Last year, Kazakhstan was the third largest trading partner of Hungary within the Commonwealth of Independent States, with a total trade volume exceeding USD 261 million and up by 6.5 percent compared to last year. Within the above amount, the value of Hungarian exports was USD 210 million, signalling an increase of 34.3 percent year-on-year, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the press conference following the fourth session of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) on Hungarian-Kazakh Economic Cooperation.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga, speaking on public broadcaster M1’s Ma reggel and Kossuth Radio’s 180 perc, said that the Government aims to formulate an industrial and economic development programme that identifies sectors upon which EU and domestic funding can be focused.
Hungary's foreign ministry, which is to deal with external economic affairs, will raise its profile, the ministry's incoming head, Tibor Navracsics, said in an interview with public radio on Monday.
In light of Q1 2014 data, the value of exports to international markets totalled EUR 20.8bn in the observed period. Foreign buyers purchased mainly products of the vehicle manufacturing, machinery manufacturing and food industry.
“Veszprém is a culturally charismatic city, where events are noteworthy all-year-round. Among those, VeszprémFest is a convex lens, which contributes to the strengthening of the city’s fame with world-renowned artists”, said Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics, parliamentary representative of the city of Veszprém this Friday at a press conference in Budapest where the agenda of the festival held for the 11th time was presented. Between July 15 and 20 Katie Melua, Vaya Con Dios and Youssou N'Dour will perform at the event.
This year, the Day of National Unity will be remembered for the fourth time on the 4th of June; date of the signing of the Treaty of Trianon. The programmes of the national event are built again around the cross-border unity of the Hungarian culture to strengthen the ties between Hungarians living in- and outside of the country. According to the Parliament’s decision, the focus of the day is not on the tragic experience of loss, but rather the reality of the mind-lifting experience of belonging together.
Transport cooperation between the Visegrád Four countries helps raise the competitiveness of the region, Hungary's Minister for National Development, Zsuzsanna Németh, said in Balatonfüred on Friday.
“You can continue to rely, in all respects, on the government of Hungary and the municipal leaders of Szombathely, and likewise, we continue to rely on you”, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said during a factory tour held in honor of the German owners of BPW-Hungary Ltd.
The transaction whereby NISZ Nemzeti Infokommunikációs Szolgáltató Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (NISZ) owned by the State of Hungary repurchased the 100% stake of Antenna Hungária Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (AH) from the French group TDF S.A. (TDF) has now been concluded.
In Q1 2014, the volume of investment increased by 22.6 percent year-on-year. Whereas the 15 percent growth in the previous quarter was a ten-year record high, current data show an unprecedented increase. As all major economic sectors have contributed to the steady improvement which has been observed in the past four quarters, it can be concluded that Hungarian economic growth has been placed on a sound footing.