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10th GFFA agriculture minsters’ conference in Berlin discusses the future of animal husbandry

Ministry of Agriculture, January 24, 2018 3:10 PM

Minister of Agriculture Dr. Sándor Fazekas took part in the Forum, and in his speech said that ideas according to which artificial meats or insects produced in laboratory conditions will be afforded a major role in future food production are unacceptable. The participants of the 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) represented 75% of the world's population.

Four more countries join European Soy Declaration

Ministry of Agriculture, January 24, 2018 3:09 PM

It is a success for Hungarian agricultural diplomacy that four more countries have joined the European Soy Declaration previously established thanks to a Hungarian-Austrian-German initiative. The signature signing ceremony took place within the framework of the Berlin International Green Week food industry expo, one of the accompanying programs of which is one of the world’s largest conferences of agriculture ministers, the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.

The prospects for the future are good

Ministry of Agriculture, January 24, 2018 3:08 PM

“In recent years, agricultural output has grown remarkably even in EU comparison, reaching almost 2600 billion forints in 2017”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Parliamentary State Secretary István Nagy said at an agricultural event in Kesznyéten.

There must be a legal guarantee that the Ukrainian Government will consult with Transcarpathian Hungarians

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 24, 2018 2:58 PM

“There must be a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not begin implementing the new Education Act until an agreement has been reached with the local Hungarian community with relation to it”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Paris, where he held talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and U.S. Secretary of State Wess Mitchell within the framework of an extraordinary Hungarian-Ukrainian-American trilateral meeting.

The Paks project is beginning according to schedule

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 24, 2018 9:22 AM

“Despite Austria’s protests, construction of the two new blocks of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will begin in February according to the predetermined schedule”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó confirmed in a statement to the TASS news agency.

Péter Szijjártó to meet his Ukrainian counterpart and the U.S. Secretary of State

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 24, 2018 8:44 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will be taking part in an extraordinary Hungarian-Ukrainian-American trilateral meeting in Paris on Wednesday, during which he will be holding talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and U.S. Secretary of State Wess Mitchell.

Modern-day colonisation attempts are unacceptable

Ministry of Agriculture, January 23, 2018 3:37 PM

“Modern-day colonialization attempts on the part of Brussels or from elsewhere are unacceptable”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Saturday in Lenti, at the 39th anniversary celebrations of the Zala County settlement being declared a city.

The reduction of VAT on the most important foodstuff is continuing

Ministry of Agriculture, January 23, 2018 3:36 PM

The government's goal is to tax the most important foodstuffs with the lowest possible levels of VAT, and accordingly will continue to reduce the VAT on key foods in 2018. The VAT on fish and pork offal and by-products for human consumption will be reduced from 27 percent to 5 percent beginning in January.

Negotiations with Egypt’s plant heath authority on a permit to export wheat come to a successful conclusion

Ministry of Agriculture, January 23, 2018 3:35 PM

As a result of negotiations that have been ongoing since 2012, Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Soil Protection issued a license for the export of Hungarian wheat to North Africa on 10 December 2017. This has eliminated the obstacles that have always existed until now, and the phytosanitary restrictions have been lifted.

Berlin agriculture fair expected to be a major event for agricultural diplomacy

Ministry of Agriculture, January 23, 2018 3:34 PM

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture headed by Minister Sándor Fazekas will be participating in the International green Week (IGW) agriculture exhibition in Berlin, where Mr. Fazekas is expected to discuss the new EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other current policy issues with ministers from 16 foreign countries on the sidelines of the event.