Moscow, December 10 (MTI) – The heads of the Hungarian Energy Authority and Russian partner Rostekhnadzor signed an agreement on scientific-technical cooperation in Moscow on Wednesday. The agreement enables an exchange of information about licencing, safety regulation and supervision for…
Budapest, December 9 (MTI) – Hungary and Russia have signed agreements for two new 1200 megawatt nuclear reactors to be constructed at the Paks power plant. In a statement, the cabinet office said on Tuesday that the three agreements “formalise…
Budapest, December 9 (MTI) – Russia’s ambassador to Hungary has said there is no geopolitical development to endanger the deal to expand Hungary’s sole nuclear power station. In an interview to Tuesday’s Magyar Hirlap, Vladimir Sergeiev said he was certain…
Budapest, December 8 (MTI) – A Hungarian opposition MEP has turned to the European Commission asking for a review of Hungary’s Paks nuclear plan upgrade in connection with EU competition rules. The fact that the Russian Rosatom had won the…
Budapest (MTI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with the Hungarian prime minister and Serbian president on energy cooperation opportunities after the cancellation of the South Stream gas pipeline project, the Kremlin’s press office said on Sunday.…
Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s gas supplies should be balanced and multi-faceted, which requires a pipeline that circumvents Ukraine, the radical nationalist Jobbik party said. Bulgaria has refused to start work on the South Stream pipeline on pressure from…
Budapest, December 2 (MTI) – Russia’s decision to scrap plans to build the South Stream pipeline will not affect the long-term strategy of the state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM), Gyorgy Harmati, the company’s strategy chief, said at a conference on…
Brussels, December 2 (MTI) – Hungary will need to find new sources to ensure the security of its energy supplies for the long term, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told MTI on Tuesday, in reaction to Russia’s dropping plans for the…
Budapest/Riga (MTI) – The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine is the cornerstone of transatlantic security and so Hungary is committed to a European and democratic Ukraine, Zsolt Nemeth, head (Fidesz) of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said during a…
Berlin (MTI) – Hungary is not proceeding towards Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview published by German business daily Handelsblatt on Monday. In the front-page interview, Orban also said, however, that Hungary is not moving away from…
Moscow (MTI) – Hungary considers Russia an important partner, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said before talks with counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday. Russia plays an exceptionally important role in energy supplies to central Europe, he said. “We are…
Budapest, November 19 (MTI) – Hungarians have no interest in a new Cold War, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Budapest on Wednesday. As a member of NATO and the European Union, Hungary “will be loyal to its allies” even…
Budapest (MTI) – Russian energy giant Gazprom CEA Alexei Miller and Hungarian Ambassador to Russia Janos Balla held talks in Moscow on Monday on Hungary’s safe gas supply during the forthcoming winter. The 700 million cubic metres of Russian natural…
(MTI) – Greenpeace is calling on the Hungarian government to withdraw from the “pact” signed with Rosatom and the Russian state, the organisation said on Monday. According to a Greenpeace report entitled Rosatom Risks, “Rosatom, and its predecessors, have had…
(MTI) – Brussels has approved funding for Hungarian farmers for the loss of 4,295 tonnes of fruit and vegetable in exports due to the Russian embargo, Hungary’s farm ministry said on Wednesday. The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it…
(MTI) – After a week of test run, on Monday a new Hungarian centre opened in Moscow to receive visa applications of people wishing to enter the Schengen area. The new facility, in north-eastern Moscow’s Polkovaya Street, was set up…
(MTI) – International sanctions introduced against Russia will not impact the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant, Attila Aszodi, the government commissioner in charge of the project, said on Monday evening. Hungary signed an intergovernmental agreement with Russia in…
(MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party will initiate an amendment to compensate Hungarian farmers from domestic funds as the party blames the Agriculture Ministry for the sector’s missing out on European Union funding related to the Russian food import…
Budapest, September 12 (MTI) – Hungary has asked the EU to put fruit and veg subsidies on the agenda of the Special Committee on Agriculture after Brussels on Wednesday suspended aid to farmers affected by Russian sanctions. Hungary’s agriculture and…
(MTI) – A continued cooperation in agriculture between Hungary and Russia is in the two countries’ mutual interest, the Hungarian farm minister said on Monday. Sandor Fazekas met his Russian counterpart Nikolay Fydorov for talks in Moscow. Fazekas told MTI…