Hungary strongly supports Serbia’s integration into the European Union, which the “southern neighbour appreciates”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after meeting Ivan Mrkic, the Serbian foreign minister, in Budapest today.
Hungary’s State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks with the deputy heads of ALCOA and GE in Budapest on Monday. These companies are the two leading investors from the United States and strategic partners of the Hungarian Government.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be traveling to London on an official visit, on Wednesday, October 9.
On Wednesday, automotive components manufacturer Delphi inaugurated its 8000 square meter new production hall, which will double the company’s Tatabánya unit’s production and will create a hundred new jobs. The expansion is worth HUF 3.4 billion (EUR 11.3 million) of which HUF 686 million (EUR 2.3 million) was provided from non-repayable Hungarian and EU funds.
The Hungarian Government, as the largest owner of Croatia’s most significant foreign investor, MOL, reviewed at its cabinet meeting the situation that has evolved in relation to the company’s Croatian investments. According to the contract between the State of Croatia and MOL, the company has fulfilled its responsibilities in full and in the past years has invested nearly EUR 3 billion. In contrast to this, the Croatian party has failed to or has only partly fulfilled its responsibilities.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó met board members of Indian company Tata for talks in Budapest on Tuesday.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Peter Szijjárto is holding talks in Tbilisi on deepening economic and education-related ties between Hungary and Georgia.
The Government is establishing a civil fund with a budget of HUF 1.5 billion, within the framework of which NGOs and local governments may apply for funding with relation to programmes realised during the course of Holocaust Memorial Year 2014, László L. Simon, Head of the National Assembly’s Committee on Cultural and Press Affairs announced on Monday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a letter to former President of Poland Lech Walesa, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, stating that he would like to congratulate the real man behind the legend.
More money will be available in next year's budget for healthcare, education, public safety and economic development, the Government Spokesman András Giró-Szász stated on Thursday.