European Commission President José Manuel Barroso handed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the documents of the partnership agreement between Hungary and the Commission on Thursday in the Hungarian Parliament Building.
The Hungarian government decided in principle on the establishment of three new Hungarian Institutions, said Monika Balatoni, Minister of State for Cultural Diplomacy to the Hungarian News Agency this Thursday.
The total output of agriculture calculated at basic prices was 2265 billion forints in 2013, an increase of 4.2 percent compared to the previous year, the Minister of State for Agricultural Economy said at the opening of the 29th International Farmers Days trade fair in Bábolna, northwest Hungary.
The fourth ISCD Information and Cyber Security conference organized by the Hungarian National Security Authority was held in Budapest on 8-9 September 2014.
The government spent HUF 179 billion (EUR 590 million) last year on public employment programmes; this year HUF 231 billion (EUR 770 million) is earmarked with an additional HUF 4,7 billion (EUR 15,7 million) – said Deputy State Secretary Imre Hoffman at an expo about public employment in Békéscsaba, southeast Hungary.
According to the State Secretariat for Church, National Minority and Civil Society Relations of the Ministry of Human Resources, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, adopted on 9th September, fits into the series of attacks carried out against Hungary by certain international interest groups.
Traveling exhibition titled ‘Synagogue Architecture Exhibition in East-Central Europe 1782-1944’ opened in Subotica on Wednesday. The expo presents the centuries-long wandering of Jews in the region through the synagogues of nine countries.
Marking the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of Israeli–Hungarian diplomatic relations, a commemorative stamp and envelope were presented on Tuesday in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Youth, education and culture are of strategic importance for Europe’s future. The portfolios intended for the new Hungarian commissioner by Jean-Claude Juncker are about the future, the Government therefore considers the nomination of Tibor Navracsics for this position to be a remarkable success.
In the following days, 480 foreign students from 25 countries will arrive to Hungary for the academic year of 2014/2015 in order to begin their studies in 16 academic institutions. The programme, which was founded by the Hungarian Government in 2013, is coordinated by the Balassi Institute and it is encompassing a university preparatory training in Hungarian language for foreign students as well.