Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Saxony discussed the stance of Germany and Hungary regarding the EU’s economic policy. The German professor was also received by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
According to the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), in September-November 2013 the number of people in employment exceeded 4 million. The new record high figure is 4 million 12 thousand, an increase of 2.2 percent or 87 thousand people year-on-year.
Due to the increase in the minimal wage, teachers’ salaries will also increase from 1 January, Minister of State for Public Education Rózsa Hoffmann announced at a press conference in Bicske.
In 2013, Hungarian agriculture preformed better than in previous years, as also indicated by the fact that it contributed to a significant extent, by almost 50 percent, to the 1.8 percent increase in GDP recorded in the third quarter of 2013, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI, reviewing the sector's performance in 2013.
As Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai said, who is responsible for improving the labour prospects of women, it is an outstanding achievement that the number of women in employment has been steadily above 1.8 million for the fourth consecutive month which constitutes an employment rate of 53 percent. In November, of women aged 15-64 years, 1 825 thousand had a job, the best monthly figure ever recorded by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Some 90 percent of the development projects required for the realisation of the goals determined within the National Forestry Strategy may be financed from European Union resources, the Ministry of Rural Development stated in report provided in reply to a query from Hungarian news agency MTI.
The deficit of the state budget for 2013 will be HUF 929.2bn, much more favourable than formerly expected and HUF 200bn below the figure projected in the Budget Bill. Consequently, the deficit-to-GDP ratio may be 2.7 percent or even as low as 2.3 percent, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference.
Hungary's government is planning events to mark the WW1 centenary this year and will encourage civil organisations and local municipalities also to organize commemorations, state secretary Bence Retvari said on Thursday.
Friendship between Hungary and Croatia can best be strengthened by deepening scientific and cultural ties, which is the purpose of the new Hungarian Institute opening in Zagreb, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Friday.
Following a long period of professional development, the new governmental and ministerial decree level implementation regulations regarding thermal spring water extracted for purely energy purposes were published in 31 December 2013.