The reinforcement of domestically-owned productive capital is one of the pillars of the continuous development of the Hungarian economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Friday at the inauguration of Jász-Plasztik Ltd.’s new battery manufacturing plant in Jászberény.
Exim opened the first branch of its provincial network in the centre of Győr on Tuesday. In the coming weeks eight more branches will be opened. The task of the network will be to provide help, support and education free of charge to exporting companies and their suppliers, as well as to the branch networks of commercial banks.
State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation István Mikola agreed with the Brussels-based Energy Charter’s Secretary General Urban Rusnák that the Embassy of Hungary in Hanoi would play a role in the ‘Energy Charter Liaison Embassies’ programme.
The enlargement strategy of the European Union is one of the most successful tools of Community policy by strengthening stability in Hungary’s immediate neighbourhood and setting a predictable course for the development of the accession countries.
The Campus Hungary Programme of the Balassi Institute, which was launched in 2012, came to an end this Wednesday with a closing event held within the frames of the Budapest Design Week under the title ‘Creativity and Mobility’.
Honeywell, a US-based company, is set to expand its manufacturing plant in Nagykanizsa with an investment of EUR 10 million, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference on Monday in Budapest.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Lieselore Cyrus, the new German ambassador to Hungary, described the development of economic cooperation between Hungary and Germany as unbroken on Wednesday, on the occasion of the introductory visit of the German diplomat, Judit Fülöp, press chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM) told MTI.
Hungarian-German relations have always been excellent and it is particularly so since the regime change. Hungary often regarded Germany as an example in terms of its political and economic structure, said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó at an event of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK) on Thursday in Budapest.
The Hungarian Government is committed to gradually increasing defence spending as well as to implementing the Readiness Action Plan accepted at the NATO Summit in Wales. As part of this, Hungary will develop the Pápa Air Base and will promote the defence capacities of the Baltic Region, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said during his discussion with General Adrian Bradshaw, NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, on Wednesday in Budapest.
Hungarian diplomacy will focus on enforcing the country's economic interests in the most effective way possible, new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday.