The Minister of National Development has issued calls for proposals for the exploration and exploitation of brown coal at the site of the mine known under the name “Dubicsány I – Coal” as well as for the research, exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon in the areas of Battonya-Pusztaföldvár North, Berettyóújfalu, Dány, Lakócsa, Mogyoród, Nagykáta, Ócsa, Püspökladány and Sellye.
In a statement released on the Memorial Day for Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary’s goal is to continue to be a country of security and peace for all its citizens, in a world which is increasingly uncertain and conflict-ridden.
The level of general government debt must be reduced in the coming years, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at an event organized by the Hungarian Economic Association in Corvinus University of Budapest.
In a speech given on the Memorial Day for Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust, János Lázár said that “the nation is more than just a community of interests: the nation is a community of fates”.
On 15-16 April 2015, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri is on an official trip in Hungary. The Minister signed a tourism agreement with Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga during a high-profile meeting in the building of Hungary’s Parliament. The MoU aims to bolster bilateral tourism relations under the “Opening to the South” policy.
The construction of the M9 motorway will begin with the section between Zalaegerszeg and Vasvár, János Lázár said in an interview published in the local newspaper Zalai Hírlap on Thursday.
After signing a cooperation agreement in the presence of Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár, the city’s leaders and businesspeople, the Prime Minister pointed out that Zalaegerszeg was the third municipality in which they had signed an agreement with the mayor, following on from Sopron and Eger.
Árpád János Potápi, State Secretary for National Policy of the Prime Minister’s Office, István Román, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Nándor Csapó, President of the Forum of Hungarian Teachers in Croatia (HMPF), signed a theoretical agreement on the development of Hungarian vocational training in Croatia in the town of Eszék.
On Tuesday, Parliament adopted an Act on the establishment of a claims fund for Quaestor victims, according to which clients will have to file for compensation between 6 May and 5 June.
Deputy State Secretary for Development Policy Communication Nándor Csepreghy has announced that the European Commission has suspended certain payments from the previous development cycle.