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July 29, 2013 9:43 AM

Scholarship Agreement signed between Hungary and Vietnam

Hungary and Vietnam have concluded an agreement on a scholarship programme in Budapest on Monday. The document was signed by Hungary's Minister of State for Higher Education István Klinghammer and Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Quang Quy.

July 29, 2013 9:40 AM

State Secretary Zsolt Németh on Hungarian–Romanian Relations

Hungarian–Romanian relations suffered no irreparable damage last year, Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh told a Romanian TV channel on Sunday.

July 27, 2013 9:03 AM

Prime Minister spoke about the EU’s future and the success of the Hungarian economy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke at the 24th Tusványos summer university and youth camp for Hungarians that started on Tuesday in Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő), Romania. He talked about the EU’s future and the crisis as well as the Hungarian economy’s success.

July 26, 2013 9:00 AM

Entire EU funding budget available for agriculture to be used

A road show to present some 3,000 billion forints (EUR 102m) worth of completed rural development projects will start in Nagykanizsa in western Hungary on August 3, the director of the national rural development institute (NAKVI) said.

July 26, 2013 8:56 AM

Number of new university students receiving state funding has increased

Minister of State for Higher Education István Klinghammer stressed on Thursday that the number of students admitted into state-funded higher education has gone up this year compared with 2012.

July 25, 2013 2:11 PM

Reaction to the statement by Viviane Reding

Vivane Reding has made attempts to talk about Hungary several times, but just as previously, she has on this occasion again stated only falsehoods.

July 25, 2013 8:59 AM

The Government increases family tax allowances

It is the Government’s high priority to support families with several children. In this spirit, ruling party Fidesz is currently working on further family policy measures aiming to make having children more attractive and at the same time favour employees.

July 25, 2013 8:55 AM

10th professional orientation camp for Roma youth

The Ministry of Interior is organising its tenth annual professional orientation camp for those young Roma people who are interested in law enforcement work.

July 24, 2013 9:41 AM

Number of registered jobseekers below the half-million mark

According to the latest data by the National Labour Office, the number of registered jobseekers fell below 500 thousand in Hungary, Minister of State for Employment Policy Sándor Czomba said at the signing ceremony of a funding tender for job creation projects in Nyírkáta.

July 24, 2013 9:37 AM

Establishment of V4G4 Centre of Excellence Officially Announced

The Ministry of National Development welcomes the official announcement on the establishment of the V4G4 Centre of Excellence, which marks the beginning of the joint work of nuclear research institutes in the Visegrad Region (the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Energy Research /MTA EK/, the Polish Narodowym Centrum Badań Jądrowych /NCBJ/, the Czech ÚJV Řež, a.s. and the Slovakian VUJE, a.s.) for the research, development and innovation of Generation IV (G4) nuclear reactors.