Budapest (MTI) – Opposition parties on Friday called on the government to abandon the Paks nuclear upgrade project in wake of press reports that the EU had blocked the project. The Paks nuclear plant upgrade is “unviable and unnecessary”, the…
Budapest, March 13 (MTI) – The Hungarian governmnent is in talks with the European Union on the Paks nuclear upgrade and it seeks a solution which would guarantee a safe supply of fuel for the country, Janos Lazar, the head…
Brussels (MTI) – The European Commission has blocked a 12 billion euro agreement signed between Hungary and Russia for the expansion of the Paks nuclear power station, British business daily Financial Times reported on Thursday citing unnamed sources. The details…
Moscow, March 4 (MTI) – Russia on Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on Hungarian poultry products treated at lower temperatures than 70 C, citing recent reports of bird flu in the country. Russia’s ban will impact a few thousand tonnes…
Budapest, March 3 (MTI) – Lawmakers on Tuesday voted to classify some data in contracts on the upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant for a period of 30 years rather than 15. MPs voted with 130 in favour and…
Budapest, February 27 (MTI) – UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto urged all sides in Ukraine to fully observe the terms of the Minsk agreement. After talks with Hammond on Friday morning, Szijjarto told a…
Budapest, February 27 (MTI) – Certain business and technical data connected with the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power station will remain confidential for thirty years in line with an amendment approved by parliament’s legislation committee following sharp debate…
Hungarian and Russian businessmen discussing ways to form a joint venture to manufacture Hungarian designed buses in Russia told the CEO and owner of Evopro group Csaba Mészáros to MTI. The president said Russian Nano Composite Technology Centre (NCC) and…
Budapest, February 23 (MTI) – The memorial year for political prisoners and forced labourers who were taken to the Soviet Union has been launched with the aim of “healing wounds”, the minister for human resources said on Monday. Hungarians…
Budapest, February 20 (MTI) – “I don’t want to live in a Europe waging another Cold War against Russia,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview published by Russian daily Kommersant on Friday. In his interview, the prime minister…
According to the US, agreements between Hungary and Russia do not violate the sanctions, hvg.hu says. “It does not mean the violation of the sanctions” – foreign affairs spokesman Jen Psaki said at the press conference in Washington, TASS Russian…
Budapest (MTI) – Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has briefed several foreign diplomats on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Tuesday visit to Budapest. The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Szijjarto held consultations with German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, High Representative…
Hungary opens four trading houses in Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Rostov and St. Petersburg announced Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó in a Kossuth Radio interview on Wednesday. The trading houses help Russian and Hungarian small and medium…
Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Lawmakers of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition have proposed that parliament should issue a political declaration condemning the aggression against Ukraine. Csaba Molnar, the party’s deputy leader, reacted to yesterday’s working visit by Vladimir Putin,…
Budapest (MTI) – The outcome of talks on Tuesday between the Russian president and Hungary’s prime minister has both drawbacks and benefits, the radical nationalist party Jobbik’s spokesman told a news conference. Adam Mirkoczki said an important result was gas…
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s centrist and left-of-centre opposition parties on Tuesday reacted to Vladimir Putin’s visit to Budapest, savaging Hungary’s prime minister for hosting the Russian president. Related articles: Putin in Budapest – Putin: Russia reliable partner, Minsk agreement enforceable …
Budapest, February 17 (MTI) – President Janos Ader met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest on Tuesday. The meeting was the last leg of Putin’s one-day working visit to Hungary. The Russian president arrived in Budapest in the afternoon…
Budapest, February 17 (MTI) – Relations between the European Union and Russia must be settled in a reasonable way and as quickly as possible, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on…
Budapest, February 17 (MTI) – Russia is a reliable partner for Europe and Hungary in terms of gas and oil supplies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Budapest on Tuesday. Putin said that he expected the Minsk agreement on settling the…
Budapest, February 17 (MTI) – The Russian Peace Foundation inaugurated a memorial in Tokod in northern Hungary on Tuesday dedicated to the Russian, Romanian, Italian and Serbian prisoners of war who died in camps in the area during the first…