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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.