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Hungary to host World Export Development Forum
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 13, 2016 1:50 PM
“Hungary has been awarded the right to organise the 2017 World Export Development Forum, so Budapest will be hosting the event next year”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI.
Hungarian-Swiss relations are mutually beneficial
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 13, 2016 10:43 AM
“Hungarian-Swiss relations are mutually beneficial; there are more than 300 Swiss companies operating in Hungary that provide employment to 40,000 people”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó said on Wednesday in Budapest at a conference organised by Swiss food industry giant Nestlé.
Ubiquity Global Services to open service centre in Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 12, 2016 2:06 PM
“U.S. company Ubiquity Global Services will be opening a service centre in Budapest in February, creating 200 new jobs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference in the capital.
Austrian companies like Hungary because of investor-friendly environment
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 12, 2016 2:03 PM
“Austrian companies like Hungary, and not just because of its geographical proximity, but also as a result of the investor-friendly environment”, Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Hungarian news agency MTI following a business forum at the Hungarian Embassy in Vienna.
BYD to realise 20 million euro investment in Komárom
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 11, 2016 1:05 PM
“Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD is establishing Europe’s first electric bus factory in Komárom with an investment of 6.2 billion forints, towards which the Government is providing a grant of 925 million forints”, the Minster of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced at a press conference.
The Hungarian Government is protecting European interests instead of Jean-Claude Juncker
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 10, 2016 11:08 AM
“President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker should be protecting Europe’s interests”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday, pointing out that “he should at least not be offended when the Hungarian Government does so instead of him”.
Hungary establishes 5 million euro credit line to help Afghanistan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 7, 2016 1:40 PM
“Hungary is establishing a 5 million euro fixed, long-term, low interest, preferential credit line to help Afghanistan”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in a statement to representatives of the Hungarian press in the recess of the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan.
Major economic risks
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 7, 2016 8:21 AM
Illegal immigration conveys major economic risks for the whole of Europe, and without the protection of the external borders, there is a chance that the Schengen Area may become „disintegrated”. At the same time, the survival of the Schengen Area is in the best interests of both the Hungarian and German economies, Péter Szijjártó stressed.
Creating institutional framework for Hungarian-Sudanese relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 7, 2016 8:21 AM
State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation Dr István Mikola paid an official visit to the Republic of the Sudan between 2 and 6 October 2016.
Turning inwards is worst possible response to challenges
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 7, 2016 8:20 AM
Under the present circumstances turning inwards is the worst possible response which we may give to the challenges we are facing, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the conference Dialogue Between China and the Central-Eastern-European Political Parties held in Budapest on Thursday.