A delegation by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, which held talks on precautionary financial assistance to Hungary in the past eight days, will return to Budapest in September, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated.
A delegation by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, which held talks on precautionary financial assistance to Hungary in the past eight days, will return to Budapest in September, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated.
On Monday, Hungary's Constitutional Court threw out provisions of a law, which fixed the retirement age of judges to the general retirement age. The relevant parts of the law were annulled with retroactive effect to Jan. 1 this year.
In Hungarian Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presented a program to increase jobs, consisting of ten points including major cuts in social security contributions and new simplified taxes for small businesses.
Democratic Party Leader in the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan Delegation to Hungary to mark the 90th anniversary of U.S.-Hungarian diplomatic relations. She also raised some issues she is concerned about.
János Áder was inaugurated this Thursday in front of the Sándor Palace, the office of the President, in the Buda Castle with the participation of dignitaries. The new President, who turned 53 on Wednesday, vowed to serve his country and the nation.
The Hungarian Minister of National Resources, Miklós Réthelyi resigned from his post this week and the State Seretary for Social Inclusion in another ministry, Zoltán Balog was nominated as the new minister by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a short meeting with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in Brussels on Tuesday. Orbán says a breakthrough is close in disputed with the EU but analysts are skeptical.
The Hotel Le Méridien Budapest hosted the latest DT Club event where a constitutional expert spoke about the changes introduced by the current government. In the meantime, the news emerged that a new President is nominated.
Mercedes’ new plant was inaugurated in Kecskemét, East Central Hungary, on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Dr Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG. The day also saw the start of the production of the new B Class models.
Albanian Premier Sali Berisha began an official visit to Budapest on Monday at the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian Prime Minister stated that Hungary supported Albania's accession to the European Union.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso indirectly stated to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on March 16 that Orbán lacks understanding of what democracy is. Papers in Western Europe quote from Orbán’s anti-EU speech.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán held his annual speech on Tuesday, saying that Hungary now stands on new foundations, which he called an “irreversible fact”. Opposition parties dismissed his views as lies that are distant from reality.
EU executive José Manuel Barroso has called on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to ensure that the nation’s Central Bank remains independent despite a controversial reform that gives the government more control over the bank.
Coming on the heels of a warning message from European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has now received another tough message - this time from no other than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Attaining the 1.5% GDP growth targeted for 2012 will be "extremely difficult", Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the London School of Economics on Thursday. The EU projects Hungarian GDP to be 0.5% next year.
