Hungary’s government considers the protection of the country’s security and economy its two most important responsibilities amid the war in Ukraine, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Thursday.
Government looking to ramp up domestic energy production
The government is looking to bolster domestic energy production to strengthen independence from imported energy resources, Laszlo Palkovics, the technology and industry minister told a conference on Thursday.
Paks plant upgrade project obtains permit for diaphragm wall construction
Hungary's National Atomic Energy Office (OAH) has issued a permit for the construction of the diaphragm wall for the two new blocks at the Paks power plant, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who is in charge of the project, said on Thursday.
Kariko awarded honorary degree from Yale University
Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Kariko has been among ten individuals awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Szeged, where she is research professor, said on Wednesday.
Only Hungarians to be able to buy fuel at capped prices from Friday
Only Hungarian cars may buy fuel at government-capped prices from Friday, cars with foreign number plates will have to pay market prices, the prime minister's chief of staff told a regular press briefing on Thursday.
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Opposition parties condemn new taxes
Szazadveg: Voters support windfall taxes
Fully 79 percent of respondents in a recent Szazadveg survey expressed support for the government's decision to levy a supertax on companies making extra profits to finance the government's public utility cuts programme, the pollster said in Thursday.
Jobless rate 3.6 percent in April
Hungary's jobless rate was 3.6 percent in April, unchanged from March, but down from 4.4 percent in the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday.
Szijjarto: Government to protect utility fee cuts, pensions, full employment
Hungary's government will protect the achievements of its utility cut scheme, pensions, and full employment in the face of the economic challenges brought about by the war in Ukraine, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Thursday, at a plant ...
Capital, liquidity reserves make banking system resilient to crisis
Hungary's banking system was in a "prepared state" as it faced a sharp increase in risks because of the war in Ukraine, and the sector's capital and liquidity reserves ensure lenders will be resilient even if the conflict is protracted, the National Bank of ...
LMP lawmaker demands government action on Sajo river pollution
The government has the means of taking action against the pollution of the Sajo river, which flows from Slovakia into Hungary, in line with international conventions on the protection of transborder watercourses, a lawmaker of green opposition LMP said on Wednesday.
Economic development minister informs Banking Association on decision to cut extra profits
Orbán: Government to protect utility cuts, cut excess profits
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced setting up a "utility cut protection fund" and a defence fund on Wednesday. In a video published on Facebook, the prime minister said banks, insurance companies, large distribution chains, energy and trading companies, telecommunications companies and airlines would be ...
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President Ader calls on lawmakers to represent national interests
Lawmakers take oaths in new parliament
Hungary's lawmakers took their oaths on Monday at the start of the new parliamentary cycle. The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance has 135 seats in parliament, the Democratic Coalition has 15 seats, while Jobbik, Momentum and the Socialists have 10 each. The radical Mi Hazank ...
Ruling parties call on leftists to condemn EU's new Russia sanctions
Government officials, energy industry heads meet to discuss Brussels oil sanctions
Senior government officials and Hungarian energy industry leaders met on Thursday at the prime minister's office to discuss the country's energy security in light of the latest EU sanctions package which includes phasing out Russian crude oil imports, according to the PM's press chief.
DK criticises incoming government over lack of education, health-care, environment ministries
Orbán concludes talks on forming government
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has concluded talks on forming Hungary's next cabinet, the PM's press chief said. Orbán structured the new government and chose its ministers with a view to resolving the challenges facing the country, Bertalan Havasi, said.
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Fidesz MEP slams leftist opposition for thwarting proposal on Islamist terrorism
Leftist MEPs of the European Parliament, including those of Hungary's Democratic Coalition and Momentum parties, on Monday voted down a right-wing proposal to put issues around Islamist terrorism in Europe on the agenda, ruling Fidesz MEP Balazs Hidveghi told public media.
Egis favipiravir drug licenced for Covid-19 treatment
A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), the institute said on Saturday.
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Orbán: New EU migration pact could force Hungary to welcome migrants
Hungary does not support the new migration and refugee package presented by the European Commission on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Reuters newswire on Friday. Under the package, Hungary's commitment to send people back from the southern EU states like Italy or Greece, ...
