In the first round, Hungary is to apply for Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funds with 17 transport development investments. The investments with total costs of HUF 150 bn, submitted in early March 2015, include the construction of the Danube bridge in Komárom, the modernisation of the railway line between Kelenföld and Százhalombatta, the development of water transport security and the establishment of the first liquidised natural gas (LNG) fuelling stations in Hungary.
The compensation process for local governments which have incurred losses in the Buda-Cash affair has begun and compensation payments are due at the beginning of next week, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga told HírTV.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has set a goal of achieving full employment in Hungary by 2018,reducing unemployment to 3% or lower by then.
The meeting of the Eastern Partnership Panel on Migration and Asylum was held at the Ministry of Interior on 5-6 March 2015. The title of the event was Panel Meeting on Migration Data Management and Migration Trends.
Hungary has made the necessary steps for the construction of the infrastructures ensuring bi-directional natural gas transport in the region. In addition, the country has not only attained but even surpassed the target set by the European Union according to which the electricity cross-border transmission capacity must reach at least 10% of the total built in electricity production in every EU state by 2020, Minister of State for Energy Affairs András Aradszki said at the session of the Energy Council in Brussels on 5 March, 2015.
Péter Szijjártó submitted the proposal of launching the Opening to the South strategy with a focus on Africa and Latin America from 1 July onwards to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The Hungarian economy grew even faster in 2014 than prior data had indicated, as it gained 3.6 percent in the observed period. Thus, Hungarian GDP reached the pre-crisis level.
“Matteo Renzi walks the road of Orbán; this too, shows the turn in Europe’s Russia-policy” – Minister of State for Government Communications András Giró-Szász told MTI on Friday.
“Consultations are already in progress with the Banking Association and the National Bank of Hungary on where strengthened oversight is necessary,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in connection with the Buda-Cash case in an interview with public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió.
It was announced at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Thursday at a press conference that Harman, a U.S. based audio equipment production company will create 420 new jobs through an investment of HUF 3.5 billion.