Hungary’s supply of natural gas has not been endangered by the gas explosion in Austria. The country’s daily natural gas requirements can be continued to be met smoothly using natural gas imported via Ukraine, gas stored in underground gas storage facilities and Hungary’s own natural gas production.
In addition to the establishment of the new rail freight corridor, officials from the relative ministries of the EU’s member states accepted the report on regulations proposals that will have a major effect on the work of freight transport companies abroad and conducted a political debate on the possible solutions to the reorganisation and unification of road toll systems as the session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council on 5 December 2017 in Brussels.
“The creation of the necessary energy infrastructure is an essential prerequisite for the interconnectivity, diversification and competitiveness of external gas supply sources”, Minister of State for Energy Affairs András Aradszki said as leader of the Hungarian delegation at the 28th Energy Charter Conference in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on 29 November 2017.
As a result of the global transformation of the energy sector, special attention must be paid to avoid disruptions in energy supply, an essential condition of which is close international cooperation, said András Aradszki, Minister of State of the Ministry of National Development, head of the Hungarian delegation, at the ministerial meeting of the Governing Council of the International Energy Agency (IEA) held in Paris on 7 and 8 November 2017.
A Government Decree issued in November of 2016 sets down the project list with relation to Hungary’s short and mid-term railway development strategy, which from the very beginning has also included the renovation of Budapest’s Keleti (Eastern) and Nyugati (Western) railway stations. The Government has provided 2 billion forints each for the performance of preparation tasks.
According to Government Commissioner for Major Budapest Developments Balázs Fürjes, the success of the World Aquatic Championships closed on Sunday is not the success of the Government, but the shared success of Budapest and Hungary which reinforced the self-confidence, self-esteem and cohesion of the Hungarian people and forged the nation together.
The impact of the World Aquatic Championships on Hungary’s image is overwhelmingly positive, foreign tourists are satisfied with the country, Zoltán Guller, Chief Executive of the Hungarian Tourism Agency said at a press conference held on Tuesday in the Duna Arena.
Almost half a million, 485 thousand spectators viewed the events of the World Aquatic Championships at five venues in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták, President of the Organising Committee of the World Championships which finished on Sunday said at a press conference held on Monday in the Duna Arena.
Julio Maglione, President of FINA, the international federation of water sports described the 17th World Aquatic Championships held in Budapest and Balatonfüred as the best world championships of all time at the closing ceremony held in the Budapest Papp László Sports Arena where Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták also delivered a speech.
According to Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták, the required tasks have been completed, the Budapest World Aquatics Championships are in progress and can be regarded as a great success so far. Speaking on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Papers” program, Mr. Seszták said it is best to include a sports facility in a country’s development strategy in such a way that it can later be stated, it was worth it.