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Viktor Orbán held talks with Aleksei Miller

Prime Minister’s Office, December 12, 2013 5:35 PM

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Aleksei Miller, president of Russia's gas company Gazprom, in Budapest on Wednesday.

Sheep and Goat Farmers to receive Increased Funding

Ministry of Rural Development, December 12, 2013 4:54 PM

"Sheep and Goat farmers are to receive increased levels of funding in view of the fact that the Government has succeeded in getting the European Commission to allow Hungarian farmers to be given the HUF equivalent of 10 thousand euros over a three-year period, according to low importance, so-called de minimis regulations", the Ministry of Rural Development Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván announced at the general assembly of the Hungarian Association of Sheep and Goat Farmers in Herceghalom.

Visegrád Conference on the Importance of Monitoring Systems

Ministry of Human Resources, December 12, 2013 4:50 PM

The State Secretariat for Social Inclusion of the Ministry of Human Resources organised an all-day conference on Wednesday under the title „Monitoring System of National Social Inclusion Strategies in the V4 Member States” which was also attended by the representatives of civil organisations, in addition to policy-makers from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

One of the most significant Hungarian R&D projects of recent years launched

Ministry of National Development, December 12, 2013 4:42 PM

Government funding of HUF 6bn and a support of HUF 5bn by General Electric provide the basis for establishing a world class healthcare programme in Hungary. Hungarian experts are to develop a unique healthcare IT system, Minister of State for Infocommunication Vilmos Vályi-Nagy said in Budapest on 11 December, 2013.

Passenger transport restarts on refurbished rail track between Esztergom and Pilisvörösvár

Ministry of National Development, December 12, 2013 4:40 PM

The development funded from the New Széchenyi Plan concerns one of the most important sections of Budapest suburban railway transport, the Budapest-Esztergom railway line serving 14 thousand passengers per day. In the first phase, the railway track was refurbished along more than 30 km between Pilisvörösvár and Esztergom. Thanks to the comprehensive reconstruction, the accessibility of stations and stops improved, access times shorten, railway transport becomes more predictable and the standard of passenger transport will rise. The comprehensive investment worth almost HUF 20bn was inaugurated by Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner in Dorog on 12 December, 2013.

Péter Szijjártó holds negotiations in Israel on strengthening investment relations

Prime Minister’s Office, December 12, 2013 3:48 PM

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks on water-, agriculture-, pharmaceutics- and R&D-related agreements during his 1-and-a-half day visit to Tel-Aviv, Israel. He met with Israeli Minister of Finance Yarir Lapid, with whom he reached an agreement on strengthening investment and innovation ties between the two countries.

HANtech Ltd completes investment project of HUF 240 million

Ministry for National Economy, December 12, 2013 3:27 PM

HANtech Ltd of Csorna, a producer of agricultural machinery and equipment, finalized a technological investment project valued at HUF 240 million, for which the company had obtained state funding of more than HUF 80 million.

Economic growth is not restricted only to some sectors

Ministry for National Economy, December 12, 2013 3:20 PM

Having decreased general government deficit has not stifled economic growth in Hungary, as an adequate economic policy mix had been applied. Thanks to this, the recent pick-up of the Hungarian economy has been broad-based and not limited only to a few sectors, Deputy State Secretary for the Budget Péter Benő Banai said at a press conference in Budapest.

Quick legislative solution for foreign registration number related cases

Ministry of National Development, December 12, 2013 2:02 PM

Drivers will have the opportunity to subsequently certify the legal title of use of vehicles with foreign registration plates in Hungary by paying a small fine.

No Agreement in Decisive Questions at the Hungarian-Slovakian Joint Committee

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 12, 2013 1:40 PM

No minutes were signed at the Hungarian-Slovakian minority joint committee meeting in Bratislava on Wednesday, as it failed to reach agreement on several decisive questions, the head of the Hungarian delegation revealed.