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The Prime Minister to visit Brussels
Prime Minister’s Office, January 22, 2013 12:35 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will pay a visit to Brussels and hold talks with EU leaders on 30 January, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szíjjártó announced on Tuesday.
Strategic Cooperation Agreement signed with Tata Consultancy Services
Prime Minister’s Office, January 21, 2013 3:27 PM
The Hungarian Government concluded a strategic cooperation agreement with the Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday. The agreement was signed by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó and Dinesh P Thampi, Vice-President and General Manager of Tata Consultancy Services' Budapest Service Centre.
Successful tightening of relations with Arab countries
Prime Minister’s Office, January 18, 2013 2:47 PM
Péter Szijjártó, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, praised the fruitful relations that have been built with Arab countries since the change of Government in 2010.
Hungary will begin to ascend in 2013, the Prime Minister says on public radio
Prime Minister’s Office, January 18, 2013 1:14 PM
In public Kossuth Rádió's morning show “180 minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán envisaged growth for Hungary in 2013. In the interview, topics including the new Governor of the National Bank of Hungary or voters’ pre-registration were touched upon.
242 billion US dollars have been transferred from Hungary to offshore tax havens
Prime Minister’s Office, January 18, 2013 11:36 AM
The Government wants to put an end to capital circumventing the Hungarian tax system, Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said on public television on Thursday.
Deputy Prime Minister Semjén received the European Jewish Parliament’s delegation
Prime Minister’s Office, January 18, 2013 9:41 AM
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén received the officials of the European Jewish Parliament, who are on a visit to Hungary.
János Lázár on remembering the Holocaust: We must confront the past and ask for forgiveness
Prime Minister’s Office, January 17, 2013 5:52 PM
"2014, Holocaust commemoration year, must be the year of confronting the past and asking for forgiveness" the State Secretary heading the Prime Minister's Office told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday following the founding session of the Holocaust Memorial Committee. According to János Lázár, facing the past means the incorporating into law of the command to remember and the prohibition of forgetting, while asking for forgiveness must be made part of the national identity.
Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee holds founding session
Prime Minister’s Office, January 17, 2013 5:45 PM
The Hungarian Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee held its founding session today. The Government set up the body, which is responsible for preparing the commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Hungarian Jews in 2014.
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin is on an official visit to the west coast of the United States
Prime Minister’s Office, January 17, 2013 2:36 PM
The Deputy State Secretary has already held negotiations with the local leaders of Hungarian secular and religious communities.
Information on offshore accounts acquired for tax purposes
Prime Minister’s Office, January 16, 2013 6:01 PM
The Government is setting up a workgroup to negotiate with the authorities in Switzerland in order to recover unpaid taxes, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister's Office János Lázár said on Wednesday at a press conference held together with Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász. According to an analysis prepared by the Ministry of National Economy, the amount of Hungarian income stored in offshore accounts is around HUF 1 trillion, but may even reach HUF 2 trillion (EUR 6.7bn).