooperation with Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said when he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén met with recently elected 97th Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Jerusalem Nurhan Manougian during his visit to Jerusalem on Thursday. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the fact that he was the first secular foreign dignitary to be received by the Patriarch since his election on January 24 is a notable gesture.
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz held talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Brussels on Wednesday. One of the main topics of their meeting was the issue of the European Union's budget framework for the period 2014-2020. Following his meeting with President Schulz, he told the press that the EP President had made it clear to him that "he is not the kind of man who would be prepared to sign a budget that has no real basis".
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso on Wednesday in Brussels. After the meeting, the Hungarian Prime Minister stated that for Hungary it is a moral issue, rather than a political or economic one, that the excessive deficit procedure launched against the country since it joined the EU is ended.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels on Wednesday, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief said.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén will be on an official visit to Israel and Bethlehem, in Palestinian Authority territory, between January 30 and February 2.
At its meeting today, the Government discussed the possibility of further decreasing public utility charges. The Government did not set out on the path of decreasing the overly high burdens on families to stop half or even a quarter of the way.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó began an official, one and a half day visit to Qatar yesterday.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén declared that the International Water Summit is to be held in October in Budapest, after participating in the summit of world leaders' from the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago de Chile.