The Hungarian Virtual Power Station Programme has been selected as one of the best three among 153 energy efficiency programmes submitted to the jury of the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week. As Minister of State for Economic Regulation Béla Glattfelder said, this is a prestigious international recognition of not only the programme but the country, too.
The construction of Hungary’s largest research and development centre, which will open up a new dimension for the further development of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, will be completed within two years, Péter Szijjártó announced at the launch of Nokia Networks’ future headquarters.
In April 2015, data adjusted for calendar effects show that the volume of retail sales grew by 5 percent year-on-year. Thus, the sector has been expanding for the 22nd consecutive month. In the initial four months of the year, sales volume soared by 6.3 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. According to Eurostat data, the volume growth of retail sales in Hungary was the third largest within the European Union.
Members of the Hungarian Reformed Church community are familiar with the path that leads to the survival and preservation of the Hungarian community in the Carpathian Basin, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Wednesday in Budapest.
According to plans, the Government will publish 133 calls for proposals for funds worth some HUF 2,700 billion in total, the State Secretary for EU Developments of the Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday in Nagykanizsa.
Hungary fully complies with every EU regulation, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in the break of the Cabinet meeting on migration held in Parliament on Wednesday when he informed the press that the Cabinet was to start consultations on the issue with EU representatives.
Hungary continues to observe the Dublin Regulation; at the same time, it needs some technical patience before the acceptance of further illegal migrants as it is at this point in time unable to take care of them, State Secretary for Law Enforcement László Tasnádi said on Wednesday at the meeting of the Defence and Police Committee of Parliament.
Upon the request of the Government of Hungary, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi sent the following letter to First Vice President of the European Union Frans Timmermans.
It is a key component of the 2016 Budget that the Government is expecting general government budget deficit to be below 3 percent, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs András Tállai told public news channel M1.
There are cities where unemployment is between 3-3.5 percent; however, Nagykanizsa with its 7-8 per cent unemployment rate is not yet in the same league, and therefore creating jobs is the city’s number one responsibility, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday evening in Nagykanizsa in an interview given to the local television station.