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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister Varga: the Government is sticking to its deficit target]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA["The Government is sticking to its previously adopted deficit target of under three percent", announced Minister without portfolio Mihály Varga on Friday in reaction to the European Commission's winter forecast.]]></summary>
    <published>2013-02-22T16:34:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2013-02-22T16:34:00+01:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister Varga: IMF has a difference of opinion with the European Commission]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The IMF and EU delegations, which have just concluded a visit to Budapest, are "positive" about Hungary's measures to restore the country's fiscal balance over the past two years, Mihály Varga, the country's chief negotiator said in a statement on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2013-01-29T16:22:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2013-01-29T16:22:00+01:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary was right to stick to its own opinion in negotiations with IMF]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Hungarian Government has been right to stick to its own opinion on certain issues regarding an agreement on a financial safety net with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), chief negotiator Mihály Varga said on Sunday.]]></summary>
    <published>2013-01-15T11:29:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2013-01-15T11:29:00+01:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[IMF delegation to visit Hungary in January 2013]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Coordination talks are under way with the International Monetary Fund and an IMF delegation is scheduled to visit Hungary between January 14 and 26 next year when official talks could be started, Hungary’s chief negotiator Minister Mihály Varga said on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-12-11T11:05:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-12-11T11:05:00+01:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/imf-delegation-to-visit-hungary-in-january-2013</id>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister Varga: change in the National Bank’s management would positively affect the IMF/EU agreement]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary's chance of reaching an agreement on a financial backstop from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union has diminished as positions have stiffened, Mihály Varga, Hungary’s chief negotiator said in an interview published in business daily Napi Gazdaság on Friday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-12-07T10:20:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-12-07T10:20:00+01:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Coordination talks on how to kick-start growth still under way]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister Varga said that Hungary's official talks with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund on a loan agreement had stalled but coordination talks focusing on how to kick-start growth were still under way. IMF experts recognise the Government's efforts to reduce the deficit, he said. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-12-06T18:07:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-12-06T18:07:00+01:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/coordination-talks-on-how-to-kick-start-growth-still-under-way</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Talks on taxes underway with EU/IMF]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary can repay its maturing debt next year if external conditions remain unchanged, Minister Mihály Varga, the country's chief negotiator in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union, said on public television on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-12-03T13:57:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-12-03T13:57:00+01:00</updated>
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      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary awaiting recommendations from international lenders]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary's government still awaits recommendations from international lenders which could be included in the 2013 budget due for approval in mid-December, Chief Negotiator in talks with financial organisations Mihály Varga told Hungarian daily Népszabadság on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-11-30T17:06:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-11-30T17:06:00+01:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungary-awaiting-recommendations-from-international-lenders</id>
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      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Government trusts IMF/EU talks to resume this year]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary trusts that talks on financial aid will resume this year, the government's Chief Negotiator Mihály Varga told a conference on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-11-06T12:10:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-11-06T12:10:00+01:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/government-trusts-imf-eu-talks-to-resume-this-year</id>
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      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Government seeks deal with IMF/EU]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Government desires a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU), Hungary’s chief negotiator Mihály Varga stated in Hungarian television HírTV’s program, Rájátszás.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-10-30T11:19:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-10-30T11:19:00+01:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/the-government-seeks-deal-with-imf-eu</id>
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      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Government still intends to reach an agreement with the IMF and EU]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The intention of the Hungarian government is unchanged: this is the message that Mihály Varga, Minister without portfolio responsible for liaising with certain international financial organisations, stressed at an economic forum in Budapest organised by the portfolio.hu web portal. As previously stated in November 2011, the Government would like to reach an agreement with both the International Monetary Fund and the European Union.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-10-17T10:26:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-10-17T10:26:00+02:00</updated>
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    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian alternative proposal to be sent to IMF/EU early this week]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA["On Tuesday or Wednesday, the Government will send the IMF and the EU an alternative proposal in connection with loan negotiations in line with the economic policies pursued over the past two years", chief negotiator Mihály Varga said on Monday. In order to have the opportunity to make changes to the budget if necessary, the Government has requested the postponement of the vote on the 2013 budget in Parliament, which was supported by ruling party Fidesz.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-09-17T16:22:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-09-17T16:22:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungarian-alternative-proposal-to-be-sent-to-imf-eu-early-this-week"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungarian-alternative-proposal-to-be-sent-to-imf-eu-early-this-week</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister Mihály Varga negotiates in Kazakhstan]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Budapest, 12 September 2012, Wednesday – Today Minister Mihály Varga, Hungarian Co-Chairman of the Hungary-Kazakhstan Inter-governmental Economic Cooperation Joint Committee held negotiations in Almaty with Kazakh Co-Chairman and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Abdirovich Sagintayev. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-09-12T17:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-09-12T17:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/minister-mihaly-varga-negotiates-in-kazakhstan"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/minister-mihaly-varga-negotiates-in-kazakhstan</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mihály Varga: We shall not yield ground on property tax and asset tax]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA["Property tax and asset tax may be put on the table at IMF-EU talks, but Hungary will not yield ground on these", Mihály Varga Minister without portfolio responsible for the international loan negotiations said to commercial television TV2 on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-07-13T12:03:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-07-13T12:03:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/mihaly-varga-we-shall-not-yield-ground-on-property-tax-and-asset-tax</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mihaly Varga: Yielding ground on flat-rate tax would be difficult]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[It would be difficult for Hungary's government to yield ground on the issue of flat-rate income tax at negotiations for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, Minister without portfolio Mihaly Varga said in an interview on public television late on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-07-10T14:18:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-07-10T14:18:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/yielding-ground-on-flat-rate-tax-would-be-difficult</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[EU-IMF talks may already begin in July]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[90% of Hungarian Parliament voted in favour of modifying the Central Bank Act, announced Mihály Varga, the Minister in charge of IMF Talks on Friday. The minister explained that the most important elements of the proposal were retained.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-07-06T15:25:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-07-06T15:25:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/eu-imf-talks-may-already-begin-in-july</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[IMF satisfied with amendment of central bank law ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to the information released by the International Monetary Fund, the amendments to the central bank legislation are fully satisfactory, and following their passage by Parliament, negotiations may commence, Mihály Varga, minister without portfolio announced on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-06-28T16:05:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-06-28T16:05:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/imf-satisfied-with-amendment-of-central-bank-law</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New amendment to central bank law may be presented to the House on Thursday ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Government is expected to present to Parliament the latest amendment to the Act on the National Bank of Hungary on Thursday, which Parliament may pass within two weeks, Mihály Varga told journalists on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-06-20T17:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-06-20T17:56:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/new-amendment-to-central-bank-law-may-be-presented-to-the-house-on-thursday</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary Central Bank Vote Delay Will Help IMF Talks, Varga Says]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary’s delay of a vote on amendments to a disputed central bank law will help resolve differences blocking talks with the International Monetary Fund, said Mihaly Varga, the country’s chief negotiator.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-06-07T09:23:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-06-07T09:23:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungary-central-bank-vote-delay-will-help-imf-talks-varga-says"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungary-central-bank-vote-delay-will-help-imf-talks-varga-says</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Talks continue on amendments to the Act on the National Bank of Hungary ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mihály Varga, Minister without portfolio in charge of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the EU, who swore his oath of office on Monday in Parliament, has asked the Fidesz parliamentary group to consider postponing the final vote on amendments to the Act on the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). According to the original timetable, Monday would have seen the final vote on the Act, following amendments requested by the international organisations. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-06-05T08:33:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-06-05T08:33:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/talks-continue-on-amendments-to-the-act-on-the-national-bank-of-hungary</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Head of State appointed new ministers and state secretaries]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Tuesday, President of the Republic János Áder appointed a new minister and state secretaries effective as of 2 June.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-05-30T17:01:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-05-30T17:01:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/the-head-of-state-appointed-new-ministers-and-state-secretaries"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/the-head-of-state-appointed-new-ministers-and-state-secretaries</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi: IMF agreements expected in the autumn]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi, outgoing chief negotiator with financial organisations, announced at a Budapest financial summit on Thursday that IMF/EU negotiations can start in July, with an expected agreement in the autumn.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-05-18T15:47:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-05-18T15:47:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-imf-agreements-expected-in-the-autumn"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-imf-agreements-expected-in-the-autumn</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Press conference given by minister without portfolio Tamás Fellegi]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Talks over the last few months have culminated in the breakthrough achieved by Viktor Orbán and José Manuel Barroso at their meeting in Brussels yesterday. This is an important milestone, which is already producing favourable results in the markets. As you know, today there was a decision by the European Commission − the College of Commissioners, to be more precise − according to which, and I quote: “The Commission has decided to start talks with Hungary on precautionary financial assistance.” ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-04-26T13:58:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-04-26T13:58:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/press-conference-given-by-minister-without-portfolio-tamas-fellegi"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/press-conference-given-by-minister-without-portfolio-tamas-fellegi</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Talks with IMF to last weeks, size of aid undecided, says Fellegi  ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary's talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on financial assistance are likely to last for weeks, under the current international financial climate, Tamas Fellegi, chief negotiator for talks, told a press conference on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-04-25T18:51:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-04-25T18:51:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/talks-with-imf-to-last-weeks-size-of-aid-undecided-says-fellegi"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/talks-with-imf-to-last-weeks-size-of-aid-undecided-says-fellegi</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi: quintilateral expert consultation to be held on central bank independence]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A quintilateral expert-level ad hoc task force will soon start consultations as to the specific form of the package that is designed to contain the rules related to the independence of the Hungarian central bank, Tamás Fellegi, minister without portfolio said on Thursday in Washington, where he conducted meetings with the country team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerned with Hungary. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-04-06T13:21:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2012-04-06T13:21:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-quintilateral-expert-consultation-to-be-held-on-central-bank-independence"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-quintilateral-expert-consultation-to-be-held-on-central-bank-independence</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[IMF negotiations must focus on economic and financial issues]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Convergence in the positions of Hungary and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was seen in their agreement that economic and financial issues must be in the focus of IMF negotiations, minister without portfolio Tamás Fellegi said to MTI in Washington after two days of informal discussions held with IMF in the US capital. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-03-20T16:44:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-03-20T16:44:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/imf-negotiations-must-focus-on-economic-and-financial-issues"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/imf-negotiations-must-focus-on-economic-and-financial-issues</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian Government committed to IMF-EU agreement and ready to start negotiations   ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi (Minister without Porfolio for Liaising with Certain International Financial Organisatons) today confirmed that the Hungarian Government continued to make efforts towards the earliest possible commencement and closing of negotiations with the IMF and the EU.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-03-08T15:17:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-03-08T15:17:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungarian-government-committed-to-imf-eu-agreement-and-ready-to-start-negotiations"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/hungarian-government-committed-to-imf-eu-agreement-and-ready-to-start-negotiations</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi consulted EU commissioner Olli Rehn in Brussels]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister without portfolio for negotiations between Hungary and certain international financial organisations Tamás Fellegi consulted deputy head of the EC and European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Olli Rehn about the actions required for the commencement of negotiations on an eventual safety line with the European Union and the IMF in Brussels. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-21T09:19:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-21T09:19:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-consulted-eu-commissioner-olli-rehn-in-brussels"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-consulted-eu-commissioner-olli-rehn-in-brussels</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi's live press conference in Brussels]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister without portfolio Tamás Fellegi assesses the results of his informal consultation tour preparing for the official negotiations on the Hungarian credit. The press conference is aired live on our website. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-20T11:45:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-20T11:45:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-s-live-press-conference-in-brussels"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-s-live-press-conference-in-brussels</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi continued consultations in Vienna ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On 19 January 2012 Minister without portfolio for negotiations between Hungary and certain international financial organisations Tamás Fellegi continued his informal consultations in Vienna to prepare the official negotiations on Hungary’s loan application. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-19T18:32:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-19T18:32:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-continued-consultations-in-vienna"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-continued-consultations-in-vienna</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[German round of Tamás Fellegi’s preliminary consultations ended]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On 16-17 January 2012 Minister without portfolio for negotiations between Hungary and certain international financial organisations Tamás Fellegi continued informal consultations in Germany to prepare the official negotiations on Hungary’s loan request. ]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-18T15:34:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-18T15:34:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/german-round-of-tamas-fellegi-s-preliminary-consultations-ended"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/german-round-of-tamas-fellegi-s-preliminary-consultations-ended</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi’s forward-looking talks in Washington]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister without portfolio for negotiations between Hungary and certain international financial organisations Tamás Fellegi had informal consultations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington between 9-12 January 2012 to prepare negotiations about Hungary’s borrowing. On the last day of his visit, the minister consulted IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde about the possible schedule of effective negotiations. The head of delegation confirmed that the Hungarian Government remained firmly committed to the earliest possible conduct of negotiations.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-13T15:54:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-13T15:54:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-s-forward-looking-talks-in-washington"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-s-forward-looking-talks-in-washington</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Talks between Hungarian Minister Tamás Fellegi and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mr. Tamás Fellegi, Minister in charge of conducting negotiations with the IMF and the European Union met with Madame Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday, January 12, 2012. Press Communiqué.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-13T10:05:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-13T10:05:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/talks-between-hungarian-minister-tamas-fellegi-and-imf-managing-director-christine-lagarde"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/talks-between-hungarian-minister-tamas-fellegi-and-imf-managing-director-christine-lagarde</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chief negotiator Fellegi to hold talks in Germany on Jan 16-17]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tamas Fellegi, Hungary's chief negotiator for talks with the IMF and the EU, will hold meetings in Germany on Monday and Tuesday next week, his office told MTI on Thursday.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-12T13:12:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-12T13:12:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/chief-negotiator-fellegi-to-hold-talks-in-germany-on-jan-16-17"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/chief-negotiator-fellegi-to-hold-talks-in-germany-on-jan-16-17</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fellegi started negotiations with IMF]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Hungarian Embassy in Washington reports that Tamás Fellegi – minister without portfolio responsible for liaising with international financial organisations – started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund on Monday in Washington DC.]]></summary>
    <published>2012-01-11T15:42:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2012-01-11T15:42:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/fellegi-started-negotiations-with-imf"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/fellegi-started-negotiations-with-imf</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi to have informal consultations with IMF in the first half of January 2012, in Washington ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In the first half of January 2012, Tamás Fellegi, minister without portfolio responsible for liaising with certain international financial organisations will have informal consultations in Washington with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) experts in charge of Hungary, managing director of IMF, Christine Lagarde, and other members of the Directorate. ]]></summary>
    <published>2011-12-31T12:45:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2011-12-31T12:45:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-to-have-informal-consultations-with-imf-in-the-first-half-of-january-2012-in-washington"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-to-have-informal-consultations-with-imf-in-the-first-half-of-january-2012-in-washington</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi’s appointment supported by special committees ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At his hearing, Tamás Fellegi, Minister without portfolio, responsible for the preparation and conduct of negotiations to start next year with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission said that Hungary and the international organisations will develop negotiation mandates for their delegations by mid-January.]]></summary>
    <published>2011-12-29T14:21:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2011-12-29T14:21:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-s-appointment-supported-by-special-committees"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/tamas-fellegi-s-appointment-supported-by-special-committees</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi will act as minister without portfolio responsible for liaising with certain international financial organisations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tamás Fellegi will act as minister without portfolio responsible for liaising with certain international financial organisations. ]]></summary>
    <published>2011-12-28T11:56:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2011-12-28T11:56:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/press-release"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/press-release</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Informal meeting with the IMF and EC delegations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to the parties’ concordant intentions and pursuant to their agreement, informal talks were held by the delegations of the Hungarian Government, the International Monetary Fund and the European Committee on 15 December 2011 in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2011-12-28T11:54:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2011-12-28T11:54:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/informal-meeting-with-the-imf-and-ec-delegations"/>
    <id>https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/minister-without-portfolio-responsible-for-liaising-with-certain-international-financial-organisations/news/informal-meeting-with-the-imf-and-ec-delegations</id>
    <author>
      <name>2010-2014.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
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