Over the past period, Germany has already significantly supported Central European countries in achieving better economic performance than the European average and in the future, cooperation between Germany and the V4 countries will become the engine of European growth - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday in Bratislava following the extended meeting held with the participation of V4 Foreign Ministers and the leader of German diplomacy.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was shocked by the tragic news of the plane crash in South France.
Being informed about the Germanwings plane crash, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his sympathy to the German Chancellor and the Spanish Prime Minister in a telegraph – Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office told kormany.hu on Tuesday.
Priority objective of the Government is to increase the efficiency of the public administration with the help of the State reform programme, in order to establish a better harmonized and supervised cost-efficiently operating central administration system.
According to Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár all measures aimed at reducing the number of those working on Sundays should be supported – national newspaper Népszabadság wrote.
Based on a proposal by Fidesz, assets of companies involved in the brokerage scandal would be collected within a damages fund; such assets would include personal assets of brokers, members of supervisory boards, auditors and others who have “abused their powers”. Victims of the scandal would then be reimbursed from this fund, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told national television channel M1 on Monday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó presented the Investor of the Year Awards at the Investor Gala held in Pesti Vigadó on Thursday in Budapest.
It is the fourth time that Hungary will host the annual conference of the approval authorities of the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation. This year’s event will focus on the exchange of experiences of the approval authorities in the field of opportunities for economic development. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is preparing the event that is jointly financed by the Central European Initiative (CEI).
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament János Latorcai will make an official visit to the Republic of Korea and to Vietnam – Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office announced.
The 19th of March is the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Good-neighbourly Relations and Friendly Co-operation between Hungary and the Slovak Republic.