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Increasing percentage of women pursuing technical studies is the goal

Ministry of Human Capacities, May 16, 2017 7:29 PM

The percentage of women studying in higher education, currently standing at 53 per cent, corresponds to the Western-European average. There is, however, a shortfall in technical studies, and the goal is therefore to increase the percentage of women participating in engineering training programmes, the Minister of State responsible for education at the Ministry of Human Capacities said on Monday in Budapest.

Pensioners receive one month’s extra pension compared to 2010

Ministry of Human Capacities, May 16, 2017 7:25 PM

The Government kept its earlier promises made to pensioners. In actual fact, by far exceeding its promises, there is now more than one month’s worth of extra pension in the pockets of pensioners compared with 2010, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Human Capacities said at his press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest.

Indonesian university rectors visit Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 16, 2017 6:03 PM

“The two key areas of our cooperation with Indonesia are the economy and education”, Deputy State Secretary for Southern Opening Szilveszter Bus emphasised at a meeting with representatives of the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Indonesia (APTISI) on 15 May 2017.

The Government is helping the employment of women through training courses

Ministry of Human Capacities, May 16, 2017 5:04 PM

“The Government is helping the employment of women through training courses, and local municipalities have from 19 May until the depletion of the available budget or 21 May 2018 at the latest to submit their applications to participate in the programme”, The Ministry of Human Capacities’ Minister of State for Family, Youth and International Affairs said on Monday at the opening ceremony of GE Hungary’s fourth Working Parents’ Day in Budapest.

Brussels is continuing to push for the resettlement of immigrants

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, May 16, 2017 5:01 PM

“Tuesday’s statement by EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos once again proves that Brussels is continuing to push for the resettlement of immigrants and is threatening member states who are not prepared to participate in that”, the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary told Hungarian news agency MTI in reaction to the Commissioner’s statements.

The root causes of migration must be dealt with at their point of origin

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, May 16, 2017 2:52 PM

Following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Minister of State and Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade László Szabó told Hungarian news agency MTI that illegal migration must be stopped outside Europe’s borders.

Food production is closely related to the natural environment and sustainability

Ministry of Agriculture, May 16, 2017 2:11 PM


“Farmers involved in food production are primarily interests in preserving natural resources, which represent the environmental background for agricultural production, and in safeguarding them for future generations”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy said on Tuesday in Budapest at an international conference.

VAT cuts on foods to continue next year

Ministry of Agriculture, May 16, 2017 2:10 PM

“The VAT cuts on foodstuffs begun in 2014 will continue, and accordingly the VAT of fish will be reduced from 27 percent to 5 percent from January of next year if the National Assembly authorises the draft budget for next year in mid-June”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Minister of State for agricultural Economy announced at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

GMO-free agriculture represents an opportunity and a certain livelihood

Ministry of Agriculture, May 16, 2017 2:09 PM

“An agriculture that is free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) represents an opportunity and a certain livelihood in Central and Eastern Europe”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI in a statement on Wednesday following a meeting of agriculture ministers in Vienna.

Increasingly intensive agricultural cooperation with Sudan

Ministry of Agriculture, May 16, 2017 2:08 PM

The Deputy Minister of Agriculture was on an official visit to Sudan to discuss agricultural cooperation. István Nagy and State Minister for Agriculture Yagoub Mohammed El-Tayeb Ibraim signed a cooperation agreement on promoting Hungarian-Sudanese trade and research & development relations within the fields of agriculture and the food industry.