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The OLAF corruption case highlights the culpability of municipality and state governance before 2010

Government spokesperson, February 10, 2017 12:34 PM

Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács has told Hungarian television channel M1 that the timeframe of OLAF’s report on Budapest’s Metro 4 project clearly shows that administrations at metropolitan and state levels prior to 2010 are to be held responsible for the abuses in that project.

Government’s proposals now central concepts in Brussels

Government spokesperson, February 10, 2017 11:48 AM

On Friday morning, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme that the pragmatic and practical steps Hungary has been highlighting for two years are now central concepts in the European Union.

Metro 4 is the most serious case of corruption in recent decades

Prime Minister’s Office, February 9, 2017 10:33 PM

“According to the European Anti-Fraud Office, there were problems with 272 billion forints in contracts out of a total of 400 billion”, Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said at the Governmentinfo 77 press conference, which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.

In 2016 we succeeded in breaking all previous foreign trade records

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 9, 2017 7:17 PM

“Last year, Hungary succeeded in breaking all previous foreign trade records: the Hungarian economy produced its highest ever level of exports and succeeded in achieving its highest ever foreign trade surplus”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared.

Government and Knorr-Bremse concluded agreement on developing the SME supplier network

Ministry of Finance, February 9, 2017 3:12 PM

Ministry for National Economy Mihály Varga and the Hungarian companies of breaking-systems producer Knorr-Bremse concluded an MoU to assist the development of Hungarian suppliers in the SME sector. The document was signed by Minister Varga and the representatives of Hungarian subsidiaries.

Hungarian-Iranian economic relations expected to grow even stronger

Ministry of Finance, February 9, 2017 3:11 PM

It is in our mutual interest to further bolster economic relations between Hungary and Iran, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, after receiving Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayebnia in his office. The main beneficiaries of the two countries’ closer cooperation may be the healthcare and motor vehicle sectors, he stated.

Rapid rise in the area used for and the number of enterprises involved in organic farming

Ministry of Agriculture, February 9, 2017 1:23 PM

“The area of land used for organic farming and the number of enterprises involved in organic farming in Hungary has practically doubled during the course of a single year. While organic farming was performed on 120 thousand hectares in 2015, 200 thousand hectares were used for this purpose in 2016”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Thursday as a conference at Szent István University in Gödöllő.

The joint security plan is an important step in the fight against illegal migration

Ministry of Interior, February 9, 2017 11:58 AM

“The joint security plan for supervising the Balkan migration route and preventing illegal people smuggling is an important step in the fight against illegal migration”, the Ministry of Interior’s parliamentary State Secretary, Károly Kontrát told Hungarian news agency MTI following a meeting of Interior and Defence Ministers of Southeast and Central European countries in Vienna on Wednesday.

Countries with an influence on the region have an interest in Hungary’s success

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 9, 2017 11:55 AM

“In recent years Hungarian foreign policy has succeeded in assuring that the world powers that have the greatest influence on the life of Central Europe have an interest in Hungary’s success”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Székesfehérvár at a public forum.

Russian-Hungarian regional economic cooperation a promising opportunity for Hungary

Ministry of Agriculture, February 9, 2017 11:41 AM

“Russian-Hungarian regional economic cooperation is a promising opportunity for Hungary”, the Minister of Agriculture said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday after visiting Smolensk County in Western Russia.