The National Development Agency (NDA) will take firmer action than previously against offshore companies, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said on Thursday. 44 thousand applicants who have received EU funding through NDA tenders will soon receive a call to fill out a new statement, he explained.
The latest data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) point to investment growth within the Hungarian economy, which was last seen before the onset of the crisis, in 2007. In comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year, expansion was 4.6 percent in Q1 2013, which exceeds even the figure of 2.6 percent registered in the fourth quarter of 2007.
It is the responsibility of Central Europe to emphasise the advantages of the European integration of the Western Balkans and to not allow „enlargement fatigue” to spread across the whole European Union, MFA Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs and Political Director Szabolcs Takács declared at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland, on September 4.
The Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds its presidential meeting on the 4th-5th of September in Budapest in memory of the foundation of the 20-year old German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog met with the Presidency of the Chamber within the framework of a gala lunch.
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, I pay tribute to the memory of Robert Schuman, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union, and served as a Prime Minister and a Foreign Minister of France.
Minister of State for European Affairs Enikő Győri, and MFA European Director Bálint Ódor hosted a delegation of the French Senate's French-Hungarian Friendship Group, on September 4.
A book can create or reinforce friendships between nations, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics stated at the opening of the 26th Moscow International Book Fair on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent greetings in a letter to the Hungarian Jewish community and their leaders on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. He wished the community and their leaders a "good and sweet year".
Hungary's government has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Hewlett Packard Hungary. The company announced it is creating 175 new jobs in Hungary.
The impetus for the EU accession talks with Turkey must be maintained, because if the talks came to a halt, it would send a negative message to both Turkey and the European public, said Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle following a strategic forum held in Bled, Slovenia, where Central European policy-makers discussed regional and European issues.