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State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations holds talks on Hungarian-Czech economic cooperation

Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2013 8:40 AM

Péter Szijjártó, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations held talks with Czech deputy minister of industry and trade Milan Hovorka on bilateral economic cooperation in Budapest on Tuesday.

Chinese telecommunications company ZTE to establish repair centre in Hungary

Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2013 5:39 PM

A cooperation agreement has been signed with Chinese telecommunications company ZTE on the occasion of their recent expansion. State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó and ZTE Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe Chang Xiao Wei were present at the event. The Chinese mobile phone manufacturer has announced the opening of a mobile phone repair centre in Hungary, which will create 50 new jobs and also offer opportunities for Hungarian SMEs.

New possibilities in the Tobin case

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, September 24, 2013 5:35 PM

The Irish driver who was sentenced in Hungary for killing two children in a crash could serve his prison term in Ireland under a European Union decree, Hungarian Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Tuesday.

Statement regarding the recent terrorist attack in Pakistan against Christians

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2013 5:01 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary learned with deep regret about the cruel attacks recently committed in Peshawar, Pakistan, claiming a great number of civilian victims and casualties.

Record low Hungarian budget deficit is sustainable

Ministry for National Economy, September 24, 2013 4:27 PM

The budget deficit (1.9 percent of gross domestic product) has not been at such a low level for 10 years and according to forecasts it will remain below 3 percent next year.

Hungary among countries which laid down the foundations of a crisis-proof economy

Ministry for National Economy, September 24, 2013 4:01 PM

Over the past period, Central and Eastern European countries – among them Hungary – introduced measures which made the economy more resistant to future crises, Minister of State Zoltán Cséfalvay said at the press conference held during the International Business Forum in Budapest.

Internationally acknowledged achievements in Hungary’s nuclear energy field

Ministry of National Development, September 24, 2013 3:26 PM

A Hungarian delegation headed by the Minister of State for Energy Affairs Pál Kovács, comprising executives and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Development and the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) is attending the 57th Annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held September 16-20, 2013.

Hungarian crisis management tools also discussed at the Visegrád Four-Central European Initiative meeting

Ministry for National Economy, September 24, 2013 3:23 PM

With the participation of eleven countries, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga opened the ministerial meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in the Ministry for National Economy. The economic leaders of participating countries discussed, among others, the instruments of crisis management, issues of financial stability and economic growth as well as the strengthening of the competitiveness and global prospects of small and medium-sized enterprises.

EU issues also on agenda of Visegrád Four economy ministers

Ministry for National Economy, September 24, 2013 2:54 PM

As Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, the economy ministers of the Visegrád countries (V4) held negotiations on European Union issues and surveyed crisis management experiences as well as cooperation options for small and medium-sized enterprises at the press conference after their Budapest meeting.

American company Systemax to invest in Hungary

Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2013 12:18 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and CEO of Systemax EMEA Technology Group Pim Dale made a joint press statement following their meeting in Budapest, announcing the company’s investment in Hungary. Systemax, which markets computer technology products and components, has decided to establish a service centre in Budapest, creating more than 500 new jobs.

Another 3 billion forints to help out stuck Panel Programme tenders

Ministry of National Development, September 24, 2013 12:01 PM

The Ministry of National Development has awarded a subsidy of HUF 3bn for the financing of the applications of the Green Investment Scheme Panel Programme II.

On the right path towards renewable energy use

Ministry of National Development, September 24, 2013 12:00 PM

For the attainment of green economy goals, subsidised by some HUF 150 billion in the past three years, the Development Ministry urges keeping competitiveness by complex and fast development.

Solzhenitsyn exhibition opens in Budapest's House of Terror

Prime Minister’s Office, September 23, 2013 6:10 PM

"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn did not simply unveil the brutality of the communist terror, but became the chronicler of millions of victims, including hundreds of thousands of Hungarians, who were not given the opportunity to tell their story", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening of the exhibition entitled „A Russian Patriot – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)" in Budapest’s House of Terror Museum.

State Secretary Szijjártó holds meeting in Moscow

Prime Minister’s Office, September 23, 2013 6:04 PM

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held negotiations in Moscow on the two most important fields of Hungarian-Russian cooperation: energy and agriculture.

Photos - 6th Session of the Hungarian-Russian Working Group on Tourism

Ministry for National Economy, September 23, 2013 5:23 PM

Photos of 6th Session of the Hungarian-Russian Working Group on Tourism.

Tourism and Water: motto of this year’s World Tourism Day

Ministry for National Economy, September 23, 2013 3:28 PM

Tourism experts want to turn focus on the fact that one of the most important instruments and resources of tourism is water, Deputy CEO of Hungarian Tourism Ltd Gergely Horváth said at the press conference organized to commemorate the event. Gergely Horváth stressed that this is the third year that the World Tourism Day is celebrated in Hungary and this year’s motto also aims to raise awareness in environmental issues as the development of tourism has been an increasing burden on the environment.

Budget 2014: inflation projected at 2.4% and budget deficit at 2.9%

Ministry for National Economy, September 23, 2013 2:01 PM

The Ministry for National Economy drafted next year’s budget with a deficit of 2.9 percent and an inflation rate of 2.4 percent, Minister Mihály Varga stated on Sunday.

UN needed on the long term in Afghanistan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 23, 2013 1:53 PM

Hungary’s position is that the United Nations’ presence will be needed on the long term in Afghanistan, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Political Director Szabolcs Takács, at the meeting of the International Contact Group on Afghanistan and Pakistan in New York City. He stated that the reason for this is that among others the global organization continues to play an important confidence building role in the Afghan society.

Viktor Orbán congratulates Angela Merkel on German election result

Prime Minister’s Office, September 23, 2013 12:40 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its leader Chancellor Angela Merkel on their success in the German parliamentary elections on Sunday.

OMÉK Fair presents the cream of Hungarian agriculture and food processing

Ministry of Rural Development, September 23, 2013 12:09 PM

"The goods showcases at the five-day 76th National Agricultural and Food Industry Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK) clearly show that both the qualitative and quantitative range of Hungarian foods and agricultural products has developed significantly during the past two years", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared on Sunday at the event in Kőbánya, eastern Budapest.