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Statement regarding the terrorist attack in France
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 7, 2015 3:58 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is deeply shocked by the news of the terrorist attack in France.
Foreign policy transformation reaches halfway point
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 30, 2014 12:37 PM
The ongoing transformation of Hungary's foreign policy aimed at enforcing the country's economic interests more effectively has reached the halfway point, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated in an interview to Hungarian news agency MTI.
Italian ferry fire – Two Hungarian nationals on board, information on one passenger is still awaited
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 29, 2014 2:15 PM
According to most recent information two Hungarian nationals were aboard the Norman Atlantic ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece on Sunday. One Hungarian national is in safety, information regarding the other passenger is still to follow - reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Hungarian news agency MTI, on Monday afternoon.
Hungary needs Ukraine to be stable and strong
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 22, 2014 10:15 AM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Friday in Kiev at the press conference with his Ukrainian colleague, Pavlo Klimkin, following their discussion that Hungary, as a neighbouring country, needs Ukraine to be stable and strong.
Europe's interest is a close cooperation with China
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 18, 2014 5:17 PM
A close cooperation with China is Europe’s vital interest and it is a great success that a major Chinese bank has chosen Budapest as the location for its Central and Eastern European regional headquarters – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated at the opening ceremony of the Budapest branch of Bank of China.
Statement regarding the terrorist attack in Peshawar
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 17, 2014 8:34 AM
Hungary strongly condemns the senseless and inhumane attack of terrorists against a military-run school claiming the lives of at least 126 students and teachers in Peshawar, Pakistan.
MFAT statement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the 1989 Romanian Revolution
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 16, 2014 1:29 PM
On the sixteenth of December – the twenty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the 1989 Romanian Revolution – we commemorate the sacrifices of those revolutionaries, heroes and martyrs whose courage and perseverance in the face of death led to the fall of the communist dictatorship.
Government’s strategic partners created nearly 14,000 jobs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 15, 2014 4:28 PM
The 52 companies that have signed strategic partnership agreements with the Hungarian government have created nearly 14,000 jobs this year in Hungary, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest.
Hungarian Trading House opens in Botswana and South Africa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 15, 2014 4:18 PM
Deputy State Secretary responsible for the “Opening to the East” Policy Dr. Csaba Balogh inaugurated the 24th and 25th foreign representative offices of the Hungarian Trading House in Botswana on 10 December and in Pretoria on 11 December, 2014.
The need for even closer cooperation with the Western Balkans
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 11, 2014 5:43 PM
In Budapest the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that the significance of the Western Balkans for his country has increased in recent times as a result of world political and economic changes, and so Hungary must pursue even closer economic and political cooperation with the region’s countries.