The Presidents of the Visegrad Four group made up of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia met tooncluding a two-day summit in Visegrad, just north of Budapest, where the cooperation alliance was established twenty years earlier.

Hungary condemns the brutal action against the Syrian population, calls upon Syria to stop the violence, and welcomes the statement by the chairman of the UN Security Council on behalf of the international community against the use of force.

Hungary's Economy Ministry has released on its website that the government is planning to consider mergers in the public sector, is determined to achieve significant staff cuts, and keep wage costs at the current level.

“More Europe” is the right answer when facing the current challenges; and at the same time, we need to preserve the Union’s existing achievements. That is according to Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi speaking in London.

The decade-old American policy towards the Arab world has been based on classic Realpolitik principles; that is, the support of various autocratic regimes, which were able to deliver in three fields. An expert analysis.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a speech at a conference entitled "Economic Turnaround" in Budapest this Tuesday, evaluating the first year of his present government. He said his cabinet needs to work harder in the future.

The Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe (COBCOE) surveyed the opinions of its member companies all over the continent what topics they would recommend for the Hungarian EU Presidency.

In an interview with the web site of the Hungarian EU Presidency, EC President José Manuel Barroso talked about the achievements of the current EU Presidency, the expansion of the EU and the Roma strategy, among other issues

A statement by the Hungarian Foreign Ministry accuses Germany of meddling in Hungarian domestic affairs and rejects the statement of the German Foreign Ministry that raises concerns about laws adopted by the Hungarian government.

Hungarian lawmakers have on Monday approved the country’s new constitution that will take effect on 1 January 2012. Passing the bill into law required a two-thirds majority which was provided by the governing force.

Member States’ ministers for EU affairs have adopted the Council’s conclusions about the Danube Region Strategy. Hungary considers that the first part of the Presidency’s agenda has been reached and preparations can begin for the specific programs.

In spite of the fact that it was its 12th Presidency, Belgium was facing a new European Union after the Lisbon treaty came into effect. True to its tradition, Belgium did its utmost to work smoothly with the new institutions.

The international community will examine all possibilities and take the necessary steps in response to violence in Libya, Hungarian defence minister Csaba Hende told an informal meeting organized by the Hungarian EU Presidency.

This Wednesday, Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi, and European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek signed the regulation on European Citizens’ Initiative under which any citizen is entitled to propose an EU law after 2012.

The European Union's Eastern Partnership summit will not take place during the Hungarian EU Presidency as scheduled but postponed the the period of the Polish presidency, the spokesman for the Hungarian presidency announced on Thursday.