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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-YEAR OF THE DRAGON-STAMP-ISSUE

(240202) -- BUDAPEST, Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jin Hao, director of the China cultural center in Budapest, Chinese Ambassador to Hungary Gong Tao, Hungarian Minister for National Economy Marton Nagy, Chairman and CEO of the Hungarian Post Barnabas Balczo (L to R) show the first-day covers with the stamps marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon, at the launch ceremony of the stamp in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 1, 2024. TO GO WITH "Hungary, China jointly issue special stamps marking Year of the Dragon" (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

Hungary, China jointly issue Chinese Lunar New Year stamp

STORY: Hungary, China jointly issue Chinese Lunar New Year stamp DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of stamp issuing ceremony 2. various of performance 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG CHAO, Interim charge d'affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Hungary 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Hungarian): MARTON NAGY, Hungary's minister for economic development 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Hungarian): BARNABAS BALCZO, Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Hungarian Post Office STORYLINE: A commemorative postage stamp marking the Chinese Lunar New Year (2023, Year of the Rabbit) was issued in Budapest on Monday. The stamp was issued by Hungary's Stamp Museum in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Hungary, the country's Ministry of Economic Development, the China Cultural Center in Budapest and the Hungarian Post Office. The sheet of four stamps was designed by graphic artist Krisztina Maros. It will be printed in 20,000 copies. Against a red and white backg

HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR-STAMP-ISSUE

(230117) -- BUDAPEST, Jan. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yang Chao, interim charge d'affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Hungary (L), shakes hands with Marton Nagy, Hungary's minister for economic development, at the launch ceremony of the Year of the Rabbit stamp at Hungary's Stamp Museum in Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 16, 2023. A commemorative postage stamp marking the Chinese Lunar New Year (2023, Year of the Rabbit) was issued here on Monday. The stamp was issued by Hungary's Stamp Museum in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Hungary, the country's Ministry of Economic Development, the China Cultural Center in Budapest and the Hungarian Post Office. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UN Security Council

STORY: 5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UN Security Council DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the UN headquarters 2. various of the ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE (English): AKAN RAKHMETULLIN, Kazakhstan's permanent representative to the UN 4. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Five countries -- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland -- on Tuesday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Their two-year term officially started on Jan. 1, but the first business day of the Security Council for 2023 after the New Year holiday break is Tuesday, Jan. 3. A flag installation ceremony was held to mark the start of their responsibilities. The ceremony was initiated by Kazakhstan in 2018. Kazakhstan's permanent representative Akan Rakhmetullin, who presided over the ceremony, voiced confidence that the five new council members will bring much depth and

New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - A four-wheel robot departs Tokyo's Nihombashi post office on Jan. 1, 2022, to deliver New Year's greeting cards on a trial basis following a ceremony attended by communications minister Yasushi Kaneko.

Job seekers flock to job offices over New Year holidays

TOKYO, Japan - A man visits a job-placement office in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Dec. 29 amid the deteriorating employment situation. While most other government offices have closed for the New Year holidays, job centers remain open and people have been visiting them nationwide. (Kyodo)

Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day. (Kyodo)

Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), flanked by Defense Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano, sits for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office Sept. 25 in Tokyo. Abe and his Cabinet ministers resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day. (Kyodo)

22 senior vice ministers sworn into office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front row) poses with his newly-appointed senior vice ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 1. Koizumi appointed 22 lawmakers as senior vice ministers at 12 ministers and agencies, with nine of them, including the two for financial affairs, retaining their posts.

(1)Bureaucratic machinery to undergo shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - Men from a trucking firm work overtime moving office equipment and boxes of papers into the new Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Jan. 5, the day before its official inauguration.

Post offices begin accepting New Year's cards

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