Boosting opportunities for the Hungarian youth to obtain “marketable” qualifications is an important task for the government, the innovation and technology minister said on Thursday, opening the 20th Educatio international expo in Budapest.
The circus is an art form of immense importance to Hungary’s cultural heritage and “a national treasure”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, opening the Budapest International Circus Festival.
The town of Paks, in central Hungary, has received nearly 4 billion forints (EUR 12.1m) in government funding for developments in connection with the upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear plant, the mayor told MTI.
Output of Hungary’s industrial sector increased by an annual 3.6% in November last year, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Working day-adjusted data showed a 5.7% annual increase for the same month.
The Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) said it will continue to provide aid in Iraq, including the area of Erbil which was hit by Iranian missiles early on Wednesday.
Last year was the hottest year in Hungary since 1901, the weather service said. Of the ten hottest years, eight have been recorded since 2000 in Hungary, where warming has been slightly above the global average, rising by 1.2 degrees since the beginning of the 20th century, the statement said.
New contingents of Hungarian police have left for North Macedonia and Serbia to assist in border protection tasks there, police said on its website on Monday.
Last year the number of illegal entrants to Hungary grew by 2.6 times compared to 2018, the leader of the Hungarian police’s border patrol forces said.
Hungarian troops stationed in Iraq will continue to carry out their mission with security measures in place, the defense ministry has said.
Thanks to the mild winter weather, snowdrops are blooming in Zala County on 7 January 2020.
