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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to attend emergency EU summit

The Prime Minister, April 21, 2015 11:16 AM

Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi told kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been informed that there will be an emergency EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, which of course he will attend.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade condemns the attack on Ethiopian Christians committed by members of the Islamic State

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 21, 2015 10:14 AM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary was appalled and deeply shocked by a video released by the Islamic State on 19 April 2015 showing the brutal murder of 28 Ethiopian Christians working in Libya.

European Commission approves the nuclear fuel supply contract

Prime Minister’s Office, April 20, 2015 7:36 PM

Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár announced at a press conference on Monday that the European Commission has approved the nuclear fuel supply contract between Hungary and Russia.

Job-creating investments will restore Europe's competitiveness

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 20, 2015 5:52 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has said that job-creating investments will restore Europe's competitiveness, while EU Commissioner and Vice-President of the European Commission Jyrki Katainen stressed that lack of investment is the underlying problem of European economies; therefore, the European Fund for Strategic Investments has been created, through which new investment worth EUR 315 billion will be funded.

The Act on Citizenship will not be made stricter

Prime Minister’s Office, April 20, 2015 5:19 PM

At the annual hearing of the Committee on National Cohesion on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister for Hungarian Communities Abroad Zsolt Semjén declared that he does not see the need to make the Act on Citizenship stricter.

The European Commission should reconsider appointing Altus

Prime Minister’s Office, April 20, 2015 3:15 PM

Deputy State Secretary for Development Policy Communication Nándor Csepreghy has asked the European Commission to reconsider entrusting Altus – the company of opposition politician Ferenc Gyurcsány – with the task of supervising the functioning of development policy in Hungary.

EU funds worth EUR 34 billion at Hungary’s disposal up until 2020

Prime Minister’s Office, April 20, 2015 2:52 PM

Minister of State for EU Developments Eszter Vitályos announced on Saturday that EU funds worth EUR 34 billion will be at Hungary’s disposal during the 2014–2020 budgetary period.

Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici held talks in Washington

Ministry of Finance, April 20, 2015 1:08 PM

Mihály Varga and Pierre Moscovici discussed the EU country report on Hungary, on the sidelines of the regular spring meeting of the IMF held at the institution’s Washington headquarters.

Minister of Agriculture and American Ambassador meet to discuss free trade agreement

Ministry of Agriculture, April 20, 2015 10:53 AM

Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas and United States Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bradley Bell agreed that the signing of the free trade agreement between the EU and the USA, which is currently under development, was on the whole a positive step, although Hungary voiced several concerns during the course of the meeting.

Keeping Europe GMO-free also serves to protect biodiversity

Ministry of Agriculture, April 20, 2015 10:50 AM

Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas attended a meeting of EU Environment Ministers on April 14-15 in Riga, on the invitation of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.