Hungary’s GDP growth could climb over 4 percent next year, thanks to measures bolstering stability, Finance Minister Mihaly Varga said at an event organised by governing alliance partner KDNP and the National Forum Association in Lakitelek, in the southeast of the country, on Saturday.
Official: Brussels won’t help eastern EU producers impacted by Ukrainian grain imports
Brussels will not provide any help that would protect Hungarian, Romanian, Polish and Bulgarian producers from the impact of fast-growing grain imports from Ukraine, an official of the ministry of agriculture said on Monday.
MTVA: Court rules DK politician committed crime
The Metropolitan Court on Monday ruled that the deputy leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition committed a criminal act in December 2018 when he and several others broke into the headquarters of the public service media provider MTVA.
Boysen to create 400 new jobs
The Boysen Group is creating 400 new jobs in Nyiregyhaza, in eastern Hungary, with a 60 billion forint investment that will turn out parts for electric cars supplying BMW's Debrecen plant, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign and trade minister, said on Monday.
Media awareness on the rise in Hungary, authority finds
Media awareness is "slowly but surely" rising in Hungary, according to a recent survey by the country's media authority.
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Hungary tourism ‘exceeded expectations’ in 2022
Hungary's tourism sector performed "beyond expectations" last year and is on track to top record numbers in 2019, the head of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTU) said on Monday.
Orbán meets Azeri president in Budapest
Hungary and Azerbaijan have raised cooperation to the level of a "priority strategic partnership", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, after talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Budapest on Monday.
Defence Minister: Hungary-Austria defence cooperation robust
Hungary and Austria are "good neighbours" and maintain strong cooperation in defence and other areas, Defence Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky said on Monday, after talks with his Austrian counterpart in Budapest.
Ader slams EC for failing to ban use of cyanide in mining
Although the European Parliament has adopted a resolution banning the use of cyanide in ore mining, the European Commission has failed to implement it, keeping a cheap but extremely polluting practice in place, former president Janos Ader told public radio on Monday.
LMP protests battery plant construction
Opposition LMP spokesperson Anna Suveg said government plans to turn Hungary into a "battery production superpower" are "dangerous and wrong" at a press conference on Saturday.
Gulyas: Christian faith ‘key for survival’
"Our long history has shown us that the key for survival in these times is the depth of Christian faith," head of the Prime Minister's Office Gergely Gulyas said at a general assembly of the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia on Saturday.
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Gulyas: Government to cover 2024 Erasmus grants if talks with EU fail
Hungary's government will cover students' 2024 Erasmus grants if it fails to reach an agreement with the European Union on Erasmus funding for universities run by foundations, the head of the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday.
Government official: Anti-Hungarian decisions, actions in Western Ukraine unacceptable
Tamas Menczer, the foreign ministry state secretary for external relations, has called on local leaders of the Mukachevo (Munkacs) district, in western Ukraine, to "immediately stop anti-Hungarian atrocities" such as "harassment and stripping the ethnic minority of their rights".
Szijjarto: Ukraine’s infringement of minority rights will make future support harder
Decisions by Ukraine infringing on the rights of its Hungarian national minority will make it more difficult for Hungary to make the sacrifices necessary to support the country in the coming period, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Brussels on Monday.
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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, ...
