Colleen Bradley Bell, the new ambassador of the United States will arrive in Hungary next Monday, Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy Levente Magyar said in public television M1's Ma Reggel (“This Morning”) on Thursday.
Due to the geopolitical situation that affects both Serbia and Hungary and the scrapping of the South Stream gas pipeline project, Hungarian-Serbian relations have become more significant, Minister Péter Szijjártó emphasised followng talks with the Serbian Foreign Minister on Wednesday in Belgrade.
The current exchange rate of the Swiss Franc has no impact on mortgage debtors of foreign currency loans, Hungary’s Minister of Justice told journalists on 15 January 2015 in the Parliament.
The step taken today by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has confirmed that Government measures aimed at lowering Hungary’s forex debt burden have been relevant. The SNB measure triggered extreme exchange rate volatility on forex markets and the Forint depreciated significantly vis-á-vis the Franc.
Minister in Charge of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár will be visiting Brussels on Thursday in the company of Minister of State for European Union Development Projects Eszter Zsuzsanna Vitályos and Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Ferenc Takács, where he will be holding talks with EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu and Walter Deffaa, Head of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó in an interview with Hír TV said that open issues in Hungarian-U.S. political relations can only be resolved by mutual willingness.
“Hungary is doing well in developing rural power centres”, the Prime Minister said in Kecskemét at the inauguration of the State Secretariat for Agrarian and Rural Development, part of the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Minister of Justice of Hungary has called for a common register of European citizens imprisoned on terrorism charges in EU member states.
Minister for Human Capacities Zoltán Balog, whose portfolio includes culture, has joined the common declaration initiated by the Latvian Presidency of the European Union and the French Minister of Culture.
We are grieved to hear of the death of Jenő Buzánszky, Athlete of the Nation, Olympic champion, world championship silver medallist, 49-time member of the national football team and defender for the so-called Golden Team, at the age of 90.