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Cheaper to start school this year

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 9, 2014 1:06 PM

Steps taken by the government have helped families reduce the costs of starting the new academic year, Minister of State for Family Affairs and Youth Katalin Novák said at a press conference on Monday. She said 730,000 pupils receive textbooks at no cost for their families.

Even Communist dictatorship failed to destroy civic tradition

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 9, 2014 1:05 PM

Even the beastliest Communist dictatorship failed to demolish civic tradition in Hungary, Deputy Minister of State for International and EU Affairs Gergely Prőhle said at a roundtable discussion held in the Budapest Opera House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of opening the border between Hungary and Austria.

The Government wants competitive, efficient and sustainable higher education

Ministry of Human Capacities, September 9, 2014 1:02 PM

The government wants competitive, efficient and sustainable higher education based on real values and intends to play an active role in establishing this, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said while opening the academic year at the Budapest Business School on Monday.

Tourism shows record results in the initial seven months of the year

Ministry of Finance, September 9, 2014 11:57 AM

Hungarian accommodation establishments received 5.25 million guests in the initial seven months of 2014, who spent 13.4 million tourism nights in the country and the gross accommodation charges they paid totalled HUF 101bn. The number of domestic guests and gross accommodation charge revenues continued to record growth exceeding 10 percent, while the total number of guests and the number of tourism nights gained 7.3 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively.

Both parties have an interest in continued Hungarian-Russian cooperation in agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture, September 9, 2014 11:55 AM

It is in the interests of both parties for Hungarian-Russian cooperation in agriculture to continue, the two countries’ agriculture ministers agreed at a meeting in Moscow on Monday.

The Government supports electric vehicles

Ministry of Finance, September 9, 2014 11:09 AM

Under the Ányos Jedlik Programme, the Government promotes electrically-powered vehicles and the export of related Hungarian products, Minister of State for Economic Regulation Béla Glattfelder said at a press conference in Budapest.

Twenty-five years ago Hungary played a major role in the creation of the united Europe

Ministry of Interior, September 8, 2014 5:41 PM

Twenty-five years ago Hungary opened the borders in Sopronpuszta and this was the last step to break with communism in Hungary and in Eastern Europe, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said in Austria at the joint Hungarian-Austrian day of police.

Hungarian export to China may hit new record this year

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 8, 2014 5:30 PM

Hungary has become the gateway to Europe for Chinese companies; and it is highly likely that, after last year’s record, Hungarian exports to China reach a new record this year, State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday at a seminar dedicated to the Government’s ‘Opening to the East’ Policy.

Hungarian Government provides HUF 700 bn for R&D

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 8, 2014 5:20 PM

The Hungarian Government provides HUF 700 bn (EUR 2.2 bn) for research, development and innovation in the 2014-2020 EU Financial Framework period, said Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Levente Magyar on Friday, in Debrecen.

The August 2014 cash-flow balance of the state budget highly favourable compared to results in past years

Ministry of Finance, September 8, 2014 3:42 PM

The central sub sector of the state budget in the month of August 2014 posted a deficit of HUF 7.4bn, the lowest figure in ten years.