On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tibor Navracsics said that Hungary's foreign policy continues to focus on its Euro-Atlantic obligations, Central European neighbourhood policy and a commitment to the policy for Hungarian communities abroad.
Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice Róbert Répássy took part in the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism and a related conference, held on 23 August 2014 in Riga, Latvia.
On Monday, August 25 in the morning hours, Excalibur Defense Ltd commenced transporting 58 T–72 tanks into the area of the Czech Republic. The tanks are withdrawn from service and have been purchased from the Hungarian Defence Forces. The customer is managing the transportation and has all the required licenses for the shipment of military equipment. Press release.
The 11th rotation of the augmented Hungarian KFOR (Kosovo Force) Contingent has reached full operational capability (FOC). On August 23, the Hungarian peacekeepers demonstrated, on a validation exercise, their readiness for executing peacekeeping tasks to an international committee.
Following the European Parliament’s vote on 16 April 2014, the European Police College (CEPOL) and the Hungarian authorities signed the new CEPOL headquarters agreement at an official ceremony in Budapest.
The Hungarian Days event in Cluj (Kolozsvár) serves as a "messenger" for Hungarian-Romanian cooperation, the Parliamentary State Secretary Péter Szijjártó said on Sunday, in Cluj, where he attended the event, organised for the fifth time..
The foundation stone of a rehabilitation centre for the blind was laid on Friday in the Northwest Hungarian city of Tata; the institution that will operate as the local branch and education centre of the State Institute for the Blind from September 2015.
The economic performance of rural Hungary depends fundamentally on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, the Ministry of National Development’s Parliamentary State Secretary said on Friday in Hajdúdorog.
On behalf of President János Áder, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi presented the Order of Merit of Hungary to 11 personalities on the occasion of Hungary’s 20 August national holiday, marking the state’s founding.
The Government will decide in the autumn on whether to include foreign-currency car loans in the forint conversion relief scheme, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga said late on Thursday.