“The visit to Hungary be the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister in March will hopefully bring us closer to a solution with relation to Ukrainian minority rights, in view of the fact that the current situation is unacceptable and is in gross violation of the law”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday at the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly.
“The investors of the Eastern region are playing an increasingly determining role within the global economy; the distribution of power is being totally transformed”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Szirmabesenyő, near Miskolc, where Chinese-owned Starters E-Components Generators Automotive Hungary Limited (SEGA) is constructing a new production hall.
The renewed National Curriculum is a 21st century, child-centred and patriotically oriented document all at once, Minister of Human Capacities Miklós Kásler said on Friday in Budapest. The Minister announced that the framework curricula attached to the National Curriculum have been completed and are now accessible on the website of the Education Office.
The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) has revised Hungary’s foreign currency and forint denominated debt ratings, citing the stable system of public finances, the significant reduction in the sovereign debt, and the government’s successful economic policy. Following the outlook upgrade announced by Standard and Poor’s last week, the move by the Japanese rating agency also indicates that the performance of the Hungarian economy is also being increasingly acknowledged abroad.
The government seeks to put an end to the prison business which has now become an industry worth billions of forints, the Justice Minister said on Thursday in Parliament.
Thanks to the economic development programme in Vojvodina, it is worth being Hungarian and doing business again in Vojvodina as it is equally possible to use the opportunities offered by Serbia and the EU as well as those made available by the Hungarian government, Minister of State for Nation Policy Árpád János Potápi stressed on Wednesday in Palics.
In the questionnaire of the national consultation, the government will also ask citizens about the damages awarded to illegal migrants, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations stated on Thursday.
In a Europe that has less and less courage to profess its Christian roots, Hungary has identified the goal of supporting Christian communities as a high priority, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the international conference entitled ‘Development cooperation to eliminate the root causes of migration’ held in Budapest on Wednesday.
Polish head of State Andrzej Duda decorated Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family and Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Human Capacities with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Commander’s Cross “for her outstanding contribution to intensifying Polish-Hungarian relations”. The decoration was handed over by Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy Marlena Malag at the Polish Embassy in Budapest.
Minster of Defence Tibor Benkő held talks on current defence policy issues and cooperation opportunities involving the defence sectors of the two countries with Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultquist in Stockholm on Wednesday, 19 February. The date of the meeting is important with relation to our bilateral relations in view of the fact that on this same day exactly one hundred years ago in Sweden, Hungarian Ambassador György Barcza presented the note verbale initiating the establishment of diplomatic relations.