Foreign Minister János Martonyi thanked the solidarity expressed by the governments of Slovakia and Croatia in relation to the flooding of the Danube and Hungary's flood defence operations.
on June 12, 2013 at the Hungarian Institute of Foreign Affairs, Budapest
The Government, following its cabinet meeting, has decided to submit an amendment to the Fundamental Law in line with critical remarks by the European Commission, Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said on Wednesday.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog, assessing the Ministry's past three years of activity, stated that 70 billion forints had been tendered for social inclusion projects, with programmes such as Nő az esély (Chances are increasing) that aim to strengthen relations between Roma and non-Roma communities and other programs aimed at helping to encourage the education of Roma children.
The government has started preparation for post-flood restoration and improvement works and the government has appointed disaster management chief György Bakondi commissioner for flood repair works, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at this morning’s press conference in Győrújfalu, north of Budapest, adding that the government is awaiting claims from municipalities concerning damages caused by the flooding river Danube.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén met with Advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Christian affairs Ziad Al-Bandak and discussed among others the restoration of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and an increase in the number of Palestinian students.
The government will on Tuesday start an assessment of flood-related damage and set the schedule for the post-flood clean-up, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday in the village of Tököl, south of Budapest, stressing, however, that there are another two tough days ahead.
Owing to the flood situation, the Tourism Deputy State Secretariat of the Ministry for National Economy and the Budapest Festival and Tourism Centre Nonprofit Ltd. join forces to provide up-to-date information for tourists visiting Budapest. To ensure that visitors to the city have access to all relevant information while the flood abates, the Ministry, which is also responsible for tourism, will collaborate with the Municipality’s tourism marketing and cultural events management company to ensure that the latest developments concerning transport, tourist attractions and hotels are always available to the public.
The growing use of biofuels, the measures to be taken in favour of the completion of the internal energy market as well as the industrial innovation policy of the European Union were on the agenda of the session of the Energy Council held in Luxembourg on June 7, 2013.
Fornetti is an excellent example of Hungarian food exports, as the country's products can be found in over 20 countries, said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas at the inauguration ceremony of Fornetti Ltd's newly expanded plant in Kiskunfélegyháza, realised with an investment of HUF 1 billion.