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HUF 830bn of EU funding to bolster economic development this year in Hungary

Ministry of Finance, March 13, 2015 3:00 PM

Under the Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme (GINOP), the Ministry for National Economy (NGM) is to announce some 70 invitations to tender for funding of some HUF 830bn this year, Minister of State for the Utilization of EU Funds Balázs Rákossy said.

Vocational Training Award 2014 presented in Budapest

Ministry of Finance, March 13, 2015 2:45 PM

Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the ceremony, that the government aims to increase the number of apprentices with student contracts from the current 50 thousand to 70 thousand by 2018.

EC Spokespersons: EU is not blocking Paks II construction

Government, March 13, 2015 2:39 PM

At the European Commission’s midday press briefing, Spokesperson for Climate Action and Energy Anna-Kaisa Itkonen commented on the misleading statements made by the Financial Times about the expansion of the Paks II nuclear power plant.

It is not true that the EU has blocked the construction of Paks II

Prime Minister’s Office, March 13, 2015 12:04 PM

Minister of State for Government Communication András Giró-Szász has definitively refuted the information published by the Financial Times.

Draft bill to root out financial wrongdoing released for public consultation

Ministry of Finance, March 13, 2015 10:32 AM

The Ministry for National Economy has published a draft version of the bill that tightens the existing regulation of securities firms.

Péter Szijjártó on Hungarian assistance to find the Austrian man kidnapped in Libya

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 13, 2015 10:05 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó offered assistance to the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria to find the kidnapped Austrian man.

Paks expansion – Negotiations ongoing; satisfactory solution for fuel supply in process

Prime Minister’s Office, March 13, 2015 9:47 AM

Negotiations are ongoing between the EU and the Government of Hungary concerning the dispute surrounding the supplying of fuel to the proposed Paks 2 nuclear power plant expansion, and we are preparing a satisfactory solution that will guarantee Hungary’s secure fuel supply and enable „the Russians to also supply fuel”.

Yesterday’s announcement by the Financial Times is false and completely misleading

Prime Minister’s Office, March 13, 2015 9:22 AM

Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács on the announcement of Financial Times stating that the EU blocks Paks nuclear power plant expansion. Press release.

Hungary to spend HUF 2.5 billion on the improvement of nurseries

Ministry of Human Capacities, March 12, 2015 5:01 PM

Hungary is currently expanding nursery capacities via a HUF 2.5 billion (EUR 8.25 million) program, Minister of State for Public Education Judit Czunyiné Bertalan said in the northeast Hungarian town of Miskolc on Thursday at the inauguration of a nursery modernized there at a cost of HUF 20 million.

Government to spend HUF 7.9bn on Buda Castle District renovation

Prime Minister’s Office, March 12, 2015 4:50 PM

The Government is planning to spend HUF 7.9bn (EUR 25.8mn) on the reconstruction of the Buda Castle District by the end of the year, Parliamentary State Secretary László L. Simon from the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday before the second session of the Social Board of the National Hauszmann Plan aimed at refurbishing the Buda Castle.