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Hungary has become the first country in the world to successfully issue a green “panda” bond – targeted at the domestic Chinese market – with a value of around 50 billion forints (EUR 136m), Finance Minister Mihály Varga said at a press conference on Tuesday.

A week earlier, Zoltán Kurali, the head of the Government Debt Management Agency, said Hungary had mandated the Bank of China to arrange the issue of a yuan-denominated green panda bond. He said the aim of the transaction was to ensure Hungary’s continuous market presence in China.

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There needs to be a new balance between East and West, as well as between nature and technology, the governor of Hungary's central bank said.Continue reading

Featured photo illustration by MTI/EPA/Berlin Zoo


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