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Prime Minister inaugurates new Grundfos plant in Székesfehérvár
Prime Minister’s Office, September 26, 2013 6:07 PM
On Thursday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated a new plant of Danish company Grundfos in Székesfehérvár. The new plant has been built with an investment of 12 billion forints (EUR 40m) and will create 350 new jobs.
Economic cooperation with Moldova
Prime Minister’s Office, September 26, 2013 12:12 PM
On Thursday Hungary's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks with Octavian Calmic, Moldova's deputy economy minister.
The Government supports the opening of service centres
Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2013 12:19 PM
The Government is dedicated to supporting companies that plan to set up service centres in Hungary, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó told a conference organised by professional services firm Deloitte in Budapest on Wednesday.
Zsolt Semjén discusses bilateral relations in Kiev
Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2013 8:58 AM
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen discussed bilateral relations with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mikola Azarov in Kiev on Tuesday.
Szijjártó holds talks with Albanian economic development minister
Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2013 8:53 AM
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, Péter Szijjártó held talks with Arben Ahmetaj, the economic development minister of Albania's new government.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations holds talks on Hungarian-Czech economic cooperation
Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2013 8:40 AM
Péter Szijjártó, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations held talks with Czech deputy minister of industry and trade Milan Hovorka on bilateral economic cooperation in Budapest on Tuesday.
Chinese telecommunications company ZTE to establish repair centre in Hungary
Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2013 5:39 PM
A cooperation agreement has been signed with Chinese telecommunications company ZTE on the occasion of their recent expansion. State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó and ZTE Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe Chang Xiao Wei were present at the event. The Chinese mobile phone manufacturer has announced the opening of a mobile phone repair centre in Hungary, which will create 50 new jobs and also offer opportunities for Hungarian SMEs.
American company Systemax to invest in Hungary
Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2013 12:18 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and CEO of Systemax EMEA Technology Group Pim Dale made a joint press statement following their meeting in Budapest, announcing the company’s investment in Hungary. Systemax, which markets computer technology products and components, has decided to establish a service centre in Budapest, creating more than 500 new jobs.
Solzhenitsyn exhibition opens in Budapest's House of Terror
Prime Minister’s Office, September 23, 2013 6:10 PM
"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn did not simply unveil the brutality of the communist terror, but became the chronicler of millions of victims, including hundreds of thousands of Hungarians, who were not given the opportunity to tell their story", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening of the exhibition entitled „A Russian Patriot – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)" in Budapest’s House of Terror Museum.
State Secretary Szijjártó holds meeting in Moscow
Prime Minister’s Office, September 23, 2013 6:04 PM
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held negotiations in Moscow on the two most important fields of Hungarian-Russian cooperation: energy and agriculture.
Viktor Orbán congratulates Angela Merkel on German election result
Prime Minister’s Office, September 23, 2013 12:40 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its leader Chancellor Angela Merkel on their success in the German parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Péter Szijjártó holds talks on strengthening Hungarian-Tunisian relations
Prime Minister’s Office, September 20, 2013 2:24 PM
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks on the continuation of the Hungarian-Tunisian Economic Action Plan on Thursday in Budapest, the State Secretary's press chief said.
Péter Szijjártó: Hungary has become the stronghold of the European automotive industry
Prime Minister’s Office, September 20, 2013 12:57 PM
Hungary has become the stronghold of the European automotive industry thanks to the measures introduced over the last three years, including the restructuring of the tax system, the creation of a flexible Labour Code and the reform of vocational training, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Szolnok at the inauguration ceremony of the F. Segura Spanish car parts manufacturing factory.
PM Viktor Orban attended the inauguration ceremony of a new vegetable oil factory built by the Swiss Glencore group in Foktő
Prime Minister’s Office, September 19, 2013 6:14 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orban attended the inauguration ceremony of a new vegetable oil factory built by the Swiss Glencore group in Foktő.
Hungarian-Russian Joint Economic Committee decides on establishing agricultural joint enterprises
Prime Minister’s Office, September 19, 2013 12:23 PM
At the meeting of the Hungarian-Russian Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday in Budapest, it was agreed that the agriculture ministries of the two countries would begin preparations for the establishment of joint enterprises in order to increase agricultural trade, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations of the Prime Minister’s Office Péter Szijjártó said at the press conference following the meeting.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with the Russian minister of agriculture
Prime Minister’s Office, September 18, 2013 1:36 PM
Cooperation between the governments of Hungary and Russia on boosting exports were the focus of talks between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian minister of agriculture Nikolai Fyodorov in parliament on Wednesday.
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang is on an official visit to Hungary
Prime Minister’s Office, September 17, 2013 5:34 PM
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang is on a four-day official visit to Hungary, meeting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as well as Hungarian ministers and other public dignitaries, including his Hungarian counterpart President János Áder, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós. The President has also opened an exhibition of Vietnamese ceramics at Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography and addressed a Vietnamese-Hungarian business forum today, stressing Vietnam’s openness towards investors from Hungary.
Prime Minister Orbán: Hungary may regain its position in the region in 2013-2014
Prime Minister’s Office, September 17, 2013 4:25 PM
Hungary may again become one of the regions frontrunners in 2013-2014, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a conference of honorary consuls in Budapest on Tuesday.
Coloplast expansion in Hungary creates 700 new jobs
Prime Minister’s Office, September 16, 2013 6:17 PM
Danish medical supplies company Coloplast will expand its production capacities in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Coloplast Vice President Allan Rasmussen announced on Monday.
The President of Vietnam and Viktor Orbán discuss the expansion of trade between Vietnam and Hungary
Prime Minister’s Office, September 16, 2013 6:13 PM
Both the Hungarian and the Vietnamese governments would like to improve trade turnover between the two countries, which is currently 120 million dollars, Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI following the meeting between President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán on Monday in Budapest.
Hungary to strengthen ties with Uzbekistan
Prime Minister’s Office, September 13, 2013 9:18 AM
Talks have started on the launch of a 50 million US dollar tied aid credit programme in which Hungarian companies would modernise street lighting and deliver medical equipment to Uzbekistan, state secretary for foreign affairs and external economic relations Péter Szijjártó said after talks in Tashkent on Thursday.
New Holocaust memorial site to be constructed in Budapest
Prime Minister’s Office, September 12, 2013 7:51 PM
Next spring, according to the Government’s plans, a Holocaust memorial site will be constructed at the Józsefváros Train Station in Budapest, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár announced at today’s Holocaust 2014 Memorial Committee meeting.
Hungary launches bid to co-host 2020 UEFA European Football Championship
Prime Minister’s Office, September 10, 2013 5:45 PM
Having consulted with the Government, the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) is applying to provide one of the venues for the 2020 UEFA European Championships, announced Chairman of the MLSZ Sándor Csányi on Tuesday. At a press conference held jointly with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini, Mr. Csányi said that the Ferenc Puskás Stadium could serve as a venue for certain matches during the tournament. UEFA President Michel Platini said that he welcomed Hungary’s participation at a tender to co-host such a large-scale sports event.
MVM Hungarian Electricity Ltd. signs a memorandum of cooperation with Bank of China
Prime Minister’s Office, September 10, 2013 3:55 PM
A memorandum of cooperation concerning EUR 300 million has been signed between MVM Hungarian Electricity Ltd. and the Bank of China Group on Monday, including a EUR 200 million loan agreement.
Péter Szijjártó: cooperation with private trading houses
Prime Minister’s Office, September 10, 2013 3:54 PM
Hungarian companies already operate trading houses in Baku, Astana and Moscow, and accordingly it would make sense for the state to buy stakes in these instead of operating a separate system, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday.
Suspended disbursements to Hungary may recommence within days, says EU commissioner
Prime Minister’s Office, September 9, 2013 4:45 PM
Hungary has accepted the European Commission’s five percent correction proposal in the case of ten EU-funded operative programmes, which was necessary due to deficiencies in earlier contracts, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office and recently appointed Government Commissioner in charge of the National Development Agency János Lázár announced following talks with European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn in Brussels.
Hungary's economy is back on a growth path
Prime Minister’s Office, September 9, 2013 3:38 PM
The repayment of its 2008 loan to the International Monetary Fund and the abrogation of the excessive deficit procedure launched by the European Union upon the country’s accession to the EU mark Hungary’s economic upswing and the Government forecasts 2 per cent growth in 2014, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told lawmakers in his pre-agenda speech on Monday at the opening of the autumn session of Parliament.
Hungary's water treasures in focus at the 2015 Milan Expo
Prime Minister’s Office, September 6, 2013 3:21 PM
The Hungarian Government made the final decision on Wednesday that Hungary would be represented at the Milan Expo to be held between 1 May and 31 October 2015, in Italy. Some 128 countries have indicated they will be participating and a total of 20 million guests are expected during the six months of the event.
Suzuki launches production of new SX4 model in Esztergom
Prime Minister’s Office, September 6, 2013 3:16 PM
The first Suzuki SX4 S-CROSS, a compact crossover design for both city and leisure introducing many innovative features, was jointly driven off the production line at the car manufacturer's plant in Esztergom by President and CEO of Suzuki Motor Corporation Osamu Suzuki and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Banks must amend foreign currency mortgage contracts, Prime Minister says
Prime Minister’s Office, September 6, 2013 11:08 AM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán considers amending foreign exchange mortgage contracts a moral responsibility for banks. In public Kossuth radio’s morning show 180 minutes, he also highlighted that the recent economic data are signs of Hungary’s recovery.