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The number of mothers with small children returning to work increased by one-third

Ministry of Finance, August 11, 2014 12:52 PM

According to data of Q2 2014 compiled by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of women who returned to work after they had received maternity benefits and childcare allowance or had been stay-home mothers was up by 37 percent year-on-year, former Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai, responsible for improving the labour market prospects of women, announced in a press release.

Press Statement on the Iraqi situation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 8, 2014 12:41 PM

The Government of Hungary is seriously concerned about and strongly condemns the senseless violence based on radical ideology, which through the military advancement of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation in Iraq resulted in the deterioration of the security situation and in particular through the increased religious violence threatens the security of the entire Middle Eastern region and the mere existence of the Christian communities.

According to State Secretary, it is unreasonable to fear the termination of Hungarian-Estonian relations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 7, 2014 5:29 PM

Fears in the press regarding the termination of Hungarian-Estonian relations on the closure of the Hungarian embassy in Tallinn are unreasonable, and the Hungarian institution operating in the Estonian capital is even strengthened by the Government, answered Monika Balatoni, State Secretary for Cultural Diplomacy of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the Hungarian News Agency this Thursday.

The deficit of the central sub sector of the state budget in the period January-July 2014 is equal to the shortfall in the corresponding period of the previous year

Ministry of Finance, August 7, 2014 4:00 PM

The deficit of the central sub sector of the state budget was HUF 851.4bn in January-July 2014. Within that amount, the deficit of the central government budget and Social Insurance Funds was HUF 1031.1bn and HUF 134.2bn, respectively, while Extrabudgetary Funds posted a surplus of HUF 45.5bn.

Art Moments Festival with exhibitions, literature and music

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 7, 2014 2:55 PM

Film screenings, literary and musical programs are awaiting the interested among contemporary art exhibitions in Budapest City Park, at the Art Moments Festival starting this Thursday.

Aleksandar Vučić thanks Viktor Orbán for flood mitigation assistance

The Prime Minister, August 5, 2014 9:10 AM

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has thanked Viktor Orbán for Hungary’s offer of financial aid for the mitigation of flood damage in Serbia, Deputy-State Secretary for the Prime Minister’s Press Staff Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI.

Ecumenical Service Held on Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day

Ministry of Human Capacities, August 4, 2014 5:16 PM

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary the Roma Holocaust and the 5th anniversary of the murder of a Hungarian Roma woman in Kisléta, an ecumenical church service was held in Budapest on 4 August, organised by the Sant’Egidio Community. Acting in his role as Reformed Church pastor, the event was also attended by Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog.

László Trócsányi commemorates victims of Roma Holocaust

Ministry of Justice, August 4, 2014 4:30 PM

Minister of Justice László Trócsányi addressed a memorial event at Lake Grábler in Várpalota, Western Hungary, to commemorate the tragic fact that in 1945 more than a hundred Hungarians of Roma ethnicity from Várpalota and Székesfehérvár were murdered and their mass grave now lies under the waters of the Lake.

HUF 5 billion factory expansion at Nemak Győr Kft

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, August 4, 2014 4:04 PM

Mexican-owned Nemak Győr Ltd, a manufacturer of cylinder heads and engine blocks, is to create 100 new jobs with a HUF 5 billion (EUR 17.8 million) expansion project in Győr, to which the Hungarian Government has provided a one-off subsidy of HUF 406 million, announced State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó at a press conference on Friday.

Hungarian baths had 31 million guests last year

Ministry of Finance, August 4, 2014 3:09 PM

Last year, the number of visitors at the 200 most significant Hungarian baths frequented also by tourists was some 31 million and development projects related to these are to be continued in the coming EU fiscal period, Deputy State Secretary for Tourism Viktória Horváth said at a press conference held in Budapest.