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Cultural diplomacy can help create peace in a troubled period

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 6, 2017 12:37 PM

“Cultural diplomacy can help create peace in a troubled and peaceless period”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó in a message to the annual meeting of the directors of international Hungarian Institutes in Budapest on Thursday.

New Red Cross and Red Crescent headquarters open in Budapest

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 6, 2017 10:37 AM

On 6 July 2017, Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation Dr. István Mikola from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Mr. Elhadj As Sy officially inaugurated the offices in Budapest that will serve as the new headquarters for the IFRC’s European Regional Office and Global Service Centre.

Cooperation for security

Ministry of Defence, July 6, 2017 10:01 AM

The first word that comes to mind about what we’ve seen here is cooperation. We’ve seen a clear proof of it, and I’d like to congratulate each soldier who participated in the preparation and the demonstration because they practice their profession at a high level by high standards, Deputy Minister Tamás Vargha, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence said at the Distinguished Visitors’ Day of Exercise Szentes Axe 2017 in Győr on Wednesday, 5 July.

First Hungarian translation of the Talmud published

Ministry of Human Capacities, July 5, 2017 6:00 PM

A community that devotes two decades to translating its most important book "wants to live, and if it wants to live, it also gains strength", Miklós Soltész said referring to the Talmud translation, which has been in preparation since 1998, on the occasion of the publication of the first ever Hungarian transition of the Talmud by the Unified Israelite Congregation of Hungary (EMIH).

New natural gas transport route to Hungary could be established by the end of 2019

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 5, 2017 4:00 PM

“The new natural gas transport route to Hungary could be established by the end of 2019”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Moscow after concluding an agreement with the CEO of Gazprom on Hungarian development projects relating to the new pipeline.

Historic breakthrough in funding for Hungarian minority in Vojvodina

The Prime Minister, July 5, 2017 1:06 PM

Bertalan Havasi Press Chief of the Prime Minister has informed Hungarian news agency MTI that on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians István Pásztor, with whom he discussed issues of national strategy in addition to the results of the Hungarian-funded economic development programme.

The V4 has considerably more substance than it used to

Ministry of Justice, July 5, 2017 10:53 AM

“Today, the Visegrád Group (V4) has considerably more substance than it used to and is an important forum that is capable of highlighting both its cooperation with the European Union and the importance of the fact that the diverse requirements of regions must not be trampled on”, Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner told Hungarian news agency MTI at an event in Vienna to mark the Hungarian presidency of the Visegrád Group.

The latest missile test by North Korea is unacceptable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 5, 2017 10:00 AM

The Government of Hungary condemns the latest ballistic missile test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the strongest possible terms.

Viktor Orbán holds talks with Speaker of Saudi Arabian Parliament on tighter economic cooperation

The Prime Minister, July 5, 2017 9:42 AM

Bertalan Havasi, Press Chief of the Prime Minister has told Hungarian news agency MTI that in the Parliament Building on Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Sheikh Speaker of the Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

First contact with the new Ecuadorian administration

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 4, 2017 9:17 PM

Deputy State Secretary Szilveszter Bus held talks in Quito, Ecuador on 30 June 2017. His visit was the first Hungarian high-level contact with the new Ecuadorian administration that took office at the end of May. The governmental meetings aimed to set the two countries’ bilateral relations on a new track and give a fresh impetus to their cooperation.