A Hungarian-led EU Twining project entitled “Developing the capacity of the Serbian authorities with relation to treating zoonoses and food-borne diseases” is being realised with French and Serbian participation.
Transformation to a competitive “green” and low-carbon economy is a major challenge for most countries. It can only be achieved through cooperation across borders, exchange of fresh ideas and best practice, and new investments. The EU “Europe 2020” strategy points a way forward for the member countries but also for their partners.
„We are to face fierce debates” at EU level, but we must be able to win them in order to protect Hungary’s sovereignty, the Justice Minister stressed at a migration forum held in Budapest on Tuesday.
Industrial performance increased by 2.7 per cent in Hungary in February, compared with the year before, while when the effect of business days is removed from this indicator, production increased by 7 per cent. The processing industry increased in eight of its thirteen averages compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. Based on the monthly industrial production data received to date, the performance of the Hungarian industry exceeded that of the European Union’s average.
“There is a misleading and false Soros campaign going on with relation to the Soros university. The first lie of this campaign is that if the amended Act on Higher Education comes into force then the Soros university will be forced to close. This is not true, and according to the new Hungarian regulations it will continue to operate, launch new courses and issue diplomas”, Minister of State for Education László Palkovics informed EU Commissioner for Education Tibor Navracsics in Brussels, and with regard to which he also held discussions with Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén had talks in Iran with respect to the development of Hungarian-Iranian bilateral relations, including nuclear security cooperation, Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.
The Prime Minister will appoint a minister without portfolio to oversee and review the Paks nuclear power plant project.
“The Ministry for National Economy is drawing up a uniform action programme for the digitalisation of the Hungarian workforce, including several measures such as the learning of basic competencies, expanding user knowledge and reforming IT training”, the Minister of State for Labour Market and Vocational Education announced at a professional conference.
At an organ inauguration ceremony held in the Hold utca German-Speaking Reformed Church Parish church in Budapest on Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that today also we need no more than to have brave communities which proudly proclaim to be Christian, European, German and Hungarian.
“The Hungarian Government is happy to assist everyone if they require information with relation to the legislative amendments”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said with reference to the amendment of the Act on Higher Education and the proposed Bill on the transparency of organisations that receive money from abroad.