Hungary disbursed EU funds worth HUF 1,364 billion up to 31 October 2014, which represents 93 per cent of the pro rata plan, Nándor Csepreghy, Deputy State Secretary for Development Policy Communication at the Prime Minister’s Office announced.
“The new legislation on fair banks will protect borrowers”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the Hungarian press on Tuesday following a meeting of the Fidesz Parliamentary Group. He also stated that the Government was pushing for foreign currency loans to be converted into Hungarian forints as soon as possible and confirmed that the previously planned extension of the telecommunications tax was no longer on the agenda.
The Hungarian troops participating in NATO Exercise “Iron Sword 2014” have arrived in Lithuania.
The Government of Hungary has welcomed with relief the fact that after 70 years, Serbian legislation has finally been introduced to rescind the law stating the collective guilt of the Hungarian population of the towns of Čurug (Csúrog), Žabalj (Zsablya) and Mošorin (Mozsor).
Great Britain and the V4 countries have declared their support of the territorial integrity and independence of the Ukraine on Thursday on the occasion of their meeting in Bratislava. Major topics of the consultation included challenges facing the EU and the upcoming trade and investment partnership between the EU and the United States.
Next year’s budget brings the country closer to the goal of full employment, Prime Minister Orbán said on Kossuth Radio on Friday. He stated that the aim is to ensure that by 2018 all income subsidies become unnecessary. We will put Hungary to work, he added.
In the last few years, government initiatives have resulted in doubling the number of jobs for people with disabilities, which now stands at 80,000, Minister of State for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere said on Wednesday at the closing event presenting the results of the Rehabilitation – Value – Change project.
Since its introduction in 2011, the public health product tax (the so-called fat tax) has brought over HUF 55 billion (EUR 179 million) to the national budget, Minister of State for Health Gábor Zombor said.
Prime Minister Orbán stated on Kossuth Radio’s 180 Minutes program that the extension of the telecommunications tax cannot be introduced in its current form, adding that the tax legislation submitted to Parliament has to be amended.
In recognition of his work of almost fifteen years, Coloplast Senior Vice President Allan Rasmussen was awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit – Knight’s Cross by Ambassador László Hellebrandt on 27 October 2014 in Copenhagen.