299 result(s) for foreign ministers
Hungary Named Coordinator & Co-President Of CTBTO
- 23 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will be performing the duties of Coordinator and acting as Co-President of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) for the next two years. On May 21, the members states of the CTBTO named Hungary and Indonesia to be Co-Presidents of the Organization between 2013 and 2015.
Statement By The Hungarian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is with utter shock and bewilderment that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary was informed about a statement published in the daily paper Metro in Brussels on 16 May by Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, stating that Hungary wants “to count Jews”.
Hungary Voices Serious Concerns About The Decision Of Monitoring Committee Of Council of Europe
- 26 Apr 2013 9:02 AM
- current affairs
On Wednesday, the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted to put the proposal on launching a monitoring procedure against Hungary on the agenda of the next session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The committee members supported the motion in a vote of 21 to 20. The circumstances of the Committee's decision raise serious ...
Karin Olofsdotter, Former Swedish Ambassador To Hungary
- 19 Apr 2013 12:00 PM
Karin Olofsdotter took up the post as Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary in the fall of 2011. She entered the Foreign Service in 1994.
Hungary's PM Orbán Attends Thatcher Funeral
- 18 Apr 2013 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was among 11 prime ministers and two foreign heads of state to attend the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in London on Wednesday. By his presence Orbán paid tribute to Thatcher for her role in the dismantling of the Iron Curtain and in ending the Cold War, Népszabadság writes.
Ukraine Grateful For Hungary’s Assistance In Resolving Gas Supply Issues
- 29 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Ukraine is also expected to show rapid economic growth in the future, and Hungary would like take part in this development, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Mikola Yanovych Azarov in Budapest on Thursday.
Hungary’s Constitutional Changes Fuel New Tensions
- 10 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Saturday (9 March) against imminent changes to the country's constitution which they fear would curb democratic rights, echoing worries this week from the European Union and the United States.
New Impetus To Hungarian-Slovak Relations
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister János Martonyi received Slovak Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Miroslav Lajčák, who accompanied the President of Slovakia, Ivan Gašparovič, on his two-day visit to Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: All Sides Condemn Jobbik MP’s Anti-Semitic Speech In Hungary
- 7 Dec 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Commentators unanimously condemn a speech by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi, who proposed that a list of MPs and cabinet members of Jewish descent should be established, as they represent ‘a risk to national security.’ The Jobbik MP made his remark in parliament in connection with the Gaza conflict last Monday. State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh replied that the government had no ...
Hungary Named Coordinator & Co-President Of CTBTO
- 23 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will be performing the duties of Coordinator and acting as Co-President of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) for the next two years. On May 21, the members states of the CTBTO named Hungary and Indonesia to be Co-Presidents of the Organization between 2013 and 2015.
Statement By The Hungarian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is with utter shock and bewilderment that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary was informed about a statement published in the daily paper Metro in Brussels on 16 May by Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, stating that Hungary wants “to count Jews”.
Hungary Voices Serious Concerns About The Decision Of Monitoring Committee Of Council of Europe
- 26 Apr 2013 9:02 AM
- current affairs
On Wednesday, the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted to put the proposal on launching a monitoring procedure against Hungary on the agenda of the next session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The committee members supported the motion in a vote of 21 to 20. The circumstances of the Committee's decision raise serious ...
Karin Olofsdotter, Former Swedish Ambassador To Hungary
- 19 Apr 2013 12:00 PM
Karin Olofsdotter took up the post as Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary in the fall of 2011. She entered the Foreign Service in 1994.
Hungary's PM Orbán Attends Thatcher Funeral
- 18 Apr 2013 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was among 11 prime ministers and two foreign heads of state to attend the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in London on Wednesday. By his presence Orbán paid tribute to Thatcher for her role in the dismantling of the Iron Curtain and in ending the Cold War, Népszabadság writes.
Ukraine Grateful For Hungary’s Assistance In Resolving Gas Supply Issues
- 29 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Ukraine is also expected to show rapid economic growth in the future, and Hungary would like take part in this development, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Mikola Yanovych Azarov in Budapest on Thursday.
Hungary’s Constitutional Changes Fuel New Tensions
- 10 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Saturday (9 March) against imminent changes to the country's constitution which they fear would curb democratic rights, echoing worries this week from the European Union and the United States.
New Impetus To Hungarian-Slovak Relations
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister János Martonyi received Slovak Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Miroslav Lajčák, who accompanied the President of Slovakia, Ivan Gašparovič, on his two-day visit to Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: All Sides Condemn Jobbik MP’s Anti-Semitic Speech In Hungary
- 7 Dec 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Commentators unanimously condemn a speech by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi, who proposed that a list of MPs and cabinet members of Jewish descent should be established, as they represent ‘a risk to national security.’ The Jobbik MP made his remark in parliament in connection with the Gaza conflict last Monday. State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh replied that the government had no ...