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The price of more than 40 medicine products is lower from today in Hungary, price-monitoring extended
Daily News Hungary
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July 1, 2025
Voluntary price restrictions on a range of medicines entered force on Tuesday, the National Economy Ministry said in a statement. The ministry noted that pharmaceutical industry players had earlier agreed to roll back the prices of a number of...
Hungary imposes mid-year austerity on state-owned companies
BNE Intellinews
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The Hungarian government is introducing further measures to stabilise the 2024 budget after earlier signs that this year’s fiscal plan has gone off track. The government has ordered a mandatory 5% reduction in personnel-related expenses at nearly...
Industrial producer prices drop slightly from April to May
The Budapest Times
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July 1, 2025
Industrial producer prices were 6.9% higher on average in May 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 3.9% and non-domestic output prices 8.3% higher than in May in the previous year. The price rise was primarily caused by the...
“Hit Them With Anything You Can”: Pro-EU Media Calls For “War” on Hungary and Slovakia
The European Conservative
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July 1, 2025
The anti-sovereigntist hysteria in Brussels has reached an almost unbelievable level lately. One pro-EU news site went as far as to call for “war” against the Slovak and Hungarian governments, just because they refuse to sign off on the 18th...
Multi-million investment to drive the de-fossilization of the chemical industry
chemeurope.com
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July 1, 2025
XiMo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Verbio SE, held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the new production facility for the large-scale industrial production of Metathesis catalysts in Gödöllő, Hungary. Starting in summer...
Serbia And Hungary Warn Of External Moves Against Elected Governments
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić met in Szeged with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and discussed foreign attempts to overthrow elected governments,...
Last gasp: Securing Europe’s wind industry from dependence on China
European Council on Foreign Relations
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July 1, 2025
Summary Incoming Chinese competition is an ominous sign for one of Europe’s last clean technology hopes—wind turbine manufacturing. China has already eradicated Europe’s solar industry. It also dominates the supply chains of many components and...
First Academic Conference of Turkic States held in Budapest
Associated Press of Pakistan
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July 1, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - TASHKENT, July 01 (UzA/APP) : The First Academic Conference of Turkic States was successfully held in Budapest, Hungary, with the support of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Innovation and...
PM Orbán: 3.7 million people voted against what Budapest Pride describes
Daily News Hungary
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July 1, 2025
In a television interview on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called Budapest Pride at the weekend “not pride, but prejudice”. In the interview with commercial broadcaster TV2, Orbán said, “Pride is a European political model controlled by...
Hungary says US sanctions exemption will help Paks II project
World Nuclear News
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Monday, 30 June 2025 Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto has said US President Donald Trump sees Hungary as a friend and "it was in this spirit that the US administration lifted the sanctions related to the Paks nuclear...
Paks II Nuclear Power Plant May Be Ready by Mid-2030s - Hungarian Foreign Minister
Sputnik News
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July 1, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250701/paks-ii-nuclear-power-plant-may-be-ready-by-mid-2030s---hungarian-foreign-minister-1122369997.html Paks II Nuclear Power Plant May Be Ready by Mid-2030s - Hungarian Foreign Minister Paks II Nuclear Power Plant May...
Hungary and Slovakia Block EU Sanctions Over Russian Gas Phase-Out Plan
EUToday
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June 30, 2025
27Efforts to adopt the European Union’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia have stalled, following opposition from Hungary and Slovakia. Both countries have linked their refusal to approve the latest measures to objections over a separate...
Hungary thanks Trump administration for lifting mystery sanctions on Paks NPP
Global Construction Review
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June 30, 2025
Hungary has thanked the Trump administration for lifting sanctions imposed on the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant, according to the government’s information website. Peter Szijjarto, the country’s foreign minister, said the...
Budapest calls space: PM Orbán did an interview with Tibor Kapu, said he would join the Hungarian astronaut anytime – UPDATED
Daily News Hungary
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June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had a video call with Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu, who is participating in Axiom Mission 4, on Sunday afternoon. “I’m still a bit moved right now, this is the first time I’ve ever done this in my life, I spoke to a...
Hungarian state railways and government pleased: “Only” 2,800 trains delayed in the past three weeks
Daily News Hungary
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June 30, 2025
Photo: FB/MÁV Shocking figures have been revealed regarding the operations of Hungarian State Railways (MÁV): 2,800 trains were delayed over the past three weeks, and MÁV was required to pay a record-high amount in compensation to passengers....
US Greenlights Rosatom Bid to Build Nuclear Plant in Hungary
Kyiv Post
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June 30, 2025
The US has lifted sanctions on Hungary’s Paks-2 nuclear plant project which involves Russia’s state energy giant Rosatom, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto reported on X. “These politically motivated measures [the sanctions] were imposed...
Trump Quietly Extends Biden-era Sanctions Targeting Russian Banks, Energy Sector
Kyiv Post
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July 1, 2025
The Trump administration last week quietly extended significant Biden-era sanctions targeting key Russian banks and energy sector, just days before they were set to expire. A senior official insisted in an interview with Kyiv Post that the current...
BYD breaks ground on expansion of commercial vehicle plant in Hungary
Gasgoo
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June 30, 2025
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On June 27, BYD held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its commercial vehicle plant in Komárom, Hungary, according to a post on BYD's WeChat account. The project will add 29,000 square meters of smart production...
New Kärcher Service and Logistics Center in Biatorbágy
Diplomacy & Trade
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June 30, 2025
Kärcher has opened a state-of-the-art service and logistics center in Biatorbágy, just southwest of Budapest. The center was officially inaugurated this Monday. Anna Éber, managing director of Kärcher Hungary, which sells and services various...
Hungary's Komárom accelerates as hub for electric bus production
CGTN
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June 29, 2025
02:24 A small Hungarian city on the Slovak border is emerging as a key player in Europe's green transition. Komárom is home to a factory run by Chinese automaker BYD, one of the world's leading electric bus makers. The plant, opened in 2017, has...