The government has concluded a comprehensive agreement with the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation. The document was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation’s chief rabbi Slomó Köves on Monday, in the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest.
On Monday, 18 November, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő received Siegfried Peinen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium accredited to Budapest as part of an introductory visit.
Hungary has concluded an economic cooperation agreement with Malaysia; the document was signed on Friday by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade and Industry Darell Leiking.
“A 160-million-dollar tied aid loan programme is being launched that will afford several Hungarian enterprises the opportunity to participate in Laotian development projects”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday in Budapest.
Minister of Human Capacities Prof. Dr. Miklós Kásler received Montenegro’s Minister of Culture Aleksandar Bogdanović in his office on Sunday. At the meeting, the two ministers determined that the dynamic development of Hungarian-Montenegrin bilateral relations is an outstanding example of the reinforcement of dialogue between cultural ministries.
With due modesty, but with the self-confidence afforded by the performance of the past thirty years, and in light of the situation in Europe, one can say that thirty years ago we thought Europe was our future, but today we believe that “we are the future of Europe”, and “we are ready for this mission,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Sunday in Prague at the commemoration held on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
“According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the ratio of high-tech is highest within the Hungarian economy at 70 percent, putting it on a par with Germany and Denmark. In addition in Hungary, thanks to patriotic economy policy, the added value generated annually has increased by over a third”, State Secretary László György from the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday from Washington at the launch of the English language version of his latest book: Creating Balance.
On Friday evening the Puskás Arena was officially inaugurated before the Hungary-Uruguay friendly football match.
The pressure of migration is intensifying, there are more than a hundred thousand registered migrants on the Balkans route, György Bakondi, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on Friday evening on the public service television news channel M1.
“The Modern Factories Night series of programmes creates an opportunity for links between modern Hungarian industry, strong Hungarian enterprise and the Hungarian people”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Friday at Knorr-Bremse Brake Systems Ltd.’s plant in Kecskemét, at the opening of the Modern Factories Night national series of programmes, which is being held for the third time this year.