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Government to spend 4 trillion forints on road and rail development by 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 16, 2018 5:54 PM

“The Government will be spending 4 thousand million forints (EUR 12.4bn) on road and rail development by 2022 in the interests of reinforcing the country’s logistical position”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Mogyoród, near Budapest.

By 2021, tax administration burden to be cut by half

Ministry of Finance, June 15, 2018 11:34 AM

The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) may play a key role in boosting the competitiveness of enterprises, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said at an executive meeting, where he introduced László Sors as the newly appointed head of the tax office. Besides becoming a paper-free office by 2021, the NAV will also be capable of preparing a high number of tax returns for enterprises thanks to the inflow of data, and thus this will reduce the burden of tax administration by half.

Péter Szijjártó holds talks with Romanian Education Minister on Ukrainian Education Act

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 15, 2018 9:14 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó spoke with Romanian Education Minister Valentin Popa about the Ukrainian Education Act by telephone on Thursday.

Tourism and sports projects also serve to strengthen patriotism

The Prime Minister, June 14, 2018 5:41 PM

At an opening ceremony for the Tokaj Canoeing Tours Centre, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the facility is part of a programme which makes patriotism a natural experience and embraces within the national community even those people with no such previous affinities.

EU budget to withdraw funds from poorer states

Prime Minister’s Office, June 14, 2018 4:41 PM

On Thursday in Budapest the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office described the draft of the European Union’s budget for the period between 2021 and 2027 as unacceptable.

Free trade with japan is also in the interests of the European Union and Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2018 2:38 PM

“Rapid and comprehensive changes are going on within global politics and the global economy; old friendships are being broken and alliances of interests that previously seemed unlikely are coming into being. In such a turbulent period, it is in the interests of both the European Union and Hungary to forge alliances”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest at a conference on the economic partnership agreement between the European Union and Japan.

African development project for local job creation

Ministry of Agriculture, June 14, 2018 1:06 PM

“We regard Africa as an important partner, both in view of its sources of raw materials and its growing import markets”, Minister of State for Rural Development Miklós Kis stressed at the launch of the first joint V4 African development project in the Kenyan town of Kilifi.

V4 statement on agricultural innovation and EU funding

Ministry of Agriculture, June 14, 2018 12:58 PM

“The countries of the Visegrád Group in addition to six other Central and European countries have signed a joint statement on cooperation in the interests of increasing the proportion of EU funding that can be drawn down for agricultural innovation”, Minister of State for Agriculture Zsolt Feldman announced on Wednesday. The parties also discussed the interests of the region’s countries with relation to the development of the EU’s agricultural funding system.

The „budget of safe growth” submitted to Parliament

Ministry of Finance, June 14, 2018 10:01 AM

In the drafting of the Budget 2019 the Government’s priorities were to safeguard Hungary’s security, maintain economic growth and achieve full employment, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said at a press conference earlier today.

Gas procurement routes must be diversified

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 13, 2018 3:37 PM

“Guaranteeing a secure energy supply is one of the greatest challenges facing Central Europe, and for this reason natural gas procurement routes must be diversified, which is also of critical importance to Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on Wednesday in Belgrade following talks with Serbian Minister for Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić and Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova.