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Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has proposed the national eleced board of his ruling Fidesz party the suspension of state budget subsidies for political parties in 2013 and 2014, local news... 

Hungary’s Economy Ministry has on Thursday published the macroeconomic conditions necessary to conceive the 2013 budget bill. The ministry projects 0.1% GDP growth for this year and 1.6% for 2013... 

Mihály 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... 

The 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... 

(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... 

Being member of the European Union brings Hungary more than a trillion forints, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán responded to a question by the far-right Jobbik party in Parliament on Monday whether there is... 

Hungary’s Minister for National Resources, Miklós Réthelyi, has resigned. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán nominated Zoltán Balog, state secretary responsible for social inclusion as Réthelyi’s... 

Hungary and China mutually regard each other as strategic ally, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. While remaining part of the western European federal system Hungary will need to consistently... 

We are members of the European Union, Mr. Barroso is the President of the European Commission and not our boss, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday. In his usual weekly interview with... 

If everything goes well the European Commission can bring a decision already today to give the go-ahead to Hungary to start formal negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a financial... 

The European Commission should decide on the next steps on Hungary’s infringement issues on Wednesday and may signal progress towards the start of official loan negotiations. In fact, Citi analyst... 

The obstacles that have prevented Hungary from starting talks with the IMF on a financial assistance programme have been brought down; we are close to a breakthrough, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in... 

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said MOL, the country’s largest company by market capitalisation, is leaving the EUR 7.9 billion Nabucco natural gas pipeline project. He added, though... 

Reports in the summer of 2011 that Hungary’s national airline Malév could be taken over by a Chinese company, that China is to build a direct railway line from the capital city to the Ferihegy International... 

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is scheduled to meet European Commission President José Manuel Barroso next Tuesday, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. “Arrangements have been... 

The European Commission will address the infringement proceedings it launched against Hungary next week and is expected to bring an important decision in this matter, Hungarian business daily Világgazdaság... 

Hungary needs not credit and money, but a safety net, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He added that he would not accept any scenario in which Hungary loses European Union funds. “Our interest... 

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to seek the European Union’s opinion about the planned austerity measures before they are put up for vote in Parliament, local news portal origo.hu... 

Hungary’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... 

There are some players who are interested in the weakening of Hungary’s forint, said Mihály Varga, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff. He admitted that the talks on an IMF/EU credit facility...