The impact of the World Aquatic Championships on Hungary’s image is overwhelmingly positive, foreign tourists are satisfied with the country, Zoltán Guller, Chief Executive of the Hungarian Tourism Agency said at a press conference held on Tuesday in the Duna Arena.
Almost half a million, 485 thousand spectators viewed the events of the World Aquatic Championships at five venues in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták, President of the Organising Committee of the World Championships which finished on Sunday said at a press conference held on Monday in the Duna Arena.
Julio Maglione, President of FINA, the international federation of water sports described the 17th World Aquatic Championships held in Budapest and Balatonfüred as the best world championships of all time at the closing ceremony held in the Budapest Papp László Sports Arena where Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták also delivered a speech.
According to Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták, the required tasks have been completed, the Budapest World Aquatics Championships are in progress and can be regarded as a great success so far. Speaking on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Papers” program, Mr. Seszták said it is best to include a sports facility in a country’s development strategy in such a way that it can later be stated, it was worth it.
According to Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták, the organisers are providing everything to ensure that the FINA World Aquatics Championships beginning in Hungary on Friday will be perfect.
The Prime Minister promised railway workers a thirty per cent pay rise up to 2019. Viktor Orbán’s letter regarding this promise was read out by Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták on Saturday in Nyíregyháza, at the Railway Workers’ Day event of the Hungarian railway company MÁV, the Communication Directorate of the railway company informed the Hungarian news agency MTI in a communication.
Leaders from the European Union’s member states discussed the latest developments concerning international action to combat climate change at a meeting of EU Environment and Climate Ministers in Luxembourg on 19 June 2017.
“The latest proposals of the European Commission in the field of road haulage favour protectionist market measures, and may result in significant extra expenditures and administrative burdens for the Central-Eastern-European businesses active in the sector. The planned regulations deteriorate European competitiveness, endanger jobs, and cause a rise in the price of haulage services where consumers are clearly at the receiving end”, Róbert Homolya, Minister of State for Transport Policy stated at the meeting of the Transport Council held on 8 June 2017 in Luxembourg.
“All preparations are moving forward according to schedule seventy-three days ahead of the start of the FINA Aquatics World Championships, the biggest ever sports event hosted by Hungary”, Minister of National Development and Chairman of the Organising Committee Miklós Seszták announced at a press conference on Tuesday at which he provided detailed information on the tasks and costs.
“Regulated public electricity prices do not distort the market because universal service providers can move to the competitive market”, the Ministry of National Development’s Minister of State for Energy, András Aradszki said on M1 Hungarian television’s Tuesday evening current affairs program.