At the initiative of Minister of Human Capabilities Zoltán Balog, the higher education roundtable held its first meeting on Tuesday since the new Hungarian government was formed following the April elections.
750 billion forints (EUR 2.4bn) more funding will be available for Hungarian agricultural and rural development during the upcoming European Union financial period than in the previous one, the Minister of State for Agricultural Economy announced at a professional event in Cegléd, Central Hungary.
A time capsule has been placed in the ground as foundation stone for the citric acid plant about to be constructed under a joint, HUF 34bn Hungarian-Chinese investment project in Szolnok.
The Hungarian Government is committed to increasing assistance to crime victims, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi told a press conference on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mentioned this when he was interviewed in the main news programme called “Krónika” of Kossuth Radio during the World Junior Open Water Swimming championship held at the weekend in Balatonfüred.
The decisions of the NATO summit held on Friday in Newport, Wales, significantly improve the military security of Hungary and Central Europe – Viktor Orbán Prime Minister told Hungarian journalists at the venue, after the meeting.
The defence against the flood, obliging the banks to repay borrowers’ losses and reducing public utility charges were called the biggest successes of the past period by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday in Kötcse. The Prime Minister was interviewed by M1 News before the Thirteenth Civic Picnic, a long-established event organised by the Foundation for a Civic Hungary.
It is with support from Hungarian Jewish organisations and help from the international Jewish community that the Government wants to put together the professional programme of the House of Fates, a memorial centre for child victims of the Holocaust – Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said on Tuesday, after the Jewish Community Roundtable’s over-4-hour meeting, where eight subjects were discussed.
The EEA and Norway Grants are the financial contribution of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to support the development of certain EU Member States. Hungary has been a recipient since 2004.
In the coming EU fiscal period, Hungary will spend EUR 2.1bn on R&D, double the amount received from cohesion funds in the previous period, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the opening ceremony of National Instruments’ (NI) Science Park in Debrecen.