1,140 result(s) for foreign trade
2015 Expected To Be Record Year For Hungarian Exports
- 12 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
On Friday morning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy Levente Magyar said on Hungarian public television M1 that “2015 is expected to be a record year for Hungarian exports, based on figures for the first 11 months of the year”. Commenting on November figures published by the Central Statistical Office, Mr. Magyar said that the level of exports ...
Szijjártó: Budapest Belgrade Rail Line Has Huge Economic Importance
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The revamp of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line and the fact that it will reduce journey times between the two cities will have huge economic importance, since the line will be the primary trade route for Chinese goods between Greece’s ports and Western Europe, Hungary’s foreign minister told Serbian daily Politika. Szijjártó said the investment project, financed in large part by China, is unique ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister: Terrorists Attacking Civilised World
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attacks in Paris, Ankara, Beirut and Mali and the downing of the Russian plane in Egypt are all proof that a network of the world’s most brutal terrorist organisations has launched a wide ranging operation against the civilised world, the Hungarian foreign minister said in Belgrade. “Without a collective effort and a consensus, the civilised world will not be able to surmount the generational ...
Lázár: Transferring EU Affairs To Hungarian PM’s Office Right Move
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Transferring European affairs from the foreign ministry to the prime minister’s office has proven to be the right move, the government office chief told parliament’s European Affairs Committee. Experience from the government’s previous 2010-2014 term has shown that matters pertaining to the European Commission do not typically cover foreign trade or foreign affairs, since these matters concern ...
Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Upgrade Agreement Finalised
- 19 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Preparation of an agreement on a Chinese-financed project to upgrade the Budapest-Belgrade railway line is drawing to a close, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó told reporters on Wednesday following talks in Beijing. He said the three parties had agreed on the most important political questions and all indications are that the prime ministers of the three countries can sign the ...
Security Measures In Hungary To Be Reinforced
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Saturday morning, at a meeting convened as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the National Security Cabinet task force decided that security measures in Hungary will be reinforced. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At the Government Spokesperson’s press conference, the Prime Minister’s senior internal security advisor György Bakondi gave an account of the ...
Xpat Opinion: US Ambassador Criticizes Hungary
- 6 Nov 2015 12:45 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on US Ambassador Colleen Bell’s concerns about the state of affairs in Hungary, pro-government columnists are in no doubt that the US wants to pressurize Hungary into submission. Left-wing pundits, on the other hand, criticize the Hungarian government’s response and expect further US-Hungarian diplomatic skirmishes.
Szijjártó: Hungary Opened Up To South At Right Time
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference. Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, ...
Hungarian Economy Minister: CEE Potential Growth Engine In EU
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- business
Central Europe could be the growth engine of the European Union in its connection with Germany, Hungary’s economy minister told a conference. Addressing the Osteuropaverein der deutschen Wirtschaft, the German foreign trade association, Mihály Varga noted that Hungary had reached the end of a period of economic consolidation and its performance at the start of 2015 was now at the same level as ...
2015 Expected To Be Record Year For Hungarian Exports
- 12 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
On Friday morning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy Levente Magyar said on Hungarian public television M1 that “2015 is expected to be a record year for Hungarian exports, based on figures for the first 11 months of the year”. Commenting on November figures published by the Central Statistical Office, Mr. Magyar said that the level of exports ...
Szijjártó: Budapest Belgrade Rail Line Has Huge Economic Importance
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The revamp of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line and the fact that it will reduce journey times between the two cities will have huge economic importance, since the line will be the primary trade route for Chinese goods between Greece’s ports and Western Europe, Hungary’s foreign minister told Serbian daily Politika. Szijjártó said the investment project, financed in large part by China, is unique ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister: Terrorists Attacking Civilised World
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attacks in Paris, Ankara, Beirut and Mali and the downing of the Russian plane in Egypt are all proof that a network of the world’s most brutal terrorist organisations has launched a wide ranging operation against the civilised world, the Hungarian foreign minister said in Belgrade. “Without a collective effort and a consensus, the civilised world will not be able to surmount the generational ...
Lázár: Transferring EU Affairs To Hungarian PM’s Office Right Move
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Transferring European affairs from the foreign ministry to the prime minister’s office has proven to be the right move, the government office chief told parliament’s European Affairs Committee. Experience from the government’s previous 2010-2014 term has shown that matters pertaining to the European Commission do not typically cover foreign trade or foreign affairs, since these matters concern ...
Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Upgrade Agreement Finalised
- 19 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Preparation of an agreement on a Chinese-financed project to upgrade the Budapest-Belgrade railway line is drawing to a close, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó told reporters on Wednesday following talks in Beijing. He said the three parties had agreed on the most important political questions and all indications are that the prime ministers of the three countries can sign the ...
Security Measures In Hungary To Be Reinforced
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Saturday morning, at a meeting convened as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the National Security Cabinet task force decided that security measures in Hungary will be reinforced. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At the Government Spokesperson’s press conference, the Prime Minister’s senior internal security advisor György Bakondi gave an account of the ...
Xpat Opinion: US Ambassador Criticizes Hungary
- 6 Nov 2015 12:45 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on US Ambassador Colleen Bell’s concerns about the state of affairs in Hungary, pro-government columnists are in no doubt that the US wants to pressurize Hungary into submission. Left-wing pundits, on the other hand, criticize the Hungarian government’s response and expect further US-Hungarian diplomatic skirmishes.
Szijjártó: Hungary Opened Up To South At Right Time
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference. Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, ...
Hungarian Economy Minister: CEE Potential Growth Engine In EU
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- business
Central Europe could be the growth engine of the European Union in its connection with Germany, Hungary’s economy minister told a conference. Addressing the Osteuropaverein der deutschen Wirtschaft, the German foreign trade association, Mihály Varga noted that Hungary had reached the end of a period of economic consolidation and its performance at the start of 2015 was now at the same level as ...