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Construction of atomic power station to enter phase of implementation

Prime Minister’s Office, April 13, 2017 4:39 PM

The case of the construction of the atomic power station is about to enter a new phase. The Prime Minister requested János Süli, Mayor of Paks to coordinate the prospective commissioning of the facility and the development of the region, János Lázár said on Thursday in Paks after he attended the meeting of the Paks Social Council comprised of the mayors of the region’s forty-one localities.

Civil society is embodiment of social goodwill in Hungary

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 13, 2017 3:41 PM

The organisations of civil society are the embodiment of social goodwill in Hungary. By helping these organisations, the Government itself is able to support families in need more effectively and more successfully, the Deputy State Secretary responsible for church, nationality and civil society relations at the Ministry of Human Capacities stated at the inauguration of the programme Family Resources Centre on Thursday in Püspökladány.

Hungary and Serbia have a mutual interest in each other’s success

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2017 2:59 PM

“Hungary and Serbia have a mutual interest in each other’s success, and the jointly written success story, which primarily concerns the success of the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina and of the Serbian minority in Hungary, began a few years ago”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó highlighted on Thursday in Szabadka (Subotica), where contracts were concluded with more than 3700 successful applicants within the framework of the Hungarian Government’s economic recovery programme for Vojvodina.

It is our firm expectation with regard to Ukraine that it must guarantee the rights of the Hungarian minority

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2017 2:57 PM

“Hungary has provided much concrete assistance to Ukraine, and in exchange it expects that the rights of the Hungarian community living there are not impaired”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed after he and his Slovakian and Czech counterparts Mirolsav Lajcák and Lubomir Zaorálek held joint talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

Saint Ladislaus was able to address all peoples of Central-Europe

Prime Minister’s Office, April 13, 2017 2:30 PM

Saint Ladislaus was the first monarch who was able to address all the peoples of Central-Europe, Árpád János Potápi said when he opened the exhibition introducing the life, cult and spiritual heritage of Saint Ladislaus at the Zagreb Hungarian Cultural Institute on Thursday, in the presence of Hungarian President of the Republic János Áder and Croatian head of state Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

Nothing but our native land can give us a home

Ministry of Defence, April 13, 2017 2:28 PM

Nothing can substitute for or replace the nation states, including Hungary, „nothing but our native land can give us a home”, Defence Minister István Simicskó said at the oath-taking ceremony held in Szentendre after the completion of the basic training of the contingent of soldiers contracted for a fixed term.

The automotive industry has written a 25-year success story in Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2017 1:28 PM

“The Hungarian economy could never had moved onto a growth trajectory without the automotive industry, the sector has achieved a 25-.year success story in Hungary since the regime change, but we cannot only rely on the success achieved thus far”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an automotive industry conference in Budapest organised by the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA).

Construction industry grew dynamically in February

Ministry of Finance, April 13, 2017 12:56 PM

The performance of the construction industry increased by 15.2 per cent in February. The number of new orders, too, was on the increase, and the sector may therefore expect a long-term phase of growth, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said.

With innovation for competitiveness

Ministry of Finance, April 13, 2017 12:55 PM

Innovation, sustainable growth and the enhancement of the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy are inseparable processes, Mihály Varga highlighted at the conference Sustainability and Innovation organised by Századvég Gazdaságkutató Zrt.

Declaring Good Friday a public holiday raises awareness

Ministry of Human Capacities, April 13, 2017 12:24 PM

“Declaring Good Friday a public holiday raises awareness of the fact that it is worth thinking about the deeper meaning of this day”, the Minister of Human Capacities said in an interview for the Hungarian Reformed Church’s weekly magazine Reformátusok Lapja.