May 17, 2012, 2:00 pmThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to start talks with Hungary on a financial assistance programme as soon as outstanding issues over the central bank (NHB) are resolved, the Fund’s resident...
May 17, 2012, 10:37 amHungary expects to start talks about a new financing deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June, and a deal could be realistically reached in the autumn, Hungary’s...
May 17, 2012, 9:12 amMihály Varga, Hungary’s incoming aid negotiator, expects formal negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union on a financial assistance programme to start as soon...
May 16, 2012, 8:53 amHungary can realistically reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a EUR 15 billion financial assistance programme in the autumn, said Mihály Varga, the Prime Minister’s chief...
May 11, 2012, 11:08 amThe replacement of Hungary’s chief aid negotiator announced by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday will be seen as a positive, commented Timothy Ash, economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland in...
May 11, 2012, 8:18 am(Adds details) Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced on Friday that he will reshuffle his cabinet. Tamás Fellegi, who has been in charge of talks with the International Monetary Fund...
May 2, 2012, 4:57 pmHungary will first need to implement the requested law amendments and can start aid talks only then, said Tamás Fellegi, the country’s chief negotiator said in an interview published on Wednesday....
May 2, 2012, 8:18 amHungary is ready to start talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but the parties are yet to agree on the schedule of the negotiations, said Tamás Fellegi, Hungary’s minister without portfolio...
April 26, 2012, 9:28 amHungary expects its new precautionary loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be smaller than the EUR 20 billion package that brought the country back from the brink of collapse...
April 25, 2012, 4:41 pmTamás Fellegi, Hungary’s chief negotiator in the aid talks with the IMF and the EU, has held a press conference today addressing the European Commission’s today decision to give the go-ahead...
April 18, 2012, 11:06 amHungary’s Economy Minister György Matolcsy may meet First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton on Saturday in Washington, local weekly HVG reported. The ministry confirmed the plan, but said Matolcsy’s...
April 17, 2012, 9:00 amHungary’s government may be reshuffled within two weeks, local news portal origo.hu reported on Tuesday. This would bring about the departure of two ministers and the appointment of two state secretaries...
April 13, 2012, 8:27 amThe statements made at the European Commission’s press conference on Wednesday reaffirm the Hungarian government’s view that the specific preconditions to starting formal talks with the IMF/EU...
April 12, 2012, 2:46 pmIt is not Brussels that is delaying the process in the cases with Hungary; the European Commission has worked as fast as possible, a Commission spokesman said on Thursday. He added there’s a possibility...
April 11, 2012, 2:20 pmThe preconditions for Hungary to start aid talks with the IMF and the EU are “rather clear", said Olivier Bailly, spokesman for the European Commission, on Wednesday. He also said there is no specific...
April 6, 2012, 11:44 amHungary’s chief negotiator with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union, Tamás Fellegi, held informal talks in Washington with Fund officials earlier this week and announced...
April 6, 2012, 10:14 amThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set no official date for a possible start of talks with Hungary on a loan programme, spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday. Tamás Fellegi, Hungary’s chief...
April 5, 2012, 8:37 amHungary’s chief aid negotiator, Tamás Fellegi will meet the IMF's Mission Chief for Hungary for an informal discussion but no official talks are expected about a new funding deal at this stage, the...
April 4, 2012, 12:29 pmThe College of European Commissioners may bring a decision on the infringement proceedings launched against Hungary in four cases already today, Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister...
March 29, 2012, 8:50 amHungary's chief negotiator with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tamás Fellegi, will be in the U.S. capital next week to hold informal talks with IMF officials, Fellegi's press office said. Fellegi's...