Investments in the manufacturing industry, which constitute one-third of total investments in the national economy, increased by 5.3 percent in the period October-December 2012 compared to one year ago. Investments, however, decreased with regard to the entire national economy: according to the latest flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), in Q4 2012 the volume of investments was down by 7.9 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of 2011.
The Deputy State Secretary will hold talks with German Government Spokesperson Steffen Seibert and meet editors of leading German business and political newspapers as well as the heads of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, two renowned political think tanks.
At a ceremony held in Camp Pannonia, Maj.-Gen. László Domján, the commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Force Command (HDF JFC) announced that the contingent of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) would complete its operational tasks in early March. He stressed that the handover of the camp to the Afghan partners had started and would be finished at the end of March. (Reporting from the spot.)
Negotiations aimed at solving the problem of those with foreign currency loans have commenced and will continue next week, Financial Affairs Commissioner György Doubravszky said at a press conference in Budapest.
The number of Hungarian asylum requests in Canada has dropped by 98% since the amendment of the Immigration Act – Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Péter Sztáray declared during his stay in Ottawa. Péter Sztáray was on a two-day official visit to Canada and held meetings at the Defence, Immigration and the Foreign Ministries.
Easing the burden on municipalities was again on the agenda of Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. It was decided that HUF 600 billion of local council debt, including 60 per cent of the capital’s debt, will be taken over by the state.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi will pay an official visit to Bucharest on March 4-5 at the invitation of Titus Corlatean, his Romanian counterpart.
The Hungarian Government signed a strategic partnership agreement with Audi Hungaria Motor Ltd. today. The signing ceremony took place in Parliament with the participation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog and United States Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis paid a visit to Nyiregyhaza on Tuesday to learn about social inclusion programmes for local Roma.
The Parliament Budgetary and Economic Committee will interview the Prime Minister's candidate to head the National Bank of Hungary on Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on commercial news channel HírTV.