A direct North-South freight transport connection may be established along the Hungarian-Slovakian border at Esztergom by next spring. The new freight ferry may carry 70-80 lorries across the Danube per day, Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner announced in Esztergom on 28 March, 2014.
The Hungarian government will give its full support to any sanctions approved by the European Union against Russia in connection with the crisis in Ukraine – said Foreign Minister János Martonyi on 30 March 2014 on CNN.
Foreigners will expand the program ‘Campus Hungary’ launched last year – announced Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics at the Pannon University in Veszprém this Friday.
A 5 thousand square metre modern production hall built with the help of funding provided within the framework of the New Széchényi Plan was inaugurates on Friday within the Szolnok factory unit of Irish agricultural machine manufacturer McHale Hungária Limited. The new facility is designed to enable the development o the company's production technology and was constructed at a total cost of HUF 936.5 million (EUR 3 million); the level of EU funding was 50 percent.
The Hungarian Government welcomes the signing of the peace agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front that brings an end to a decades-long conflict that took the lives of more than 100,000 people.
Budapest's fourth metro line, linking Kelenföld and the Keleti railway stations, was opened to the public on Friday, on which occasion a ceremony was held in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós at the Kelenföld terminus.
Existing and future industrial parks are decisive means of employment creation and economic organisation, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh pointed out at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new bays of Völgység Industrial Park in Bonyhád, on 27 March, 2014. Half of the investment costs of almost HUF 1 billion are financed from the New Széchenyi Plan.
This year Hungary is implementing the biggest super computer development in its history. Worth 2 billion forints, the project will quadruple the capacity of the national super computer technology infrastructure by the end of the year and will significantly increase the domestic research and development potential.
The decision of Standard&Poor’s announced last Friday also proved that it had been right to implement reforms and carry out financial consolidation relatively quickly and in one go, Minister of State Zoltán Cséfalvay said at a conference organized by the Hungarian Business Leaders Forum.
V4 European Directors visited Podgorica on March 26-27 2014 where they met with Montenegro’s Chief EU Negotiator Aleksandar Pejović, Justice Minister Duško Marković and the Foreign Ministry's State Secretary for Political Affairs Vladimir Radulović.