Adrienn Sain
Varga: Government wants to make Hungary into regional logistics hub
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – The government’s aim is to make Hungary into a regional logistics hub, capitalising on the country’s geographical location between east and west, the economy minister said, opening the Karzol Logistics Centre in Ecser, south-east of…
Hungarian local councils campaigning against EU migrant quotas
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – Around 900 Hungarian local councils are preparing to campaign on behalf of the government’s drive to launch a referendum against the European Union’s migrant quota scheme, a Fidesz politician told public television channel M1 on…
PM Viktor Orbán plans to limit state borrowing to investments
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – Government borrowing next year will be restricted to investments and will not be used to run the state, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday. This is the only way to balance the budget, Orbán…
Vona denies Jobbik receives Russian support
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, denied in an interview to daily Magyar Idők published on Friday that his party received any financial support from Russia. He said there has never been…
Hungarian Academy of Science may close down research reactor
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – The Hungarian Academy of Sciences may be forced to close down its small nuclear research facility in Budapest because it lacks the funding to replace its fuel rods, business daily Vilaggázdasag reported on Friday. The…
Government commissions impact study on future use of Déli railway station area
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – The national development ministry will prepare an impact study of how land occupied by Déli railway station, which is to be razed, may be used in future, the government gazette Magyar Közlöny said on Thursday.…
Kosovo can count on Hungary’s support, says parliament committee head
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – Zsolt Németh, head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, held talks with the deputy head of the foreign affairs committee of the Kosovan parliament in Budapest on Thursday. Németh told MTI after meeting Teuta Rugova that…
Socialist leader says government is in a ‘moral crisis’
Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – Leader of the opposition Socialist Party József Tóbiás said on Thursday that the Hungarian government is in a state of moral crisis. Addressing a press conferene in the city of Szombathely, in western Hungary, he…
US ambassador emphasises responsibility of journalists
Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – United States Ambassador Colleen Bell emphasised the responsibility of journalist to provide a counterbalance to ignorance, hate and fear at an event marking the Day of Hungarian Press, in Budapest on Thursday. Addressing an annual…
PM Orbán to attend Washington nuclear summit in late March
Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit starting in Washington, DC., on March 31, Orban’s press chief said on Thursday. The first summit addressing ways to minimise the chance of dangerous…