There are no problematic fields in the German-Hungarian cooperation, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told national radio channel Kossuth Rádió on Friday. The Prime Minister also underlined that he sees great possibilities in the Eurasian economic cooperation plan.
Hungary is hosting the Capable Logistician 2015 exercise, this year’s biggest trial of the logisticians of NATO member countries and partner nations, NATO commands and other countries involved in practical cooperation.
In November 2014 and in the initial eleven months of last year the retail sector grew by 5.1 percent year-on-year. Accordingly, the volume of retail sales in Hungary has been on the rise for the 17th consecutive month.
Increasing the research and development capacity of Hungary’s water industry significantly contributes to the growth of the export capacity of the Hungarian national economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Tuesday in Nagykanizsa at the opening ceremony of a water technology research centre.
At this year’s first meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee for Social Inclusion and Roma Affairs (TFCTB), the measures of Hungary's National Social Inclusion Strategy planned for 2015-2017 were on the agenda.
The mass killings of Auschwitz must not happen again and any hatred against ethnic groups must be nipped in the bud, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said on Tuesday.
In 2015 Hungary shall take over the rotating presidency of the International Visegrád Fund.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held negotiations with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara about possible cooperation in the energy and economic sector and about joint efforts to manage geopolitical and global challenges.
Work-free Sundays open a new window of opportunity for the tourism and recreation sectors by lifting turnover at tourism services providers, Deputy State Secretary for Tourism Ádám Ruszinkó stated at a joint press conference organized by the Ministry for National Economy and several national tourism institutions and associations. He added that recent criticism related to work-free Sundays has focused exclusively on consumers instead of human beings, whereas the economy shall serve people and not vice versa.
Positive labour market trends continued in Hungary. In the period October-December 2014, the number of people in employment aged 15-74 years was up by 172 thousand, to 4 million 142 thousand. The unemployment rate has been around 7 percent over the past months and currently it is at 7.1 percent. Steady private sector employment growth has been gaining weight as a factor behind the favourable trend.