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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is among the most effective environmental protectionists in Europe]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary is among the most effective environmental protectionists in Europe, and will be fulfilling its undertakings with relation to pollutant emissions”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at the Climate Summit conference in Budapest on Friday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T15:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T15:56:00+02:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s Budapest office will be continuing operations next year]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics and Managing Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Patrick Ky renewed the cooperation agreement between the two organisations on 9 October in Budapest. The Agency’s liaison office in Budapest will continue to provide on-site support in the interests of assuring an even higher level of aviation safety during the first half of 2021.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-10-09T13:59:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-10-09T13:59:00+02:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World’s most modern tanks to be produced in Hungary]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“In addition to the production plant, a test environment suitable for testing Lynx armoured vehicles and off-road vehicles will also be established at the ZalaZone automotive industry test track in cooperation with Rheinmetal”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics announced in Zalaegerszeg in Thursday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-09-10T16:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-09-10T16:04:00+02:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Competitive vocational training: improving indices, practice-based training, increasing salaries]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to the OECD’s annual education report, practical training in the workplace plays an outstanding role in Hungary, even in international comparison, the chances of people with vocational qualifications finding work are good, and teachers’ salaries are continuously increasing.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-09-09T15:43:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-09-09T15:43:00+02:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary would like to benefit from the opportunities afforded by artificial intelligence]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary would like to benefit from the opportunities afforded by artificial intelligence, and would like to be one of the winners of these technological changes”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics declared on Tuesday at the University of Debrecen, where he presented the country’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-09-08T15:10:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-09-08T15:10:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-would-like-to-benefit-from-the-opportunities-afforded-by-artificial-intelligence</id>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian-Czech meeting concerning the ELI-ERIC]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[State Secretary for Higher Education, Innovation and Vocational Training József Bódis and the Czech Republic’s Deputy Minister for the European Union and European Structural and Investment Funds Václav Velčovský held a meeting in Budapest on 27 August to discuss tasks relating to the establishment of the European Research and Infrastructure Consortium (ELI ERIC).
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    <published>2020-09-03T10:58:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-09-03T10:58:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungarian-czech-meeting-concerning-the-eli-eric</id>
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      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[270 thousand people have received assistance via the various wage funding programs]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The government has provided assistance to a total of 270 thousand people via the job protection, research & development and job creation wage funding programs”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for employment policy said at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-09-01T16:55:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-09-01T16:55:00+02:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Number of job seekers falls by almost 25 thousand]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Following a low-point in mid-June, the number of registered job seekers in Hungary fell by almost 25 thousand by the beginning of August, which clearly indicates that a favourable turnaround is occurring on the job market”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Employment Policy Sándor Bodó stated. “The number of people without employment has been falling for the seventh week running thanks to the measures included in the Economy Protection Action Plan”, he added.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-08-05T12:39:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-08-05T12:39:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/number-of-job-seekers-falls-by-almost-25-thousand"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/number-of-job-seekers-falls-by-almost-25-thousand</id>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Six universities are changing their operational model from 1 August]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The founding and maintenance rights of the University of Veterinary Science, the University of Miskolc, the Moholy-Nagy University of Art, the Neumann János University, the University of Sopron and the Széchenyi István University will be transferred to asset management foundations beginning on 1 August 2020. Thanks to the new form of financing, institutions will be able to react more flexibly and rapidly to economic requirements. The government’s goal is for the more modern and calculable operational environment to increase the competitiveness of higher education, and by doing so to enable young Hungarians to be the winners of the future.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-08-03T16:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-08-03T16:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/six-universities-are-changing-their-operational-model-from-1-august"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/six-universities-are-changing-their-operational-model-from-1-august</id>
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      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Exemption from language exams has already enabled the issuing of over 100 thousand new diplomas]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“We would like young Hungarians to be the winners of the future, and not even the coronavirus pandemic can prevent us from reaching this goal”, Deputy Minister for Innovation and Technology Tamás Schanda declared.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-08-03T14:12:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-08-03T14:12:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/exemption-from-language-exams-has-already-enabled-the-issuing-of-over-100-thousand-new-diplomas"/>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s higher education point thresholds have been published; three quarters of applicants have been allowed entry]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“This year’s higher education entry point thresholds were published on Thursday. Three quarters of applicants have gained entry to some kind of course”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Higher Education, Innovation and Vocational Training József Bódis told reporters at a press conference in Budapest following the publication of the entry limits. In accordance with previous practice, students will receive a direct notice by text message after 8 p.m. today, parallel to which the point thresholds will also be available on the felvi.hu higher education application website.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-31T10:59:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-31T10:59:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/this-year-s-higher-education-point-thresholds-have-been-published-three-quarters-of-applicants-have-been-allowed-entry</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The government is providing 35 billion forints in funding to health industry manufacturing companies]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“In September, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology will be publishing a 35-billion-forint (EUR 101 million) tender to facilitate the development of Hungarian health industry manufacturing companies”, the Ministry’s State Secretary for Economic Strategy and Regulation László György said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-31T09:57:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-31T09:57:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-is-providing-35-billion-forints-in-funding-to-health-industry-manufacturing-companies"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-is-providing-35-billion-forints-in-funding-to-health-industry-manufacturing-companies</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Let’s Clean Up the Country!” project to be launched]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“A project is being launched under the name ‘Let’s Clean Up the Country!’, part of which includes the elimination of the illegally dumped waste that has accumulated in recent decades, which will be facilitated by the already available HulladékRadar (‘WasteRadar’) mobile app”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Construction Economy, Infrastructure and Sustainability Anita Boros announced at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-22T15:05:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-22T15:05:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/let-s-clean-up-the-country-project-to-be-launched"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/let-s-clean-up-the-country-project-to-be-launched</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Number of registered job-seekers on decrease for five weeks ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The number of registered job-seekers has been on the decrease for five weeks as a result of the job creation wage support programme which will contribute to the creation of almost 38,900 new jobs, the Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Regulation at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said, outlining the progress of the implementation of the Economy Protection Action Plan at a press conference held on Monday in Budapest. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-22T13:02:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-22T13:02:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/number-of-registered-job-seekers-on-decrease-for-five-weeks"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/number-of-registered-job-seekers-on-decrease-for-five-weeks</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Production of hybrid models to start in Kecskemét Mercedes factory ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The production of the CLA 250 and CLA 250 e Shooting Brake hybrid models is to start shortly at the Kecskemét Mercedes factory. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-22T13:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-22T13:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/production-of-hybrid-models-to-start-in-kecskemet-mercedes-factory"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/production-of-hybrid-models-to-start-in-kecskemet-mercedes-factory</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary has defended results of reduction of household utility bills ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
Hungary did not violate EU law by prohibiting the inclusion in system usage charges of the special tax levied on energy networks and the costs related to financial transaction charges, the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union adopted in connection with the EU infringement procedure instituted against Hungary lays down, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced on Monday. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-20T10:35:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-20T10:35:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-has-defended-results-of-reduction-of-household-utility-bills"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-has-defended-results-of-reduction-of-household-utility-bills</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The development of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line has begun]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The development of the Hungarian stretch of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line has begun with the coming into force of the construction contract. At a meeting today with enterprises supervising the realisation of the project, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said preparations are moving forward according to schedule and the project is expected to be completed by 2025.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-17T11:17:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-17T11:17:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-development-of-the-budapest-belgrade-railway-line-has-begun"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-development-of-the-budapest-belgrade-railway-line-has-begun</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian universities have proven themselves once again]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Several Hungarian universities were placed in the top rankings published by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) a few days ago. The government’s goal is for young Hungarians to be the winners of the future, and for this to become reality it is essential that higher education is competitive at international level”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s Deputy Minister and Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary Tamás Schanda  declared on his public media page, where he also took the opportunity to congratulate the institutions on receiving the acknowledgement.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-07-06T11:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-06T11:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungarian-universities-have-proven-themselves-once-again"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungarian-universities-have-proven-themselves-once-again</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New mask production machine begins operation in Budapest]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“State-owned Bay Zoltán Applied Research Public Benefit Non-profit Limited has put a new face mask production machine into commission in Budapest”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s Parliamentary State Secretary announced at a press conference held at the company’s facility on Wednesday.
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    <published>2020-07-02T12:48:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-07-02T12:48:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/new-mask-production-machine-begins-operation-in-budapest"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/new-mask-production-machine-begins-operation-in-budapest</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[June unemployment figures indicate a job market turnaround]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The number of registered job seekers in Hungary fell during the week beginning on 15 June for the first time since the introduction of the emergency measures, indicating a labour market turnaround”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Economic Strategy and Regulation László György said at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-06-24T12:27:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-06-24T12:27:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/june-unemployment-figures-indicate-a-job-market-turnaround"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/june-unemployment-figures-indicate-a-job-market-turnaround</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gradual reopening is the goal in Hungarian-German tourism relations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics and Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Bareiß from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy discussed opportunities for recommencing bilateral tourism at an online meeting on 2 June 2020. “German is Hungary most important source market, and the number of German tourists visiting Hungary has increased by 20 percent in recent years. The fact that a significant increase in self-organised trips can be expected following the end of the coronavirus pandemic may result in a renewed expansion of bilateral tourism relations”, it was stated at the meeting.
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    <published>2020-06-03T09:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-06-03T09:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/gradual-reopening-is-the-goal-in-hungarian-german-tourism-relations"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/gradual-reopening-is-the-goal-in-hungarian-german-tourism-relations</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Almost 126,000 persons have applied for wage support ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There is ongoing interest in the wage support programme; as many as 125,853 persons have applied together with their employers, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-26T15:54:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-26T15:54:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/almost-126-000-persons-have-applied-for-wage-support"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/almost-126-000-persons-have-applied-for-wage-support</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The construction of the Zalazone test track is continuing unhindered]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Despite the pandemic situation, the construction of the Zalazone automotive industry test track in Zalaegerszeg is continuing unhindered and will soon be reaching its third and final phase”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics declared on Friday during an international online press conference held at the track.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-26T13:40:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-26T13:40:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-construction-of-the-zalazone-test-track-is-continuing-unhindered"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-construction-of-the-zalazone-test-track-is-continuing-unhindered</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five-billion-forint tender to be launched for the purchasing of electric cars and mopeds]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“A tender with a budget of five billion forints (EUR 14.3 million) is being launched on Wednesday to fund the acquisition of purely electric cars and mopeds”, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Energy and Climate Policy Péter Kaderják announced at a press conference in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-21T11:41:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-21T11:41:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/five-billion-forint-tender-to-be-launched-for-the-purchasing-of-electric-cars-and-mopeds"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/five-billion-forint-tender-to-be-launched-for-the-purchasing-of-electric-cars-and-mopeds</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Interest in wage support programme has increased dramatically ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
In the past two weeks, the number of businesses submitting applications for the job protection wage support programme has increased dramatically, the Minister of State for Employment Policy at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-19T15:45:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-19T15:45:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/interest-in-wage-support-programme-has-increased-dramatically"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/interest-in-wage-support-programme-has-increased-dramatically</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[As many as 37,000 persons have enrolled in IT course serving to boost chances of employment]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In just a week, as many as 37,000 persons have enrolled in the basic IT online course which seeks to boost the chances of employment, Tamás Schanda, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Sunday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-18T09:14:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-18T09:14:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/as-many-as-37-000-persons-have-enrolled-in-it-course-serving-to-boost-chances-of-employment"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/as-many-as-37-000-persons-have-enrolled-in-it-course-serving-to-boost-chances-of-employment</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The virus crisis is increasing the value of Hungarian-German cooperation]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Based on the experience of recent months, in the interests of shortening their supply chains German enterprises could be searching to an even greater extent for Central European opportunities, and accordingly could also be tightening their Hungarian relations”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said following an online meeting with German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier on 12 May 2020. The two ministers discussed the future of, and prospects for, economic cooperation between the two countries in light of the upcoming German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and reviewed progress relating to the affairs of the innovation working group set up by their two heads of government.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-14T09:06:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-14T09:06:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-virus-crisis-is-increasing-the-value-of-hungarian-german-cooperation"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-virus-crisis-is-increasing-the-value-of-hungarian-german-cooperation</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Requests for wage support have increased tenfold ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In just a week, the number of requests for the wage support offered by the government has increased almost tenfold. This shows that businesses and employers find this an effective means for solving the temporary problems caused by the crisis, State Secretary Tamás Schanda said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic on Sunday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-05-11T09:51:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-05-11T09:51:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/requests-for-wage-support-have-increased-tenfold"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/requests-for-wage-support-have-increased-tenfold</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Purpose of wage support scheme is to protect jobs ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The purpose of the wage support scheme introduced by the government is to protect jobs, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-04-28T15:53:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-04-28T15:53:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/purpose-of-wage-support-scheme-is-to-protect-jobs"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/purpose-of-wage-support-scheme-is-to-protect-jobs</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Several measures assist young people in university admission procedures, vocational training and acquisition of degrees ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government is assisting young people with several measures in university admission procedures, in vocational training, in the acquisition of degrees, in language examinations and in the case of student loans, Minister of State of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology Tamás Schanda said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic on Wednesday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-04-22T15:05:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-04-22T15:05:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/several-measures-assist-young-people-in-university-admission-procedures-vocational-training-and-acquisition-of-degrees"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/several-measures-assist-young-people-in-university-admission-procedures-vocational-training-and-acquisition-of-degrees</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[First Hungarian coronavirus-specific ventilator under patent protection procedure ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As part of a corporate-university cooperation scheme, Hungarian experts have developed a portable ventilator that is effective in the treatment of respiratory failure caused by the novel coronavirus. By filtering the outflowing air, the local invention – that can be equally operated utilising a battery and cylinder combination – provides protection for health care workers treating patients. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-04-21T15:52:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-04-21T15:52:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/first-hungarian-coronavirus-specific-ventilator-under-patent-protection-procedure"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/first-hungarian-coronavirus-specific-ventilator-under-patent-protection-procedure</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Students to receive degrees also in absence of language certificates ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At present, there are 75,000 workers in Hungary who are in jobs requiring secondary qualifications because of the absence of language certificates. As part of the job creation programme of the Economy Protection Action Plan, 75,000 students are being released from the obligation of presenting language certificates as the economy will need workers with degrees, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at the Tuesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the virus.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-04-07T16:45:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-04-07T16:45:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/students-to-receive-degrees-also-in-absence-of-language-certificates"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/students-to-receive-degrees-also-in-absence-of-language-certificates</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fudan University sends masks and protective clothing to Hungary]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The 56 thousand masks and 300 pieces of protective clothing donated by the Chinese higher education institution arrived in Hungary together with other donations on 6 April 2020 aboard a plane from Shanghai. The University, which is planning on establishing a campus in Budapest, already regards Hungary as its second home, and this is why its directors feel it important to provide assistance in this difficult situation.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-04-07T11:21:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-04-07T11:21:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/fudan-university-sends-masks-and-protective-clothing-to-hungary"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/fudan-university-sends-masks-and-protective-clothing-to-hungary</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The value of successful healthcare industry research can be measured in human lives]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A dozen research and development programmes aimed at reinforcing the healthcare response to the coronavirus are currently running in Hungary based on Hungarian professional knowledge and capacities, thanks to over 2.3 billion forints (EUR 6.26 million) in government funding. The heads and representatives of these research groups reviewed the progress and expected results of these improvements during a videoconference today, with the participation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-04-04T11:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2020-04-04T11:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-value-of-successful-healthcare-industry-research-can-be-measured-in-human-lives"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-value-of-successful-healthcare-industry-research-can-be-measured-in-human-lives</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Health care workers to travel free on regional public transport ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Health care workers will be able to travel free on regional public transport, the Minister of State of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Operational Group’s Saturday online press conference. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-28T19:31:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-28T19:31:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/health-care-workers-to-travel-free-on-regional-public-transport"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/health-care-workers-to-travel-free-on-regional-public-transport</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Universities to remain closed despite the expiry of the state of emergency]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The Ministry for Innovation and Technology has called on the heads of higher education institutions to maintain measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus epidemic and protecting people’s health within the framework of a rectoral decree, despite the expiry of the previously ordered state of emergency. Students at universities and colleges will continue to be taught via distance teaching next week”, the Ministry said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-27T11:19:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-27T11:19:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/universities-to-remain-closed-despite-the-expiry-of-the-state-of-emergency"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/universities-to-remain-closed-despite-the-expiry-of-the-state-of-emergency</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Protecting human life and the national economy is a common goal ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Protecting people’s health and keeping the national economy in motion are common goals, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Wednesday online press conference of the operational group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-25T16:28:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-25T16:28:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/protecting-human-life-and-the-national-economy-is-a-common-goal"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/protecting-human-life-and-the-national-economy-is-a-common-goal</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Another plane arriving from China has also brought ventilators ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The flight that arrived in Budapest in the early hours of the morning on 24 March 2020 has delivered 70 tonnes of medical instruments and protective health care supplies in total. In addition to more than 3 million face masks, the latest consignment which constitutes a common procurement of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and Semmelweis University also includes 86 ventilators. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-24T11:37:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-24T11:37:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/another-plane-arriving-from-china-has-also-brought-ventilators"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/another-plane-arriving-from-china-has-also-brought-ventilators</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[First plane delivering medical supplies from China has arrived ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In the early hours of Monday morning, the protective health care supplies ordered by the Hungarian government successfully landed in Budapest, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-23T15:43:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-23T15:43:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/first-plane-delivering-medical-supplies-from-china-has-arrived"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/first-plane-delivering-medical-supplies-from-china-has-arrived</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ministry for Innovation and Technology: Hungarian consortium to be set up for development of pharmacotherapy for treatment of coronavirus infection ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A Hungarian consortium is being set up for the development of pharmacotherapy for the treatment of the disease caused by novel coronavirus, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday evening. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-13T22:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-13T22:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology-hungarian-consortium-to-be-set-up-for-development-of-pharmacotherapy-for-treatment-of-coronavirus-infection"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology-hungarian-consortium-to-be-set-up-for-development-of-pharmacotherapy-for-treatment-of-coronavirus-infection</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Coronavirus: Ministry for Innovation and Technology calls upon universities to keep students informed and to take preventive measures in another circular ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Ministry for Innovation and Technology has repeatedly called upon higher education institutions to keep students and lecturers adequately informed and to do all they can to prevent the spread of the virus. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-03-10T11:34:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-03-10T11:34:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/coronavirus-ministry-for-innovation-and-technology-calls-upon-universities-to-keep-students-informed-and-to-take-preventive-measures-in-another-circular"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/coronavirus-ministry-for-innovation-and-technology-calls-upon-universities-to-keep-students-informed-and-to-take-preventive-measures-in-another-circular</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan consists of eight points ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan consists of eight points, and its measures correspond to the three principal expectations of climate policy; namely, they contribute to the reduction of harmful substance emissions, serve to adapt to climate change, and play a part in shaping mentality, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at a press conference held on Wednesday in Budapest. ]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-19T19:47:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-19T19:47:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/climate-and-nature-protection-action-plan-consists-of-eight-points"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/climate-and-nature-protection-action-plan-consists-of-eight-points</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Ministry is working on the realisation of the competitiveness upturn]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The Ministry for Innovation is working on the realisation of an upturn in the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Economic Strategy and Regulation László György said on Thursday at the Budapest Stock Exchange’s Best Of 2019 award gala, year evaluation and year opener event.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-13T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-13T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-ministry-is-working-on-the-realisation-of-the-competitiveness-upturn"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-ministry-is-working-on-the-realisation-of-the-competitiveness-upturn</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Ministry for innovation and Technology is drawing up a government sustainable development strategy]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The Ministry for Innovation and Technology is drawing up a government sustainable development strategy”, the Ministry’s State Secretary for Construction Economy, Infrastructure and Sustainability Anita Boros announced at the official opening of the Sustainable Hungary 2020 – The Year of Sustainability series of programs at the Széchenyi István University in Győr on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-10T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-10T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-ministry-for-innovation-and-technology-is-drawing-up-a-government-sustainable-development-strategy"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-ministry-for-innovation-and-technology-is-drawing-up-a-government-sustainable-development-strategy</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fulbright scholarship program to expand]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The funding for the Hungarian-American Fulbright scholarship program will by increasing from the current 250 million forints (EUR 740,000) to 400 million forints (EUR 1.2 million) by 2022”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for European Union Development Projects Zsigmond Perényi announced at a press conference in Budapest on Monday.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-10T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-10T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/fulbright-scholarship-program-to-expand"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/fulbright-scholarship-program-to-expand</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary debuts with huge success at Singapore Global Space and Technology Convention]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ministerial Commissioner for Space Research Dr. Orsolya Ferencz visited Singapore on 6-7 February 2020 as the head of the first Hungarian space industry delegation, to represent Hungary at the Global Space and Technology Convention (GSTC), a major space industry conference.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-08T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-08T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-debuts-with-huge-success-at-singapore-global-space-and-technology-convention"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-debuts-with-huge-success-at-singapore-global-space-and-technology-convention</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Retail sales have gone up by more than 43 percent compared to January 2010]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Last December, the turnover generated by the retail sector in the country and by retail sale of mail order houses or via Internet amounted to about HUF 1,250 billion breaking all former monthly records. The annual total of retail sale broke another record with its amount of nearly HUF 12,250 billon.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-05T14:09:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-05T14:09:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/retail-sales-have-gone-up-by-more-than-43-percent-compared-to-january-2010"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/retail-sales-have-gone-up-by-more-than-43-percent-compared-to-january-2010</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[German-Hungarian economic relationships in dynamic improvement]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Hungarian-German industrial cooperation is excellent without conflicting matters and on the most crucial area, in automotive industry the uncertainty characterising the past years has disappeared, László Palkovics Minister of Innovation and Technology said in Berlin following his meeting on Friday with Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-03T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-03T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/german-hungarian-economic-relationships-in-dynamic-improvement"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/german-hungarian-economic-relationships-in-dynamic-improvement</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2-2.5 percent of GDP will be required to achieve climate neutrality by 2050]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“2-2.5 percent of GDP, some 120 billion euros, will have to be invested in environmental protection development projects over the next 30 years to achieve the goal of climate neutrality in Hungary by 2050”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Energy and Climate Policy said on Saturday in Gödöllő.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-02-03T18:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-02-03T18:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/2-2-5-percent-of-gdp-will-be-required-to-achieve-climate-neutrality-by-2050"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/2-2-5-percent-of-gdp-will-be-required-to-achieve-climate-neutrality-by-2050</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Péter Kaderják presented the energy and climate strategy decisions of the Government in Paris]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Péter Kaderják, State Secretary for Energy and Climate Policy, Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) presented the energy and climate strategy decisions of the Government in his speech delivered at the Electricity Security Workshop of the International Energy Agency of Paris.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-28T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-28T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/peter-kaderjak-presented-the-energy-and-climate-strategy-decisions-of-the-government-in-paris"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/peter-kaderjak-presented-the-energy-and-climate-strategy-decisions-of-the-government-in-paris</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[International partnership to set up the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A successful cooperation with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) may contribute to increasing the international competitiveness of domestic medical and health sciences research and innovation, László Palkovics, Minister for Innovation and Technology said to MTI (Hungarian Press Agency) on Friday after a meeting in Germany with Edit Heard, Director General of EMBL.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-27T16:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-27T16:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/international-partnership-to-set-up-the-hungarian-centre-of-excellence-for-molecular-medicine"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/international-partnership-to-set-up-the-hungarian-centre-of-excellence-for-molecular-medicine</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The European Investment Bank is also facilitating Hungary’s climate goals]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary’s National Energy and Climate Plan is an excellent indication of Hungary’s commitment to adapting to climate change, one of the important elements of which is the greening of transport, including the environmentally friendly transformation of public transport”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at a meeting with Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Lilyana Pavlova on 23 January 2020 in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-23T18:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-23T18:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-european-investment-bank-is-also-facilitating-hungary-s-climate-goals"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-european-investment-bank-is-also-facilitating-hungary-s-climate-goals</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The hydrogen economy is one of the foundations of climate protection]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft suitable for passenger transport, developed in Hungarian-American cooperation, was unveiled in Jakabszállás, Bács-Kiskun County on Wednesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-22T18:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-22T18:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-hydrogen-economy-is-one-of-the-foundations-of-climate-protection"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-hydrogen-economy-is-one-of-the-foundations-of-climate-protection</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The economy should be Hungarian, green and high-tech]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The economy should be Hungarian, green and high-tech”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said in summary of the government’s economic plans at the University of Debrecen’s economic year-opening partner meeting on Thursday.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-21T11:51:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-21T11:51:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-economy-should-be-hungarian-green-and-high-tech"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-economy-should-be-hungarian-green-and-high-tech</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The government has set out determined strategic targets within the field of climate change and environmental protection]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Ministry for Innovation and Technology has published the documents of the recently adopted Energy and Climate Policy Strategy on the government website.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-20T16:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-20T16:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-has-set-out-determined-strategic-targets-within-the-field-of-climate-change-and-environmental-protection"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-has-set-out-determined-strategic-targets-within-the-field-of-climate-change-and-environmental-protection</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The government is committed to developing the road and rail network]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The government and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology are committed to the continuous development of the road and rail networks and the public transport toolbox; this serves the country’s economic interests and the security and convenience of the Hungarian people and Hungarian families”, the Ministry’s State Secretary for Parliamentary and Strategic Affairs Tamás Schanda said at a joint press conference with Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) in Budapest on Wednesday.
]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-15T16:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-15T16:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-is-committed-to-developing-the-road-and-rail-network"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-is-committed-to-developing-the-road-and-rail-network</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The government is not taking any funding away from Budapest, any reduction is being realised by Brussels]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government has not made any kind of decision concerning the utilisation of funding during the European Union’s upcoming seven-year multiannual financial framework, mostly in view of the fact that there is no agreement on the 2021-2027 joint budget as yet, and the positions of the European Commission and member states remain far apart. As it has done to date, Budapest will continue to receive funding within the framework determined by the Brussels bureaucrats and according to the conditions they determine.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-13T15:17:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-13T15:17:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-is-not-taking-any-funding-away-from-budapest-any-reduction-is-being-realised-by-brussels"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-government-is-not-taking-any-funding-away-from-budapest-any-reduction-is-being-realised-by-brussels</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A new era of innovation has begun within the Hungarian economy, research and higher education alike]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Thanks to the measures introduced in recent years, students attending higher education institutions are able to acquire knowledge that is internationally competitive”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at his year-launching press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.]]></summary>
    <published>2020-01-07T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2020-01-07T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/a-new-era-of-innovation-has-begun-within-the-hungarian-economy-research-and-higher-education-alike"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/a-new-era-of-innovation-has-begun-within-the-hungarian-economy-research-and-higher-education-alike</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Budapest campus of Chinese elite university could turn Hungary into a Central European knowledge hub ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On 16 December 2019 in Shanghai, the Minister for Innovation and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with President of Fudan University Xu Ningsheng. In the document the parties confirm their common interest in the establishment of a campus for the institution in Budapest. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-12-16T12:25:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-12-16T12:25:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/budapest-campus-of-chinese-elite-university-could-turn-hungary-into-a-central-european-knowledge-hub"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/budapest-campus-of-chinese-elite-university-could-turn-hungary-into-a-central-european-knowledge-hub</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[As a result of the latest concession bid-round four hydrocarbon and a geothermal contracts can be concluded]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Based on their tender documentations for the 2019 concession bid-round, four contracts can be concluded for exploration, appraisal and production in the following areas: MOL PLC for Kisvárda and Nyírbátor, Vermilion Exploration B.V. for Kadarkút and HHE Group Kft. for Pusztaszer. The winner of the Gádoros area tender for geothermal energy exploration, production and prospection is Aspect-TDE Geotherm Kft. Since 2013, the seven successful concession rounds resulted in HUF 38 billion government revenues while more than HUF 110 billion investments could be realised.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-12-11T12:34:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-12-11T12:34:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/as-a-result-of-the-latest-concession-bid-round-four-hydrocarbon-and-a-geothermal-contracts-can-be-concluded"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/as-a-result-of-the-latest-concession-bid-round-four-hydrocarbon-and-a-geothermal-contracts-can-be-concluded</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Climate change can only be countered through action, and Hungary is acting accordingly]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Protecting the environment and the fight against climate change is important to Hungary in view of the fact that we would all like clean water, purer air and a more tolerable climate. Climate change can only be countered through action, and Hungary is acting accordingly: in recent years we have introduced measures that are exemplary even by European Union standards, and are moving towards the targets we have set successfully and consistently.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-30T21:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-30T21:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/climate-change-can-only-be-countered-through-action-and-hungary-is-acting-accordingly"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/climate-change-can-only-be-countered-through-action-and-hungary-is-acting-accordingly</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Joining environmentally friendly district heating networks will be easier ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The amendment of the government decree on the energy efficiency characteristics of buildings will finally remove the obstacles from the wider spread of district heating services among new retail, service provider and industrial consumers, Péter Kaderják, Minister of State for Energy Affairs and Climate Policy at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced at a press conference held in Budapest on Friday. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-29T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-29T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/joining-environmentally-friendly-district-heating-networks-will-be-easier"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/joining-environmentally-friendly-district-heating-networks-will-be-easier</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Palkovics: Hungary spent the most on research & development in 2018 as a ratio of its GDP]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary’s R&D expenditure to GDP ratio index, which has been around 1.3 percent for years, significantly exceeded the highest value measured to date in 2018, at 1.53 percent. The government will be providing 32 billion forints (EUR 95.1 million) in additional funding for research & development and innovation next year, and the target for 2020 is to reach a ratio of 1.8 percent. Hungary will be able to progress to be among the most significant innovators if it suitably exploits the opportunities inherent in cooperation between the government, industry and universities”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on 28 November 2019 in Budapest at the closing event of the national series of programmes presenting the Territorial Innovation Platforms (TIPs).]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-28T13:49:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-28T13:49:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/palkovics-hungary-spent-the-most-on-research-development-in-2018-as-a-ratio-of-its-gdp"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/palkovics-hungary-spent-the-most-on-research-development-in-2018-as-a-ratio-of-its-gdp</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Palkovics: Hungary has occupied a high-tech trajectory]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Thanks to the industrial policy decisions of the past eight years, the Hungarian economy has fundamentally occupied a high-tech trajectory, the significance of which is provided by its effect on economic growth and the environment”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Tuesday at a session of Parliament’s Sustainable Development Committee.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-27T13:08:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-27T13:08:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/palkovics-hungary-has-occupied-a-high-tech-trajectory"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/palkovics-hungary-has-occupied-a-high-tech-trajectory</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The automotive industry is also contributing to the growth of Hungarian small businesses]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Domestic small enterprises can also grow thanks to the operations of Hungary’s car plants, but the government must also contribute to their technological development”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Thursday in Budapest at the CEE Automotive Forum.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-21T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-21T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-automotive-industry-is-also-contributing-to-the-growth-of-hungarian-small-businesses"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-automotive-industry-is-also-contributing-to-the-growth-of-hungarian-small-businesses</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Similarly to the U.S. economy, the Hungarian economy also favours Hungarian businesses]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the ratio of high-tech is highest within the Hungarian economy at 70 percent, putting it on a par with Germany and Denmark. In addition in Hungary, thanks to patriotic economy policy, the added value generated annually has increased by over a third”, State Secretary László György from the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday from Washington at the launch of the English language version of his latest book: Creating Balance.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-17T19:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-17T19:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/similarly-to-the-u-s-economy-the-hungarian-economy-also-favours-hungarian-businesses"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/similarly-to-the-u-s-economy-the-hungarian-economy-also-favours-hungarian-businesses</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Modern Factories Night could be the country’s most successful series of programmes]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The Modern Factories Night series of programmes creates an opportunity for links between modern Hungarian industry, strong Hungarian enterprise and the Hungarian people”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Friday at Knorr-Bremse Brake Systems Ltd.’s plant in Kecskemét, at the opening of the Modern Factories Night national series of programmes, which is being held for the third time this year.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-15T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-15T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/modern-factories-night-could-be-the-country-s-most-successful-series-of-programmes"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/modern-factories-night-could-be-the-country-s-most-successful-series-of-programmes</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is participating in one of China’s most important high-tech events as guest of honour]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Thanks to its achievements within the field of state-of-the-art technology, Hungary has been given the opportunity to take part in one of China’s most important hi-tech events as guest of honour”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Shenzhen in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong after opening the Hungarian pavilion at the 21st China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) innovation and technology expo.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-13T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-13T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-participating-in-one-of-china-s-most-important-high-tech-events-as-guest-of-honour"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-participating-in-one-of-china-s-most-important-high-tech-events-as-guest-of-honour</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Construction industry continues to soar]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Based on the latest figures, it may be stated that the measures introduced to support the construction industry are successful. The government’s target is to support the sustainable development of the construction industry based on modern technology, in the interests of enabling this determining sector of Hungarian industry to successfully fulfil the increasing volume of orders”, Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Schanda from the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said in assessment of the latest data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-13T19:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-13T19:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/construction-industry-continues-to-soar"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/construction-industry-continues-to-soar</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungarian-Chinese framework agreement on education to be extended to cooperation in vocational training ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The framework agreement on education between Hungary and China will also be extended to cooperation in vocational training, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday in Beijing. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-12T21:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-12T21:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungarian-chinese-framework-agreement-on-education-to-be-extended-to-cooperation-in-vocational-training"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungarian-chinese-framework-agreement-on-education-to-be-extended-to-cooperation-in-vocational-training</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Hungarian-Chinese agreements concluded in Beijing in fields of innovation, research and logistics ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Tuesday in Beijing, on the occasion of the signing of further cooperation agreements, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics reported results which serve to further strengthen cooperation between Hungary and China in the fields of investments, the emergence of Chinese companies in Hungary, transport, education and research, finance and culture. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-12T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-12T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/new-hungarian-chinese-agreements-concluded-in-beijing-in-fields-of-innovation-research-and-logistics"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/new-hungarian-chinese-agreements-concluded-in-beijing-in-fields-of-innovation-research-and-logistics</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary could host MotoGP races from 2022]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary could start hosting MotoGP races beginning in 2022”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics announced at Saturday’s rounds of the European Rally Championships taking place in and around Nyiregyhaza.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-09T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-09T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-could-host-motogp-races-from-2022"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-could-host-motogp-races-from-2022</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Finals of World Robot Olympiad begin in Győr]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The finals of World Robot Olympiad (WRO) world robot construction and programming competition began on Friday evening in Győr with the participation of contestants from 74 countries. This is the first time the global competition has been held in Europe.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-08T21:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-08T21:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/finals-of-world-robot-olympiad-begin-in-gyor"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/finals-of-world-robot-olympiad-begin-in-gyor</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is also striving to achieve a leading role in drone technology]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The application opportunities and economic effects of unmanned aircraft are significant in global comparison, and accordingly Hungary is also striving to achieve a leading tole in the development of drone technology”, Minister for innovation and Technology László Palkovics declared on Friday at the HungaroControl drone conference in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-08T21:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-08T21:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-also-striving-to-achieve-a-leading-role-in-drone-technology"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-also-striving-to-achieve-a-leading-role-in-drone-technology</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[European Union Aviation Safety Agency to open office in Budapest ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will open a contact office in Hungary; the agreement on the foundation of the office was signed by Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics and EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky on 8 November 2019 in Budapest. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-08T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-08T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/european-union-aviation-safety-agency-to-open-office-in-budapest"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/european-union-aviation-safety-agency-to-open-office-in-budapest</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Common take-off points could assure the future of the Hungarian and Bavarian economies]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The Hungarian and Bavarian governments are thinking along the same lines while planning to renew their economies and improve their competitiveness”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics stated in Budapest on 8 November, following a meeting with Edmund Stoiber to discuss future innovation challenges initiated by the former Bavarian Minister President.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-08T12:59:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-08T12:59:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/common-take-off-points-could-assure-the-future-of-the-hungarian-and-bavarian-economies"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/common-take-off-points-could-assure-the-future-of-the-hungarian-and-bavarian-economies</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Retail turnover has been continuously increasing for 75 months]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Retail turnover has been continuously increasing for 75 months, which means that people are now realising their postponed purchases, and thanks to the increase in incomes this trend will be continuing in the upcoming period”, State Secretary Péter Cseresznyés from the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said on Hungarian M1 current affairs television on Wednesday with relation to the latest data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-06T16:23:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-06T16:23:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/retail-turnover-has-been-continuously-increasing-for-75-months"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/retail-turnover-has-been-continuously-increasing-for-75-months</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Teachers in vocational training can expect to receive an average salary increase of 30 percent]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Ministry for Innovation and Technology remains open to negotiations in the interests of the development of the vocational training system. According to a new bill recently put before Parliament, teachers working in vocational training can expect to receive an average salary increase of 30 percent from July 2020, for which the government is earmarking additional annual funding of 35 billion forints (EUR 106 million). During the past few days the Ministry has also held talks about its plans with the two largest teacher interest representation organisations, the Trade Union of Teachers and the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-05T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-05T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/teachers-in-vocational-training-can-expect-to-receive-an-average-salary-increase-of-30-percent"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/teachers-in-vocational-training-can-expect-to-receive-an-average-salary-increase-of-30-percent</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[We are helping Hungarian small and medium-sized business to appear on the international market]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Hungarian SME Strategy, which was developed with the involvement of 1000 enterprises, was presented on Tuesday. In his opening lecture, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said: “The reinforcement and increased export revenues of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) is being facilitated via training courses, digital development projects and tax cuts”.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-11-05T18:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-11-05T18:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/we-are-helping-hungarian-small-and-medium-sized-business-to-appear-on-the-international-market"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/we-are-helping-hungarian-small-and-medium-sized-business-to-appear-on-the-international-market</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Modern technologies are making Hungarian growth permanent]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“It is thanks to the application of modern technologies and investments that create high added value that the Hungarian economy has not lost any of its growth momentum despite the international slowdown”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Thursday in Budapest at an event organised by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Netzwerk Digital and United Europe.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-31T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-31T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/modern-technologies-are-making-hungarian-growth-permanent"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/modern-technologies-are-making-hungarian-growth-permanent</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The renewal of the innovation system is moving in the right direction]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The renewal of the innovation system is moving in the right direction, in view of the fact that while Hungary only spent 1.35 percent of GDP on research and development (R&D) in 2017, last year it spent 1.53 percent of GDP, 654 billion forints (EUR 1.99 billion) on R&D, and next year this ratio is expected to reach the target of 1.8 percent”, State Secretary József Bódis from the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at a press conference in Budapest on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-28T20:00:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-28T20:00:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-renewal-of-the-innovation-system-is-moving-in-the-right-direction"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-renewal-of-the-innovation-system-is-moving-in-the-right-direction</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[László Palkovics calls for deepening of Slovenian-Hungarian economic relations]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics called for the deepening of Slovenian-Hungarian economic relations and the expansion of innovation cooperation at an event held by the Slovenian Tourism Board in Budapest on Monday.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-28T16:42:00+01:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-28T16:42:00+01:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/laszlo-palkovics-calls-for-deepening-of-slovenian-hungarian-economic-relations"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/laszlo-palkovics-calls-for-deepening-of-slovenian-hungarian-economic-relations</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In 1956, Hungarian youngsters did something sensational]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“In October 1956, the Hungarian youngsters did something sensations: they hammered the first nail into the coffin of the superpower with the greatest military might of the age”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at a commemoration held at the University of Technology and Economics in Budapest on Tuesday.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-22T20:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-22T20:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/in-1956-hungarian-youngsters-did-something-sensational"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/in-1956-hungarian-youngsters-did-something-sensational</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[1956 occupies a special place in our hearts]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“1956 occupies a special place in our hearts; this is the origin of all our achievements”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Monday at a ceremony at the Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest, where he presented state awards and university and college academic appointments to mark the anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Fight for Freedom.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-21T18:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-21T18:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/1956-occupies-a-special-place-in-our-hearts"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/1956-occupies-a-special-place-in-our-hearts</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Brussels is attempting to exert pressure via funding policy]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Brussels cannot have an effect on areas that fall within a national sphere of competence, such as education, healthcare, or social policy, but it does interfere by including into funding policy conditions that serve Western European goals and interests”, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology’s Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Schanda said at a professional conference in Budapest on Thursday.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-17T21:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-17T21:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/brussels-is-attempting-to-exert-pressure-via-funding-policy"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/brussels-is-attempting-to-exert-pressure-via-funding-policy</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sustainable transport is important ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sustainability, also declared in the European Commission’s new action plan, which can be achieved in transport through the reduction of the emission of pollutants is important, the Minister of State for Transport Policy of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said on Wednesday on the public service television news channel M1. ]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-17T13:59:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-17T13:59:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/sustainable-transport-is-important"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/sustainable-transport-is-important</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Water Summit – Global Green Growth Institute to open a central European office in Hungary ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) will open a central European office in Hungary; the agreement was signed at the Budapest Water Summit by Péter Kaderják, Minister of State of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of GGGI’s European office. ]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-17T13:56:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-17T13:56:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/water-summit-global-green-growth-institute-to-open-a-central-european-office-in-hungary"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/water-summit-global-green-growth-institute-to-open-a-central-european-office-in-hungary</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HUF 36 billion mostly on electric buses in ten years ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to plans, from 2022 the government will only support the procurement and further development of electric buses, and as part of the national bus strategy, in the next ten years they will spend HUF 36 billion on the procurement of mostly electric buses. ]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-17T13:52:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-17T13:52:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/huf-36-billion-mostly-on-electric-buses-in-ten-years"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/huf-36-billion-mostly-on-electric-buses-in-ten-years</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Automotive Hungary automotive industry supplier expo opens in Budapest]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Over the past nine years the Hungarian automotive industry has more than doubled its output, during which time the number of people employed in the sector has also increased by 34 percent”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s State Secretary for Economic Strategy and Regulation László György said on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the Automotive Hungary international automotive industry suppliers’ expo at the Hungexpo Budapest Congress and Exhibition Centre.
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-16T20:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-16T20:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/automotive-hungary-automotive-industry-supplier-expo-opens-in-budapest"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/automotive-hungary-automotive-industry-supplier-expo-opens-in-budapest</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Innovations in joint Chinese-Hungarian developments]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Technological innovation was the topic of the fourth China-Central and Eastern European conference held in Belgrade on 8-9 October.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-09T16:28:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-09T16:28:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/innovations-in-joint-chinese-hungarian-developments"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/innovations-in-joint-chinese-hungarian-developments</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Government regards aviation industry as a priority sector]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government regards the aviation industry as a priority sector so that Hungary should become a winner not only of the automotive industry and the road transportation industry, but equally of the aviation industry, the Minister for Innovation and Technology stated on Monday at the inauguration of the composite factory of aircraft manufacturer Magnus Aircraft Zrt. The factory with a ground space of more than 5,000 square metres is located at the Pécs-Pogány airport.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-08T12:12:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-08T12:12:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/government-regards-aviation-industry-as-a-priority-sector"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/government-regards-aviation-industry-as-a-priority-sector</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New university science park to be created in Budapest ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[One of the eight university science parks in Hungary will be created at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics announced on Wednesday in Budapest. ]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-02T18:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-02T18:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/new-university-science-park-to-be-created-in-budapest"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/new-university-science-park-to-be-created-in-budapest</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Government’s goal is for Hungary to be ranked among EU’s top five most liveable and competitive countries by 2030 ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government’s goal is for Hungary to be ranked among the European Union’s top five most liveable and competitive countries by 2030 so that Hungarian young people can become winners of the future, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology stressed at a press conference held on Wednesday in Győr which will host the final of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) global robotics and programming competition between 8 and 10 November. 
]]></summary>
    <published>2019-10-02T18:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-02T18:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/government-s-goal-is-for-hungary-to-be-ranked-among-eu-s-top-five-most-liveable-and-competitive-countries-by-2030"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/government-s-goal-is-for-hungary-to-be-ranked-among-eu-s-top-five-most-liveable-and-competitive-countries-by-2030</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In the past 10 years we have modernised some 600 kilometres of railway tracks ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In Hungary in the past ten years, some 600 kilometres of railway tracks have been modernised and 300 kilometres of railway lines have been electrified, railway stations have been refurbished, the rolling stock has been upgraded, new electric engines and multiple units have been procured, and the Hungarian state railway company MÁV has manufactured 20 self-developed railway carriages, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics listed on Tuesday at the conference 2019 Hungarian Railways of the Hungrail Hungarian Railway Association in Budapest. 
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    <published>2019-10-01T20:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-10-01T20:00:00+02:00</updated>
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    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/in-the-past-10-years-we-have-modernised-some-600-kilometres-of-railway-tracks</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Electromobility is one of the pledges of Hungary’s competitiveness]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The automotive industry is one of the most important driver sectors in Hungary, and strengthening the electromobility segment within the sector is particularly important as it is one of the pledges of the Hungarian economy’s competitiveness, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said on Saturday in Budapest. 
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    <published>2019-09-30T20:00:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-09-30T20:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/electromobility-is-one-of-the-pledges-of-hungary-s-competitiveness"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/electromobility-is-one-of-the-pledges-of-hungary-s-competitiveness</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary to become involved in Baden-Württemberg eHighway project]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Hungary is to become involved in projects relating to the electric highway being developed by the German state of Baden-Württemberg”, Minister of Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Wednesday in Stuttgart, the state’s capital.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-09-26T12:29:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-09-26T12:29:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-to-become-involved-in-baden-wurttemberg-ehighway-project"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-to-become-involved-in-baden-wurttemberg-ehighway-project</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Construction of new BMW plant in Debrecen can now begin]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“Construction work on the new BMW plant in Debrecen may now begin”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics announced on Tuesday following the signing of the purchase agreement relating to the infrastructurally-prepared plot of land in the city, with which the area of land selected for the investment project has now become the property of the BMW Group.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-09-24T20:25:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-09-24T20:25:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/construction-of-new-bmw-plant-in-debrecen-can-now-begin"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/construction-of-new-bmw-plant-in-debrecen-can-now-begin</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hungary is becoming a determining factor within the field of automotive industry development]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[“The ZalaZone vehicle test track being realised with state funding, and the ZalaZone Research and Technology Centre constructed in its vicinity from private capital, are making Hungary a determining fact within the field of automotive industry development in the long term”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Friday at the official inauguration of the centre.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-09-24T14:04:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-09-24T14:04:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-becoming-a-determining-factor-within-the-field-of-automotive-industry-development"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/hungary-is-becoming-a-determining-factor-within-the-field-of-automotive-industry-development</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The development opportunities in e-sport are endless]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics, e-sport has grown to become one of the most dynamically developing sports, and with the appearance of 5G networks the opportunities for further progress are endless.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-09-23T16:07:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-09-23T16:07:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-development-opportunities-in-e-sport-are-endless"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/the-development-opportunities-in-e-sport-are-endless</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[US investors also support strengthening of local research and development ]]></title>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[US investors also support the strengthening of local research and development. In next year’s budget, the government has allocated 25 per cent more funding for research and development, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics told the Hungarian news agency at the Monday event of AmCham Hungary held in Budapest.]]></summary>
    <published>2019-09-16T20:12:00+02:00</published>
    <updated>2019-09-16T20:12:00+02:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/us-investors-also-support-strengthening-of-local-research-and-development"/>
    <id>https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/ministry-for-innovation-and-technology/news/us-investors-also-support-strengthening-of-local-research-and-development</id>
    <author>
      <name>2015-2019.kormany.hu</name>
    </author>
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