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NEWS FROM THE VISEGRAD GROUP:
21/07/2010
The Visegrad Group prime ministers met on the occasion of passing of the group's presidency from the Republic of Hungary to the Slovak Republic.
01/07/2010 07/05/2010
The International Visegrad Fund (IVF) launched a new program of research fellowships at the Open Society Archives (OSA) within the Central European University in Budapest. Heads of both institutions--IVF's Executive Director Petr Vágner and OSA's Director István Rév--concluded the agreement in the presence of the Czech Foreign Minister, H.E. Jan Kohout, in Prague on 7 May 2010. The program titled Visegrad Scholarship at Open Society Archives will enable scholars, researchers, artists and journalists to use the collection of the OSA during their fellowship stays of up to 2 months. Altogether 10 fellowships are available annually--8 reserved for citizens of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries and 2 available for non-V4 applicants. More information:
03/03/2010
Extended V4 Foreign Ministerial Meeting with the Participation of Baltic States, Eastern Partnership Countries, Belgium, Spain and Representatives of the European Commission, Budapest 2 March 2010:
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CURRENT NEWS:
Hungary's Orban holds talks with Finnish deputy PM in Budapest Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday held talks with Finnish Deputy Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, and the two officials discussed the state of bilateral strategic economic cooperation and its further development, Orban's press office said in a statement. The two leaders agreed that new investments by Finnish companies will be supported in Hungary via cooperation between the two governments. 29/07/2010 Canadian gov't designates 1956 Hungarian refugees nat historic event The Canadian government on Thursday announced the designation of the Refugees of Hungary's 1956 anti-Soviet Revolution as a national historic event, the Canadian Embassy told MTI. "The arrival of thousands of Hungarian refugees helped to shape Canada's model for the reception of refugees and helped Canadians adopt a more receptive attitude towards immigrants," the embassy statement quoted Environment Minister Jim Prentice as saying, who made the announcement. 29/07/2010 Gov't defines goals for Hungary EU presidency Hungary's government has defined the policy objectives for the country's upcoming European Union presidency, state secretary designate in charge of EU affairs Eniko Gyori said on Thursday. Gyori spoke at a round-table conference in the Foreign Ministry, and said that a government session on Wednesday listed topics including revitalisation of the European economy, mitigating the effects of the crisis, increasing stability and fiscal discipline, as well as promoting structural reforms and the EU's strategy to boost growth and competitiveness. 29/07/2010 Hungary farm minister meets Polish counterpart Hungarian Minister of Agriculture Sandor Fazekas met Poland's Marek Sawicki for talks on issues around the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy as well as problems of producers in both countries, in Warsaw on Thursday. Hungary and Poland share the same position concerning the reform of CAP, Sawicki told reporters following the talks. He added that the two countries were committed to a close cooperation in 2011, when Hungary, then Poland will be presidents of the EU. 29/07/2010 Hungary parl' speaker meets Formula 1 racers, captains Parliamentary Speaker and incoming President Pal Schmitt met drivers and captains of the teams competing in this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, in Parliament on Thursday. In his address, Schmitt thanked Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone for "making up his mind 30 years ago to bring the racing spectacle over the Iron Curtain." Schmitt also welcomed Felipe Massa, who was severely injured during time trials last year, and referred to the efforts of Hungarian doctors that contributed to the star's recovery. 29/07/2010 Slovak trade unions concerned about Labour Code amendment Trade unionists are concerned about the upcoming Labour Code amendment, Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) president Miroslav Gazdik told journalists after meeting Prime Minister Iveta Radicova on Thursday. Because of their worries, Labour Minister Jozef Mihal (SaS) has invited them to a discussion with employers on certain parts of the amendment. 29/07/2010 SDKU MP running for Bratislava Old Town mayor Coalition SDKU-DS MP Tatiana Rosova on Thursday officially announced her candidacy for the post of mayor of Bratislava-Old Town district in the local elections in November. "The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) has no reservations towards my candidacy. It's expressed willingness to discuss me being the joint coalition candidate," said Rosova, who is ready to give up her MP post if elected. 29/07/2010 Slovak President congratulates gold medal hammer-thrower Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on Thursday congratulated Slovak hammer-thrower Libor Charfreitag on his victory the day before in Barcelona that brought Slovakia its first-ever gold medal at the European Championships. The president thanked the athlete for representing Slovakia, wishing him a great deal of success in his career. 29/07/2010 Fico criticises new Slovak gov't The new Slovak government's manifesto approved by ruling parties lacks any hint about how it plans to reach its stated goal of cutting the public finances deficit, said Chairman of opposition party Smer-SD Robert Fico on Thursday. The former premier cast doubt on Finance Minister Ivan Miklos's plans to cut back public finances deficit by 1.7 billion euros or 2.5 percent of GDP. "If someone is saying he will save 2 billion euros, which is a hefty sum, he should reveal clear tools by which to achieve this. There is nothing there, no element of stabilisation," Fico said. 29/07/2010 Slovak FM meets German counterpart Slovakia's Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda visited Berlin on Thursday and met his counterpart Guido Westerwelle for talks about topical European issues, the minister told reporters afterwards. Dzurinda stressed Slovakia's desire to maintain a strong and stable euro. Dzurinda also said that he had extended an invitation to Westerwelle to attend a meeting between Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as guest when the Visegrad Four group marks its 20th anniversary later this year. 29/07/2010 Poland's, Germany's ministers discuss joint transport policy Poland's and Germany's Infrastructure Ministers - Cezary Grabarczyk and Peter Ramsauer - on Thursday discussed the future of joint transport policy and current problems in railway and road infrastructure. "Rail and water transport is very important in Poland's and Germany's economic relations," Grabarczyk said. "We are carrying out projects in road and rail infrastructure in order to make this transport more efficient." 29/07/2010 Left to seek support for Polish-Russian foundation The Left wants to consult a resolution establishing a Polish-Russian foundation with other parliamentary caucuses before it lodges it with the Sejm, Democratic Left Alliance's spokesman Tomasz Kalita said. The foundation is to develop relations with Russia. The draft resolution is ready to be lodged but the Left wants to consult it with other caucuses first. "We want other caucuses as well as (President) Bronislaw Komorowski and (main opposition party leader) Jaroslaw Kaczynski to support the draft," Kalita said. 29/07/2010 Polish airports handle 9.1 million passengers in H1 Poland's airports handled 9,101,300 passengers in the first half of 2010, up 5.4 percent year-on-year, the Civil Aviation Office (ULC) reported on Thursday. In 2009 Poland's airports handled 18,945,857 passengers, down 8.25 percent from 2008. Warsaw's Okecie remained Poland's most popular airport with the number of passengers up 2.9 percent year-on-year. Regional airports handled 5,197,000 passengers in the first half of 2010, up 7.3 percent year-on-year, ULC reported. 29/07/2010 Polish, Hungarian agriculture ministers on CAP The future of the common agricultural policy (CAP) and current farming problems were discussed in Warsaw on Thursday by Polish Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki and his Hungarian counterpart Sandor Fazekas. Poland and Hungary want to jointly work for such reform of the EU agricultural policy which would make it just and satisfying for the two countries as well as entire Europe. For years Poland and Hungary have been presenting common position on CAP in the Visegrad Group, Sawicki told reporters after a meeting. 29/07/2010 New terminal to be built in Gdansk port A new ore and coal transshipment terminal will be built in the Baltic Gdansk Port within two years. Belgian SEA-invest group will invest some 50 million euros in the terminal. The new terminal is to give easy access to ores and coal to the power and steel industries in Poland and Central Europe. The terminal will have an unloading capacity of some 30,000 tons in 24 hours. 29/07/2010 Prague town hall insists on Mucha's Slav Epic Lawyers of the Prague City Hall are of the view that the town hall of Moravsky Krumlov, south Moravia, was not entitled to ban the removal of the Slav Epic, a cycle by Art Nouveau artist Alfons Mucha, to Prague as it was biased, Prague counsellor Ondrej Pecha told reporters on Thursday. Prague wants to base its case on this and other arguments if it does not make agreement with Moravsky Krumlov, Pecha said. 29/07/2010 Prague does not threaten sights by construction - UNESCO The UNESCO European Heritage Committee said ongoing construction works in Prague are not threatening its historical monuments, Czech Radio reported on Thursday. Czech Radio said Prague was not among the 25 "critical places" and UNESCO experts would not deal with the impact of the Blanka tunnel on the heritage zone or the reconstruction of Charles Bridge. However, they will publish the result of the winter inspection of its officials of Prague. 29/07/2010 Czech minister promises money for Roma Holocaust info centre The Czech state should find money for the construction of a Roma Holocaust Information and Education Centre on the spot of a former internment camp for Roma in Hodonin u Kunstatu, Education Minister Josef Dobes told reporters on Thursday. "It may be good to send a moral signal during a crisis," he said. The previous Czech government earmarked 90 million crowns for the centre. The Education Ministry bought the area of the former camp last year. (USD 1= CZK 19.233) 29/07/2010 Czech minister pledges to save 1.5 of required 3bn at most Czech Education Minister Josef Dobes on Thursday said he would not lower teachers´ pay and therefore his ministry will save maximally 1.5 billion crowns by end-2010, a mere half of what it is supposed to save according to an austerity plan the government approved on Wednesday. All ministries are to freeze 10.2 billion crowns altogether from their 2010 budgets. The largest cuts, over 3bn crowns, are expected from the Education Ministry.(USD 1= CZK 19.233) 29/07/2010 Former Czech cbank head confirms candidacy for Prague Mayor Former Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Zdenek Tuma, the junior government TOP 09´s candidate for Prague Mayor, would like municipal finances to be spent more efficiently at the Prague City Hall, he said at a press conference on Thursday, confirming his candidacy. Tuma, who will run for TOP 09 in the autumn local elections as election leader in Prague, said he would join the party before the elections. 29/07/2010
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