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Hungarian-Swiss relations are mutually beneficial

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 13, 2016 10:43 AM

“Hungarian-Swiss relations are mutually beneficial; there are more than 300 Swiss companies operating in Hungary that provide employment to 40,000 people”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó said on Wednesday in Budapest at a conference organised by Swiss food industry giant Nestlé.

The Police are to recommend that charges be brought against eight people; three drivers are still being sought

Government, October 12, 2016 7:30 PM

“The Police will be recommending that charges be brought against eight people with relation to the case in which 71 people were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Austria last year, and three Bulgarian citizens are still wanted”, the head of the Standby Police’s National Bureau of Investigation (NNI) Illegal Immigration Division announced at a press conference.

The MSZP and LMP are making the migrant quotas a party political issue

Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, October 12, 2016 7:25 PM

Parliamentary State Secretary Csaba Dömötör has told Hungarian news agency MTI that he regrets the Hungarian left’s absence from the talks on the constitutional amendment held in Parliament on Monday. He said that this shows that the MSZP and LMP continue to make Brussels’ migration quotas a party political issue.

Mass of migrants gathering in Serbia continues to pose great challenge

Government, October 12, 2016 2:52 PM

György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has told Hungarian television channel M1 that the mass of migrants gathering in Serbia continues to pose a huge challenge, and therefore the Hungarian-Serbian border has to be further protected with significant forces.

Industrial sector posted double-digit growth in August 2016

Ministry of Finance, October 12, 2016 2:27 PM

Following a temporary dip, in the month of August 2016 the volume of industrial output grew by 11.1 percent year-on-year, and thus total output growth in the initial eight months of the year was 2.3 percent in Hungary. Since January 2010 and the beginning of 2014 output rose by 29 percent and 13.1 percent, respectively.

Ubiquity Global Services to open service centre in Budapest

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 12, 2016 2:06 PM

“U.S. company Ubiquity Global Services will be opening a service centre in Budapest in February, creating 200 new jobs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference in the capital.

Austrian companies like Hungary because of investor-friendly environment

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 12, 2016 2:03 PM

“Austrian companies like Hungary, and not just because of its geographical proximity, but also as a result of the investor-friendly environment”, Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Hungarian news agency MTI following a business forum at the Hungarian Embassy in Vienna.

Agricultural exports to Germany could continue to increase

Ministry of Agriculture, October 12, 2016 12:40 PM

“This year, Hungarian agriculture and food industry exports to Germany could exceed even last year’s record level”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Tuesday at a press conference in Budapest.

Good quality is the best advert

Ministry of Agriculture, October 12, 2016 12:39 PM

“Auchan’s autumn wine fair offers a selection of almost 100 quality wines. In addition, a national Quality Wine tasting programme is also being launched in which students from wine-making schools supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture will be helping consumer choice”, Sándor Fazekas said in Budaörs at a press conference held to mark the launch of the supermarket chain’s autumn wine fair.

The horticulture sector is one of the important pillars of Hungarian agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture, October 11, 2016 4:10 PM

“One of the fundamental targets of the Hungarian Government is to make rural areas, villages and sub-regions inhabited by Hungarians competitive and for the countryside to become one of the engines of the nation”, Deputy State Secretary for International Relations Katalin Tóth said in Zenta (Senta), Ukraine at an official event organised to mark the 20th anniversary of horticultural engineer training in the city and the 15th jubilee of the founding of the Horticulturalists Association.