Banking Association Does Not Support Mortgage Rate Freeze The Hungarian Banking Association on Thursday said it does not support a temporary government freeze of mortgage loan interest rates.... 2021.12.24.
Supply Bottlenecks and Price Increases during Christmas Season As a result of the lack of supply from Asia and slower international maritime transport, one can expect supply bottlenecks... 2021.12.17.
Foreign Minister: Tunisia, Hungary to Mutually Honour Immunity Certificates Hungary has concluded an agreement with Tunisia on mutually recognising Covid-19 immunity certificates, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs... 2021.12.16.
Hungary Central Bank Hikes Base Rate by 30 Base Points Hungarian central bank rate-setters hiked the base rate by 30 basis points to 2.40 pc at a regular policy meeting... 2021.12.15.
PM Orbán Publicly Asked about Pegasus Case for the First Time Six months after the Pegasus surveillance scandal hit the headlines, a journalist was finally able to ask Prime Minister Viktor... 2021.12.14.
Central Bank Head Matolcsy: Budapest Should Be Divided Governor and head of the Central Bank, György Matolcsy, wrote an article titled "What could be the solution to the... 2021.12.14.
Press Roundup: Dispute Over Hungary’s Economic Outlook A left-wing commentator fears that the government’s spending policies will further fuel already rampant inflation. A pro-government analyst quotes two... 2021.12.11.
Ruling Parties Defend Kövér, Suggest His Words were Twisted after Controversial Speech In the wake of the publication of House Speaker László Kövér's speech, in which he named the opposition a national... 2021.11.30.
Finance Minister: Growth to Exceed 5% in 2022 Hungary's economy was one of the fastest to recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, with its output surpassing... 2021.11.29.
Why Does the Exchange Rate of Hungarian Forint Keep Slipping? In recent days, the forint has repeatedly set negative records against the euro, inching further and further towards the long-feared... 2021.11.25.
Forint Hits New Historic Low against the Euro The weakening of the forint began last week and has continued on Monday, with the Hungarian currency quickly falling to... 2021.11.22.
FM Szijjártó: Hungary Implementing Largest Intl Economy Development Scheme in Uganda Hungary is implementing its largest ever international economy development in Uganda in an effort to halt migration, Foreign Minister Péter... 2021.11.22.
National Bank Governor Matolcsy: Central Banks Should Promote Green, Digital Switchovers All central banks must promote and support changes aimed at making the economy "green and digital", National Bank of Hungary... 2021.11.19.
Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay Names Several Members of His Team of Experts Péter Márki-Zay, the united opposition’s candidate for prime minister, has named several individuals who will be part of his team... 2021.11.18.
Orbán at Fidesz Congress: ‘We will go through the thickest wall and win again” If Fidesz-KDNP can continue to govern, Hungary can make huge progress again in the next ten years and move up... 2021.11.15.
PMO Head Gulyás: ‘Fidesz is still the only hope for Hungary’ Standing on the bulwark of Europe, we will win for the fourth time in 2022, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér... 2021.11.15.
Press Roundup: Inflation Soars, Government Caps Fuel Prices A left-wing commentator accuses the government of trying to mitigate inflation caused, in part, by its own policies. His right-wing... 2021.11.13.
FM Szijjártó: Trade Turnover Doubles Between Hungary, Turkic Council Members Trade turnover has doubled between Hungary and Turkic Council states in the past decade and the importance of cooperation is... 2021.11.11.
Governor Matolcsy: Central Bank Crisis Management Successful The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) handled the 2020 crisis successfully, and kept inflation at 3.3 percent, close to target,... 2021.11.08.
Fidesz Politician Admits Purchase and Use of Pegasus Spyware After four months, the ruling parties have eventually admitted the purchase and use of Israeli-made spyware Pegasus. While Fidesz MP... 2021.11.05.
Press Roundup: Poland and EU on a Crash Course Left-wing and liberal commentators interpret the latest ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court on a verdict by the European Court... 2021.11.05.