After meeting the leaders of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) in Szabadka/ Subotica, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that this is the beginning of a new era, as Hungary has been able to launch the HUF 50-billion Vojvodina Economic Development Programme.
At the ceremonial opening of a plant for Masterplast Nyrt. in Szabadka/ Subotica, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary has an interest in Serbia’s success, and Serbia, too, has an interest in Hungary being a successful neighbouring country.
István Mikola, Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has said that governments must pay special attention to small and medium-sized enterprises. He was speaking in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, at an event on the last stop in a road show organised by the countries of the Visegrád Four (V4) to support Ukraine by transferring know-how in the field of SMEs.
“Hungary has requested observer status in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), through which economic, political and cultural cooperation opportunities could become available with the organisation’s member states”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary László Szabó announced, summarising his two-day visit to Portugal.
“Kenya is the most developed country in East Africa, is one of Africa’s leading powers in the fight against international terrorism and one of the engines of EU-Africa cooperation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone with reference to his official visit to Kenya on Wednesday, where he met with the Kenyan Foreign Minister, the Minister of Industry and the Governor of Nairobi.
We would only like to achieve that Romania observe its own laws and those of the European Union, the State Secretary for National Policy at the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest with respect to the return of Hungarian church properties in Romania confiscated during communism.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has said that comments by Luxembourg’s foreign minister Jean Asselborn relating to the Prime Minister of Hungary and the Hungarian migration policy are “unacceptable and shameful”.
Following a temporary slow-down in January, the output volume of the industrial sector rose by 6.3 percent year-on-year, and thus the sector posted output growth of altogether 3 percent in the initial two months of this year. Among major industrial sectors, the largest sub sector – manufacturing – posted output growth of 7.5 percent in February, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. In light of favourable car industry demand on foreign markets and the volume of orders, the Ministry for National Economy is expecting further expansion in the sector for the remainder of the year.
Effectively all theoretical obstacles have been removed from the approval of the Government’s counter-terrorism action plan, Károly Kontrát, Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior said after the five-party consultation held on Tuesday with respect to the counter-terrorism package.
The fact that foreign companies operating in Hungary have given the most optimistic responses in years to questions concerning their business plans, the investment environment and the Hungary’s economic outlook for 2016 confirms the adequacy of Government measures, Minister of State for Economic Development and Regulation István Lepsényi said at an event of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Trade (DUIHK), as the organization published the 22nd investment climate survey, based on the responses of the Chamber’s member companies and foreign investors on inquiries about Hungary’s economic situation and business environment. The paper shows the best balance of positive and negative opinions since 2005.