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A pragmatic Brexit agreement is also important to Hungary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 10, 2017 12:57 PM
“It is also important to Hungary that the series of negotiations on the termination of Great Britain’s membership of the European Union comes to a close with a package of agreements that are not a punishment, but are practical and acceptable to all parties, to which end Great Britain can count on the support of the Hungarian Government”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary Laszlo Szabó said on Thursday in London.
In 2016 we succeeded in breaking all previous foreign trade records
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 9, 2017 7:17 PM
“Last year, Hungary succeeded in breaking all previous foreign trade records: the Hungarian economy produced its highest ever level of exports and succeeded in achieving its highest ever foreign trade surplus”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared.
Countries with an influence on the region have an interest in Hungary’s success
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 9, 2017 11:55 AM
“In recent years Hungarian foreign policy has succeeded in assuring that the world powers that have the greatest influence on the life of Central Europe have an interest in Hungary’s success”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Székesfehérvár at a public forum.
Alföldi Tej to open new 12 billion forint milk processing plant in Debrecen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 8, 2017 2:56 PM
“Alföldi Tej Ltd. is developing a new processing plant in Debrecen with an investment of some 12 billion forints; the investment will create 181 new jobs”, Managing Director of Hungarian milk processing company Alföldi Tej Ltd. Tibor Mélykúti announced on Wednesday in Budapest. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told reporters that the Government was contributing 4.8 billion forint s in non-returnable funding towards the project.
Several agreements have already been concluded at the first session of the Hungarian-Iranian Joint Economic Committee
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 8, 2017 12:58 PM
“Several encouraging agreements have already been concluded at the first session of the Hungarian-Iranian Joint Economic Committee”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference following the meeting on Tuesday.
Verona bus accident: one of the seriously injured passengers has been awakened from their medically-induced coma
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 7, 2017 3:19 PM
“Italian medical staff have woken one of the critically injured victims of the Verona bus accident, who suffered serious burns, from their state of medically-induced coma. They are now in a stable condition, which has been gradually improving since receiving a skin graft, and are capable of communicating”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference.
The sanctions against Russia have failed from both a political and economic perspective
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 7, 2017 8:26 AM
“With relation to Ukraine, the European Union has provided mistaken responses to a situation that is full of challenges, and the sanctions introduced against Russia have failed from both a political and economic perspective because they have not achieved the required results”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in the recess of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Joint statement by Hungarian and German Foreign Ministers
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 6, 2017 4:00 PM
It was on this day 25 years ago that the representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Hungary signed the “agreement on friendly cooperation and European partnership”.
ThyssenKrupp to build new plant in Debrecen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 3, 2017 4:48 PM
“German company ThyssenKrupp Springs and Stabilizers will be constructing a new factory in Debrecen with an investment of 35 million euros and the creation of 250 new jobs”, Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Presta Hungary Ltd. Marc de Bastos Eckstein announced at a press conference in Budapest on Friday.
It is in Hungary’s interests to maintain relations with Russia founded on common sense
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 3, 2017 11:20 AM
“It is clearly in the interests of the Hungarian economy and the Hungarian people for Hungary to maintain relations with Russia that are based on mutual respect and founded on common sense”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Hungarian M1 television on Thursday.