Japanese company AGC Glass Hungary, which manufactures windshields, opened its newest production unit at its factory on Thursday in the industrial zone of Tatabánya, Central Transdanubia. The investment, totalling 3.5 bn HUF (€ 10 million), will create 140 new jobs by the end of the year.
Takata's 68 million euro investment in Miskolc is an example of how the northeast Hungarian city is once again becoming an industrial and economic centre, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán state on Wednesday at the foundationstone-laying ceremony for the Japanese car supplier's new plant.
Hungarian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó met United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy Amos Hochstein on Tuesday to discuss Hungarian-American economic cooperation and Europe's energy security.
Without the investments of big international companies there would be no jobs or economic growth, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration of Procter and Gamble’s new plant in Gyöngyös. The factory will manufacture diapers, creating 150 new jobs.
Hungary's tourism achieved record-high results in 2013, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Siófok on Monday, following talks with hotel managers of the Lake Balaton region.
The Government has put the country's health-care system on a sure footing and hospital debt has been cut by a quarter, while a 300 billion forint (EUR 968.7m) development programme is under way, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Monday.
South Korea-based Wooshin Medics will build a pharmaceutical plant as well as a research and development laboratory in Székesféhervár, Central Hungary, CEO Tack-Soo Nam and State Secretary for External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced on Monday.
Hungary's interests concerning Ukraine have not changed: Hungary wants to see a democratic country which "stands on its own two feet", Prime Minister Orbán said in Brussels on Thursday, following a special EU summit on the situation in Ukraine.
The Prime Minister's foreign affairs chief discussed bilateral relations with the Austrian Foreign Minister in Budapest on Wednesday.
Hungarian low-cost airline WizzAir will launch a flight between Budapest and Kutaisi, Georgia, beginning in September, WizzAir CEO József Váradi and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced on Wednesday.