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      <title>The National Building Energetics Strategy will be Published This Year</title>
      <description><![CDATA["There are more than two million detached houses in Hungary, built mainly between 1945 and 1990, that are in need of energetic modernisation. Renovation work would partly be realised with the help of European Union funding", said the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State of Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés at a press conference on Friday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Agriculture Ministers from Visegrad Four Countries Discuss EU Tobacco Regulations and the CAP</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Polish Presidency of the Visegrad Group organised its third meeting of agriculture ministers in Krakow on May 16-17, which in addition to the Visegrad Four – the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia – was also attended by Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia (V4+3). The Ministry of Rural Development was represented by Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Draft Ecological Farming Action Plan Developed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The draft of the Ministry of Rural Development's Ecological Farming Action Plan has been completed and social debate on the draft is expected to begin in early June, the Ministry's Deputy State Secretary to Parliamentary, Social and International Relations told Hungarian news agency MTI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title> In defence of Hungarian Farmland</title>
      <description><![CDATA["After the new Land Act comes into force on 1 May 2014, stricter conditions than previously will govern the acquisition of land ownership in Hungary", stated the Minister for Rural Development at a professional conference in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New Act to Regulate Farmland Trading May be Adopted this Spring</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Parliament is expected to adopt the new Act on the trade of farmland during its spring session; the new law will undoubtedly lead to heated debate, but there will definitely be no change in its basic principles", said the Minister of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy on Monday in Zalaegerszeg.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Budapest Water Summit to be held in October</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Budapest Water Summit will be held between October 8 and 11, and will be the most significant diplomatic event of the second half of the year in Hungary, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy State Secretary for European Union Sectoral Policy Gábor Baranyai told Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New TeSzedd! Drive Scheduled for September</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The national TeSzedd! ("You Pick It!") litter collection drive will he held on September 14 this year, instead of in Spring as usual, announced the Minister of State for Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of Rural Development's Earth Day event held in Budapest's City Park.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>US-Backed Conference on National Park Protection Begins</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A 5-day professional conference on the protection of National Parks and the more effective prevention and management of fires on their territory began today in Balatonöszöd with the participation of eight countries and the expert and financial backing of the United States.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Discussions on Expanding GMO-Free Soy Cultivation in Hungary</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It is Hungary's goal to produce high quality, GMO-free local soy, thus decreasing the country's dependence on exports, said Minster of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván following a meeting with President of the Danube Soy Association Matthias Krön in the Ministry of Rural Development.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungaricums are the Greatest Achievements of the Hungarian Peoples</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Hungaricums are unique accomplishments related to the 1100-year history of the Hungarian nation within the Carpathian Basin; it is important that we become aware of them, protect them, and that they form part of our everyday lives", stressed Minister for Rural Development and Chairman of the Hungaricum Committee Sándor Fazekas at an event entitled "Hungaricums in Parliament" held on Saturday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Further Opportunities in Ecological Farming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungary hasn't so far suitably exploited the opportunities inherent in ecological farming, said the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary Katalin Tóth at an agriculture conference in Gödöllő.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Katalin Tóth: Hungarian Wines Remain World Famous</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The reputation of Hungarian wines could increase further through the exploitation of reviving eastern economic relations and with suitable marketing", Deputy State Secretary Katalin Tóth of the Ministry of Rural Development stated in Budafok at the award ceremony of the national "Oenology Profession's Accomplished Student" competition.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>"Land for the Farmers!" Programme Launched</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At its Wednesday session, the Government decided on the launching of its programme entitled "Land for the Farmers!", within the framework of which 200 thousand hectares of state-owned land may be leased to farmers, the Minister for Rural Development announced in Budapest during the Government Spokesperson's press briefing on Wednesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Fazekas: The Renewal of the Tisza Lake Water System Reinforces the Region's Production Security</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The Complex Tisza Lake Project, realised with an investment of HUF 6.6 billion, stabilises the water management of the Tisza-Körös Valley, improves the security of the region's agricultural production and protects ecological diversity", announced Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas, after laying the foundation stone at the construction site in Kisköre, Heves County.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/fazekas-the-renewal-of-the-tisza-lake-water-system-reinforces-the-region-s-production-security</link>
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      <title>Hungary to Receive Euro 3.4 billion in Rural Development Funding</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the coming 7 years between 2014 and 2020, Hungary expects to receive a total of some 3.4 billion euros in rural development funding, emphasised Minister of State for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh at the 4th HUNAGI mobile GIS geoinformation conference in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungary is one of the European Union's Largest Honey Producers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In reaction to a query from Greenpeace Hungary, the Ministry of Rural Development has issuing a statement reinforcing the fact that apiculture is indeed an extremely important economic activity in Hungary, not least because of the significance of honey production within the agricultural economy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungary has favourable capabilities for organic farming</title>
      <description><![CDATA["It is hoped that Hungary may be the guest of honour at the 2014 Biofach international trade fair in Nuremberg", said the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary Katalin Tóth at an agriculture conference.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CAP Reforms - Agriculture Ministers Reach Agreement</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Agriculture Ministers from the countries of the European Union reached an agreement on Tuesday night regarding the reorganisation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), on the basis of which negotiations with the European Parliament may now begin. Minister of State of the Ministry of Rural Development György Czerván told Hungarian news agency MTI: we succeeded in asserting several Hungarian criteria, and Ireland, the current President of the EU, would like to conclude a final agreement on the issue before the end on June.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/cap-reforms-agriculture-ministers-reach-agreement</link>
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      <title>Sándor Fazekas: Water Management is a National Issue</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The constitutional regulations regard domestic water assets as a natural treasure, and its management is a challenge for us all", said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas on Tuesday in the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County town of Fegyvernek at the first stop in the series of public debates on the latest National Rural Development Strategy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/sandor-fazekas-water-management-is-a-national-issue</link>
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      <title>Viticulture and Viniculture Must Reclaim its Rightful Position</title>
      <description><![CDATA["We must find those opportunities, which improve the situation of Hungarian rural areas and move Hungarian agriculture forward", the Ministry of Rural Development's Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai announced at an event held to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the birth of János Mathiász.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/viticulture-and-viniculture-must-reclaim-its-rightful-position</link>
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      <title>Brazilian-Hungarian Cooperation on Fish Management</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Brazil's Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Marcelo Crivella is on an official visit to Hungary at the invitation of Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas. At their meeting today, the two Ministers discussed opportunities for bilateral relations in fish management, with special attention to the sharing of Hungary's wide experience and professional knowledge within the field of freshwater fish production.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/brazilian-hungarian-cooperation-on-fish-management</link>
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      <title>International Conference on Food Testing Procedures underway in Budapest</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The work of the international commission that develops analytical and food-sampling methods, set up fifty years ago, is of extreme importance to ensure that safe, high quality and healthy foods reach the tables of consumers all over the world", stated Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas at the opening ceremony of the four-day conference of the Codex Alimentarius Commission's Select Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) in Budapest. Over two hundred foreign and Hungarian food safety experts accepted the invitation of the organiser, the National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO), to attend the event.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/international-conference-on-food-testing-procedures-underway-in-budapest</link>
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      <title>Strategic Agreement on Tourism</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development and Hungarian tourist marketing organisation Magyar Turizmus (MT) Ltd. are to continue the cooperation they began in 2007. Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés and CEO of MT Ltd. Marianna Tóth Dené sealed the decision by signing a strategic agreement at Thursday's Travel exhibition. The goal of cooperation remains the promotion of sustainable ecotourism, and the further development of national parks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/strategic-agreement-on-tourism</link>
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      <title>EU Plans Ban on Neo-nicotinoid Pesticides</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Council of the European Union has begun preparative work in the interests of banning neo-nicotinoid pesticides; Hungary opposes the ban -- Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday following the meeting of EU agriculture ministers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Increased Funding for Hungarian Agriculture in 2014-2020</title>
      <description><![CDATA[While the budget for the European Union's Common  Agricultural Policy (CAP) has decreased by some 11%, Hungary will be receiving 12.3 billion euros in agriculture funding within the next financial framework for 2014-2020, compared to 10.4 billion euros in the current period. Hungary's share of the CAP budget has therefore increased from 2.36% to 3.19% for the upcoming financial period.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/increased-funding-for-hungarian-agriculture-in-2014-2020</link>
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      <title>Change in Ownership of Zsolnay Coherent with Policy of Opening Towards the East</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Swiss-Hungarian businessman Bahcar Najari acquired a 74.5% ownership share in Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt, after the agreement relating to the transfer of shares was signed in Pécs on Friday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Deepening French-Hungarian Cooperation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Topics of discussion at the 10th Session of the French-Hungarian Agriculture and Rural Development Workgroup in Paris included the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and opportunities for important bilateral cooperation. Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Gene Preservation is a National Issue</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Gene preservation is a national issue and the plant varieties found in the Plant Diversity Centre are national treasures", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said at a press conference at the institute in Tápiószele on Friday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungary attends Europe's Largest International Organic Food Fair</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deputy Secretary of State Katalin Tóth is representing the Ministry of Rural Development at BioFach, one of Europe's largest international organic food and agriculture trade fairs held from February 13-16 in Nuremberg.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungary is Not Affected by the Horsemeat Scandal</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the information we have available, frozen products similar to those found to contain horsemeat in a few Western European countries have not entered Hungary.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Russian Expo Opened by Hungarian Minister</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas opened the Prodexpo 2013 food industry exhibition in Moscow, together with Russian agriculture officials. Mr. Fazekas is in Moscow at the invitation of Russian Minister for Agriculture Nikolai Fyodorov, where he will be holding bilateral talks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Fifty Percent Increase in Fruit and Vegetable Exports Planned </title>
      <description><![CDATA["Fruit and vegetable exports, which are currently at 800-850 thousand tons-a-year may be increased to 1.2 million tons/year over the coming years. This is one of the most important goals of the new agriculture strategy, which should be published during the first half of the year", Deputy Secretary of State for Agricultural Economy of the Ministry of Rural Development Zsolt Feldman told Hungarian news agency MTI at the Fruit Logistica exhibition in Berlin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New Russian Agricultural Export Opportunities</title>
      <description><![CDATA[New opportunities for the export of several billion euros worth of agricultural products to Russia have become available to Hungary.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Success in Germany for Hungarian Organic Wine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Gajdos Winery's 2009 Cabernet Franc Selection wine has won a grand gold medal at the MUNDUS VINI BioFach International Organic Wine Awards in Germany. The Gajdos Winery operates in Egerszalók, within the Eger wine region. The winery produced organically certified wines using exclusively ecologically cultivated grapes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/success-in-germany-for-hungarian-organic-wine</link>
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      <title>Tata wins Hungarian Landscape Award</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas presented the accolade to the winner of the Hungarian Landscape Award competition, the Tata-based Által Brook Catchment Area Restoration and Development Association, at a ceremony in Tata on Friday. Second prize was awarded to Szentes local authority for its programme to restore the wildlife of the Kurca watercourse.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/tata-wins-hungarian-landscape-award</link>
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      <title>Szentkirályi to Export Mineral Water to Saudi Arabia</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian mineral water producer Szentkirályi is to begin exporting its products to Saudi Arabia; an agreement was signed in Budapest on Thursday by Export-Import Manager of Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. Tamás Tóth and a Saudi partner company.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/szentkiralyi-to-export-mineral-water-to-saudi-arabia</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/szentkiralyi-to-export-mineral-water-to-saudi-arabia</guid>
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      <title>Young Farmers Can Expect Further Support</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Young farmers can expect to receive further support during the upcoming European Union budget period of 2014-2020, so that as many as possible choose farming and agricultural activities as their was of life", stated the Ministry or Rural Development's State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh at a press conference on Wednesday in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/young-farmers-can-expect-further-support</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/young-farmers-can-expect-further-support</guid>
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      <title>31st Agromash Expo Opens in Budapest</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 31st Agromash agricultural machine exhibition and trade fair opened on Wednesday in Budapest at the exhibition centre in Kőbánya. At the opening ceremony, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas stated that the current exhibition is the largest ever held, with 200 exhibitors on over 32 thousand square metres.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/31st-agromash-expo-opens-in-budapest</link>
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      <title>Sándor Fazekas meets U.S. Ambassador</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Minister received United States Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis at the Ministry of Rural Development. During their meeting, Sándor Fazekas and his team of experts briefed the Ambassador Kounalakis on the country's National Rural Development Strategy and presented the agriculture ministry's plans for the future.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/sandor-fazekas-meets-u-s-ambassador</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/sandor-fazekas-meets-u-s-ambassador</guid>
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      <title>Codex Alimentarius Select Committee to Meet in Budapest</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The FAO/WHO Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS), the Codex Alimentarius Commission's select committee, will be meeting in Budapest on March 4-8, 2013. Experts representing over 50 countries are expected to take part at the event, and will be elaborating international documents that determine methods of food sampling and analysis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/codex-alimentarius-select-committee-to-meet-in-budapest</link>
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      <title>Another Success for Hungarian Agricultural Diplomacy: Sweet Corn classified as Sensitive Product</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to State Secretary for Agricultural Economy György Czerván, it is a great success for Hungarian agricultural diplomacy that during the course of comprehensive negotiations with Canada in relation to an economic and trade treaty we succeeded in having sweet corn included on the list of so-called "sensitive products", meaning this product will enjoy added protection in future.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/another-success-for-hungarian-agricultural-diplomacy-sweet-corn-classified-as-sensitive-product</link>
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      <title>Hortobágy Gene Bank Transferred to National Park</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hortobágy Non-profit Company for Nature Conservation and Gene Preservation is to be transferred from the National Asset Management Inc. to the Hortobágy National Park (HNP), announced Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas on Monday in Hortobágy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hortobagy-gene-bank-transferred-to-national-park</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hortobagy-gene-bank-transferred-to-national-park</guid>
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      <title>Hungarian-Russian Agricultural Relations Developing Dynamically</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Workgroup of the Hungarian-Russian Economic Joint Committee is holding a two-day session at the Ministry of Rural Development.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-russian-agricultural-relations-developing-dynamically</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-russian-agricultural-relations-developing-dynamically</guid>
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      <title>The Primary Goal is the Allocation of Funds</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Our goal is to utilise all available European Union rural development funding in 2013. 93% of the more than HUF 1300 billion provided for the period 2007-2013 has been allocated, with 48% having been disbursed", stressed State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V: Németh at the 6th Axiál Agriculture Workshop in Hajdúszoboszló.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-primary-goal-is-the-allocation-of-funds</link>
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      <title>Gyula Budai holds talks in Latvia</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development's Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai is holding talks on the details of land regulation in Latvia on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The Hungarian and Latvian agriculture ministries are attempting to achieve the best possible land regulations for their countries in preparation for the expiry of the moratorium on land purchasing on May 1, 2014.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gyula-budai-holds-talks-in-latvia</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gyula-budai-holds-talks-in-latvia</guid>
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      <title>Cooperation Begins on Increased Production of GMO-Free Crops in the Danube Region</title>
      <description><![CDATA["International cooperation is beginning in the Danube region to reduce genetically modified (GMO) soy", said the Minister of Rural Development's State Secretary for Agricultural Economy György Czerván in Berlin on Saturday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/cooperation-begins-on-increased-production-of-gmo-free-crops-in-the-danube-region</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/cooperation-begins-on-increased-production-of-gmo-free-crops-in-the-danube-region</guid>
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      <title>Megafair – Dried Buffalo Meat and Hungarian Marzipan</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some 400 thousand visitors will have the opportunity to taste dried buffalo meat, mango-flavoured beer and Hungarian paprika wine at the world's largest agriculture, food industry and gardening exhibition in Berlin this week. This is the 41st time that Hungary is taking part in the International Green Week (Grüne Woche) exhibition and trade fair, this time with a 500 square metre stand. The agricultural diplomacy events linked to the fair affect some 5 billion people.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/megafair-dried-buffalo-meat-and-hungarian-marzipan</link>
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      <title>New Export Opportunities for Hungarian Agricultural Products</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Food exports have fallen over the past decades, but pork, poultry and fish have the required animal health certificates and we have now succeeded in regaining our market positions", said the Ministry of Rural Development's State Secretary for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Administration Endre Kardeván at the conference on the agricultural economy organised by Baki Agrocentrum Ltd. in Zalaegerszeg on Monday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-export-opportunities-for-hungarian-agricultural-products</link>
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      <title>A Ministerial Commissioner to Coordinate Preparations for the 2013 Budapest World Water Summit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In October 2013, Hungary will host an international conference on water with the participation of UN member nations and institutions, and all related economic and social players (The Budapest World Water Summit). Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas has appointed Chief Advisor István Teplán Ministerial Commissioner to represent the Ministry in the preparation and organisation of the conference, and to serve as Vice-President of the Inter-ministerial Preparatory Committee.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/a-ministerial-commissioner-to-coordinate-preparations-for-the-2013-budapest-world-water-summit</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/a-ministerial-commissioner-to-coordinate-preparations-for-the-2013-budapest-world-water-summit</guid>
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      <title>Disbursement of the Second Phase of EU Area-based Agricultural Funding has begun</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Disbursement of the second phase of area-based agricultural funding due for last year has begun; farmers will receive HUF 140 billion during the following months", announced Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas at a press conference in Tök on Wednesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/disbursement-of-the-second-phase-of-eu-area-based-agricultural-funding-has-begun</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/disbursement-of-the-second-phase-of-eu-area-based-agricultural-funding-has-begun</guid>
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      <title>New Waste Management Regulations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the implementation regulations of the new Waste Management Act that came into force on January 1 have been issued. Among others, the new regulations concern the distribution of packaging materials, the returning and recycling of packaging materials, the receipt of electric and electronic equipment that has become waste, and the handling of cars that have been removed from circulation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-waste-management-regulations</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-waste-management-regulations</guid>
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      <title>Food Inspectors Monitor Markets, Shopping Centres and Warehouses</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) has performed 3700 inspections and issues HUF 4.3 million in fines during the first phase of winter food monitoring activities. Inspections will continue until the end of December", announced State Secretary for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy of the Ministry of Rural Development Endre Kardeván on Monday in Budapest. The goal of the expanded monitoring is to ensure that only high quality products that conform to food safety standards reach the consumer's shopping basket even during the peak Christmas season.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/food-inspectors-monitor-markets-shopping-centres-and-warehouses</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/food-inspectors-monitor-markets-shopping-centres-and-warehouses</guid>
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      <title>Stringent Checks on Pangasius Fish Products</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas ordered the increased monitoring of Pangasius fish products on 19 December 2012. The Minister is asking consumers to be extra cautious about what food products they purchase during the Christmas period.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/stringent-checks-on-pangasius-fish-products</link>
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      <title>Parliament makes Historic Decision</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian Parliament came to a historic decision on 17 December 2012 when it amended Hungary's Fundamental Law to include the obligation to provide the highest possible level of protection, maintenance and preservation for farmland, water stocks and biological diversity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/parliament-makes-historic-decision</link>
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      <title>Central Asian and Central and Eastern European Countries meet in Budapest to discuss Genetic Resources</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Experts from countries in Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia are meeting at the Ministry of Rural Development on December 11-13 to discuss the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources. The meeting was organised jointly by the Ministry and the Montreal Directorate of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/central-asian-and-central-and-eastern-european-countries-meet-in-budapest-to-discuss-genetic-resources</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/central-asian-and-central-and-eastern-european-countries-meet-in-budapest-to-discuss-genetic-resources</guid>
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      <title>Rural Adventure Chosen as Europe's Best Communications Programme</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Vidék Kaland ("Rural Adventure") Programme has won the competition for communications programmes related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) launched by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG-AGRI) to mark the 50th anniversary of the existence of the CAP. The popular programme was launched in 2011by the Hungarian Association of Young Farmers (AGRYA). Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/rural-adventure-chosen-as-europe-s-best-communications-programme</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/rural-adventure-chosen-as-europe-s-best-communications-programme</guid>
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      <title>The Ministry of Rural Development seeks to enhance animal welfare in Hungary </title>
      <description><![CDATA[In compliance with EU regulations, the Ministry of Rural Development seeks by all means to enhance animal welfare in Hungary. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-ministry-of-rural-development-seeks-to-enhance-animal-welfare-in-hungary</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-ministry-of-rural-development-seeks-to-enhance-animal-welfare-in-hungary</guid>
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      <title>The Government is Urging Enterprises to Recycle</title>
      <description><![CDATA["600 tons of plastic waster are generated in Hungary each year, of which 6 0tons are PET bottles", the Ministry of Rural Development's State Secretary for Environmental Affairs stated in Mezőfalva, at the inauguration of a plastic recycling plant. Zoltán Illés stressed, that "the remaining 540 tons should also be recycled, and so the Government is calling on enterprises that deal in waste management to recycle, and on the public to selectively collect their household waste".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-government-is-urging-enterprises-to-recycle</link>
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      <title>Model Project to increase Hungarian Fish Consumption Launched</title>
      <description><![CDATA[President of Békés County Council Zoltán Farkas and State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday in Békéscsaba regarding the development of a model project for the promotion of fish consumption in Hungary, and the increasing of productivity and the quality of processing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/model-project-to-increase-hungarian-fish-consumption-launched</link>
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      <title>GMO-Free Hungary is at a Competitive Advantage</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The fact that Hungary is GMO-free puts Hungarian agriculture at a competitive advantage", stated Gyula Budai on Tuesday in Eger.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gmo-free-hungary-is-at-a-competitive-advantage</link>
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      <title>Agricultural Professionals' Day for Foreign Students at the Ministry of Rural Development</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deputy State Secretary for Foreign Relations of the Ministry of Rural Development Katalin Tóth welcomed those foreign students who arrived in Hungary this autumn within the framework of the scholarship program organised by Hungarian Government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/agricultural-professionals-day-for-foreign-students-at-the-ministry-of-rural-development</link>
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      <title>Hungarian-Latvian Discussions on proposed Land Purchase Act</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Parliamentary Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture Edvards Smiltēns and Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai held talks in Budapest this week at the Ministry of Rural Development. The aim of Monday's talks was to enable the Hungarian party to present details on the concept and system of instruments of the proposed new Act on the trade of agricultural and forestry land to Latvian experts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-latvian-discussions-on-proposed-land-purchase-act</link>
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      <title>We will Protect Farmers' Incomes</title>
      <description><![CDATA["We will protect farmers' incomes", declared Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI and EU portal BruxInfo in Brussels on Wednesday, after having taken part in a meeting between the Agriculture Ministers of the EU member states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/we-will-protect-farmers-incomes</link>
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      <title>Hungarian emission units on EEX</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry for National Development signed an agreement with the Leipzig-based European Energy Exchange (EEX) on 28 November, based on which the auction of Hungary’s EUA units in the second trading period of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) may now be launched.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-emission-units-on-eex</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-emission-units-on-eex</guid>
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      <title>Parliament Adopts Waste Management Act</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian Parliament has once again passed the Waste Management Act. This was required, because President of the Republic János Áder sent the draft of the new Act back to Parliament for reconsideration at the end of October.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/parliament-adopts-waste-management-act</link>
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      <title>International Solidarity is required to Protect Agricultural Interests</title>
      <description><![CDATA["EU member states with significant agriculture must cooperate and act jointly to protect the interests of the agricultural sector", Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Gyula Budai told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday in Berlin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/international-solidarity-is-required-to-protect-agricultural-interests</link>
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      <title>Gyula Budai: A Decrease in Agricultural Funding would be Unacceptable</title>
      <description><![CDATA["It would be unacceptable to Hungary if the sum available for agricultural funding within the European Union's next seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework were to decrease", Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development told Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday in Berlin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gyula-budai-a-decrease-in-agricultural-funding-would-be-unacceptable</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gyula-budai-a-decrease-in-agricultural-funding-would-be-unacceptable</guid>
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      <title>Coca-Cola to use Hungarian Apples in its Fruit Juices</title>
      <description><![CDATA["From now on, the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Dunaharaszti will produce its apple juice using Hungarian apples instead of imported ones", announced the Minister for Rural Development in Dunaharaszti, while the first tanker containing apple concentrate arrived at the plant from Szabolcs, Hungary's main apple-producing region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/coca-cola-to-use-hungarian-apples-in-its-fruit-juices</link>
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      <title>Dialogue between Germany and Hungary Continues</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Gyula Budai, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development, will be continuing and taking part in bilateral talks on November 20-21 at the Hungarian Harvest event organised by the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/dialogue-between-germany-and-hungary-continues</link>
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      <title>Zsolt V. Németh Reports to European Affairs Committee on CAP Reform</title>
      <description><![CDATA[State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh has reported to the Parliament's European Affair Committee on rural development funding and support. The State Secretary indicated that "rural development is also a decisive element in the draft of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period after 2013."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/zsolt-v-nemeth-reports-to-european-affairs-committee-on-cap-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/zsolt-v-nemeth-reports-to-european-affairs-committee-on-cap-reform</guid>
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      <title>Gyula Budai: Hungary Must Remain GMO-Free!</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Hungary was among the first to say no to including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agricultural production, and this situation has not changed: the country must remain GMO-free", said the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Gyula Budai on Wednesday in Gödöllő.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gyula-budai-hungary-must-remain-gmo-free</link>
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      <title>IUCN Director General receives Pro Natura Award</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian-born Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Julia Marton-Lefevre has been awarded the Pro Natura Award for her determined work in the interests of global environmental protection and conservation, and for the facilitation of environmental education and sustainable development. The award was bestowed by Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/iucn-director-general-receives-pro-natura-award</link>
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      <title>New Prospect for Filtering Out Fraudulent Land Purchase Agreements may come before Parliament</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, the Government is discussing a proposal, which may therefore also soon be put before Parliament, according to which access will be provided to land registry office databases in the interests of filtering out pocket contracts, announced Balázs Szabó, Head of Department from the Ministry of Rural Development on Wednesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-prospect-for-filtering-out-fraudulent-land-purchase-agreements-may-come-before-parliament</link>
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      <title>Hungarian-Croatian Discussions on Rural Development Programming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh and Croatian Deputy Minister for Rural Development, EU and International Cooperation Luka Čuljak have met to discuss the planning of the next European Union programming period. Croatia is expected to join the European Union on July 1 2013, and so values Hungary's experiences.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-croatian-discussions-on-rural-development-programming</link>
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      <title>Closer Cooperation between Brazil and Hungary</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deputy State Secretary Katalin Tóth, representing the Ministry of Rural Development and as a member of the Government delegation, held a presentation on Hungarian agriculture and opportunities for bilateral cooperation at the session of the Hungarian-Brazilian Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation in Brazil.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/closer-cooperation-between-brazil-and-hungary</link>
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      <title>Young Farmers are Indispensable to Agriculture</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Helping young people is an important area of rural development policy, since running Hungarian agriculture would be inconceivable without young farmers", said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas on Monday at the press conference organised to herald the Young Farmers' Information Exchange.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/young-farmers-are-indispensable-to-agriculture</link>
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      <title>Hungarian Agriculture is Competitive</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Hungarian agriculture is capable of keeping pace and is facing up to competition", declared Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas in Szentes, when he inaugurated MA-KA Ltd's new feed mixing plant, which was built with an investment of 2 billion forints.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-agriculture-is-competitive</link>
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      <title>Hungary is Guest of Honour at China's 3rd International Feather and Down Festival</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The delegation representing Hungary, which similarly to previous years is the event's guest of honour, is led by State Secretary for Agricultural Economy György Czerván. The State Secretary is the only foreign member of the chairing committee of the 3rd International Down Festival, held between 10-12 November 2012 in Luan in China's Anhui Province. Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-is-guest-of-honour-at-china-s-3rd-international-feather-and-down-festival</link>
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      <title>The Land Act Assures the Future of Rural Society</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas held a lecture on the upcoming new Land Act entitled "Homeland, Farmland, Livelihood" on Saturday in Lakitelek at the first event organised by the Public Academic Alliance. Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-land-act-assures-the-future-of-rural-society</link>
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      <title>Hungary and Croatia Inaugurate Transboundary Biosphere Reserve</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungary's sixth biosphere reserve, and the first transboundary reserve of its kind in the country, was inaugurated on Thursday in Szentborbás, Somogy County.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-and-croatia-inaugurate-transboundary-biosphere-reserve</link>
      <guid>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-and-croatia-inaugurate-transboundary-biosphere-reserve</guid>
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      <title>Slovakia is a Partner in Local Distribution</title>
      <description><![CDATA[State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh and Magdaléna Lacko-Bartošová, Slovakian State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, discussed the two countries' experiences with regard to local processing and distribution at a meeting held at the Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development with the aim of making preparations for the upcoming session of the Hungarian-Slovak Joint Committee on Agriculture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/slovakia-is-a-partner-in-local-distribution</link>
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      <title>Room for Expansion in Hungarian-Tunisian Relations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At a press conference held in the recess of high-level talks organised in Budapest on Wednesday, State Secretary of the Tunisian Ministry that supervises international trade relations and foreign investment Alaya Bettaieb declared that economic relations between Hungary and Tunisia may be significantly expanded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/room-for-expansion-in-hungarian-tunisian-relations</link>
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      <title>Ministry hosts Conference on Preservation of Biodiversity</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development and the National Society of Conservationists (NSC) held a joint conference on the preservation of biological diversity on 6 November. The apropos for the event was that a global Summit involving 170 countries was convened two weeks ago in India by the decision-making bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/ministry-hosts-conference-on-preservation-of-biodiversity</link>
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      <title>Endre Kardevan discusses deepening Hungarian-Vietnamese Cooperation in Hanoi</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Among topics at discussion for State Secretary Endre Kardevan at the meeting of the Vietnam-Hungary Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation and later bilateral talks was an increase in Hungarian food exports and especially of pork.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/endre-kardevan-discusses-deepening-hungarian-vietnamese-cooperation-in-hanoi</link>
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      <title>National Campaign Launched to highlight the effects of GMOs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development is organising a GMO Roadshow that will tour the country in November and December. Experts from the Ministry and its background institutions, as well as representatives from the scientific and civil community will be holding lectures and presentations in eight large cities throughout the country on the environmental, economical and social impact of genetically modified organisms and their effects on health. Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/national-campaign-launched-to-highlight-the-effects-of-gmos</link>
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      <title>CAP Reform, Foie Gras and Sweet Corn on the table at French-Hungarian Talks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 25th International Food Industry Exhibition (SIAL) opened in Paris on Sunday with the participation of several Hungarian exhibitors. During the event, State Secretary for Agricultural Economy György Czerván held talks with the new French Minister for the agri-food industry Guillaume Garot.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/cap-reform-foie-gras-and-sweet-corn-on-the-table-at-french-hungarian-talks</link>
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      <title>Increased cooperation in agriculture and land administration with China and South Korea</title>
      <description><![CDATA[State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh held talks on widening cooperation with relation to land affairs in Peking between October 17-21 with his Chinese counterpart Wang Shiyuan, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources. The Hungarian model of land administration, which is based on a unified property registry system and over 40 years of experience, may be successfully applied in China, stressed Zsolt V. Németh.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/increased-cooperation-in-agriculture-and-land-administration-with-china-and-south-korea</link>
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      <title>Hungary's Representative Plants Tree at U.N. Biodiversity Conference</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Katalin Tóth represented Hungary and planted a tree at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, where participants from over 170 countries met at the summit of the organisation's decision-making body.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-s-representative-plants-tree-at-u-n-biodiversity-conference</link>
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      <title>Minister Fazekas met with his Russian counterpart in Moscow</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister of Rural Development Sándor Fazekas met with his Russian colleague Nyikolaj Fjodorov and discussed the options for further developing relations between the two countries. In 2011 Hungary’s food export to the Russian Federation reached 256 million forints, 16% higher than in the previous year, while exports further augmented by 6% during the first seven months of 2012, compared to the same period of 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/minister-fazekas-met-with-his-russian-counterpart-in-moscow</link>
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      <title>Comprehensive reform in waste management – new law adopted by Parliament</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Parliament adopted the new law on waste management with overwhelming majority. Through this a modern legal background was created, establishing transparent and verifiable legal background to enhance the amount of waste recovery and expand the responsibility of manufacturers in using low-waste technologies in production. The law shall enter into force 1 January 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/comprehensive-reform-in-waste-management-new-law-adopted-by-parliament</link>
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      <title>UN Special Rapporteur inquires on the consequences of red sludge catastrophe</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Péter Kovács, Deputy State Secretary for Water Management has informed the Special Rapporteur of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about the details of the red sludge catastrophe of 2010, the rescue operations, the damage control and the legal modifications adopted since then. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/un-special-rapporteur-inquires-on-the-consequences-of-red-sludge-catastrophe</link>
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      <title>Government spent 38 billion forints for recovery following the Red Sludge Disaster</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Work on recovery, reconstruction and the mitigation of environmental damages following the red sludge disaster cost the state a total of 38 billion forints – over 130 million Euros.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/government-spent-38-billion-forints-for-recovery-following-the-red-sludge-disaster</link>
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      <title>Germany Agrees, Grapevine Funding must be Preserved</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Hungary and Germany would both like funding for planting grapevines within the European Union to remain unaltered after 2015", said State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Gyula Budai in Szekszárd, where he held a meeting with the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/germany-agrees-grapevine-funding-must-be-preserved</link>
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      <title>National Food Chain Safety Strategy under development</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development is developing a food chain safety strategy. The objective of the document is to determine the measures and instruments through which the protection of the health of consumers may continue to be most effectively realised.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/national-food-chain-safety-strategy-under-development</link>
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      <title>Hungary Requests EU Aid for Drought Damage Mitigation </title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas requested that emergency aid be transferred from the European Union Solidarity Fund for the mitigation of drought damage. The Minister also proposed the simplification and if possible temporary waiving of agricultural-environmental regulations, in addition to suggesting that 80 percent of 2013 direct funding should be payable in advance instead of the current 50 percent.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-requests-eu-aid-for-drought-damage-mitigation</link>
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      <title>Chocolate and Confectionery Fair in Buda Castle</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Every major Hungarian chocolate and confectionery maker and manufacturer, the most successful distributors and well-known domestic and international brands will all be present at the Édes Napok ("Sweet Days") fair in the Buda Castle district on September 20-23, where visitors will also have the opportunity to participate in a host of programs related to sweets and confectionery.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/chocolate-and-confectionery-fair-in-buda-castle</link>
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      <title>Expandable Markets in the Western Balkans</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Montenegro and Albania are also among our important trade partners, as Hungarian products have an excellent reputation in both countries", said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas following meetings with the representatives of the two countries' agriculture ministries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/expandable-markets-in-the-western-balkans</link>
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      <title>No More Speculation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Government has approved the report on progress in the fight against so-called pocket contracts – illegal land purchase agreements – and on the work and achievements to date of the Inter-ministerial Committee set up this March. Communiqué.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/no-more-speculation</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Croatia support Hungary's ideas with relation to the reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh met with Croatian Deputy Minister for Rural Development, EU and International Cooperation Luka Čuljak at the informal meeting of the Standing Working Group of European Ministers of Agriculture from South Eastern Europe. Croatia is scheduled to become a member of the European Union on July 1, 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/croatian-hungarian-concord-on-cap-reform</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A two-year cooperation agreement has been signed by President of the Hungarian Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH) Péter Palkovics and Saulius Silickas, Director of the Lithuanian National Paying Agency during the 32nd conference of Agricultural Paying Agencies organised within the framework of Cyprus's presidency of the EU, the MVH told Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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