Budapest, September 17 (MTI) – The project to build two new reactor blocks at Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant is running according to schedule and it is possible additional blocks will be built later, head of the Russian nuclear energy…
Budapest, February 17 (MTI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin started a working visit to Budapest by laying flowers of commemoration in Heroes’ Square on Tuesday afternoon. Later on, Putin laid wreaths of commemoration at the tombs of Soviet soldiers in…
Budapest, February 16 (MTI) – Demonstrators staged a protest against the forthcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the policies of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Monday evening. The crowd filling a 200-metre section of Rakoczi…
Budapest, February 16 (MTI) – Russian gas supplies to Hungary and cooperation on upgrading the Paks nuclear plant will be on the agenda of talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban when Vladimir Putin pays a short working visit to Budapest…
Budapest, February 14 (MTI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Budapest could be crucial from the point of view of maintaining secure energy supplies to Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, minister of foreign affairs and trade, told MTI. Russia will remain…
Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Hungary needs to conclude a flexible agreement with Russia concerning gas supplies, one whose term can be extended, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told commercial HirTV on Wednesday. The agreement, which will replace the current one…
Berlin, February 5 (MTI) – Irrespective of the current “concrete and serious” conflict between Europe and Russia, cooperation is of key importance, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview published on Thursday. Asked about Russian President…
Budapest, January 30 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban trusts that an agreement on long-term gas supplies will be reached with Vladimir Putin during the Russian president’s visit to Budapest on February 17. Orban told public Kossuth Radio on Friday…
From this week on, Russia introduces restrictions for foreigners applying for a visa, reports origo. Travellers will have to provide detailed information about the purpose of their visit, and the route they are planning to follow during their stay in…
Moscow (MTI) – Bertalan Farkas, Hungary’s first cosmonaut, said that he held talks about possibilities of cooperation in space research with Russian colleagues in Moscow. Farkas attended a commemoration in Moscow this week for fellow space explorer Valeri Kubasov, who…
Moscow (MTI) – Perspectives in relations between Russia and Hungary are “extremely good”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference at MTI’s question in Moscow on Wednesday. Lavrov said that though there have been difficult periods, both…
Berlin, January 18 (MTI) – Hungary and Germany fully agree on the matter of the embargo ordered by Russia, ministerial commissioner for measures related to the embargo on European Union farm products Gyula Budai told MTI in Berlin on Sunday.…
Budapest, January 15 (MTI) – Upcoming visits to Hungary by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin testify to the country’s significance, and one should not be seen in contradistinction to the other, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister,…
Budapest, January 10 (MTI) – Hungary resumed gas deliveries to Ukraine on Saturday, Ukraine’s gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz said on its website. Supply was restored at 11am, the company said. A daily 2.7 million cubic metres of gas will…
Budapest, January 6 (MTI) – Reacting to a report that the Russian president is planning to visit Hungary this spring, the Together (Egyutt) party said the government should consult with the parliamentary parties concerning its possible agenda. Citing several sources,…
Since the Crimean crisis, not many Russian tourists have come to Hungary, and the fall of the ruble further reduces the number of travels. István Kovács, the president of the Hotel Association of Hungary told Napi Gazdaság that at the end…
Moscow (MTI) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto discussed with Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak possible moves following Russia’s recent withdrawal from the planned South Stream gas pipeline project, at their talks in Moscow on Monday. Szijjarto told MTI that…
Budapest (MTI) – The green LMP party has called on Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, to inform the public about the purpose of an upcoming visit to Moscow. LMP co-leader Bernadett Szel told MTI on Saturday that any previous talks…
Brussels, December 19 (MTI) – The Hungarian prime minister cautioned against judging too early the possible consequences of the Russian crisis, in Brussels late on Thursday evening. Russia has vast foreign currency reserves and exceptionally strong military capabilities, and the…
Moscow, December 12 (MTI) – The municipalities of Budapest and Moscow agreed to make preparations for a cooperation agreement to be signed next year during the Budapest mayor’s visit to Moscow. Istvan Tarlos met Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Friday…