Hungary parliament backs Finland’s NATO accession, Swedish bid pending
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament approved a bill on Monday to allow Finland to join NATO once its application has been ratified by all 30 members of…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament approved a bill on Monday to allow Finland to join NATO once its application has been ratified by all 30 members of…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s European Union funds negotiator on Monday flagged a further possible delay in access to billions of euros of recovery money, saying ironing out remaining issues with…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine protested to Hungary’s ambassador on Tuesday over “disparaging” comments made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and urged Budapest to stop what it called anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s January annual inflation is expected to rise above 25% but in February price growth will start slowing which could then allow the central bank to gradually…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is expected to leave its base rate unchanged at 13% next Tuesday, the highest in the European Union, due to persistent…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s government has declared local IT firm 4iG’s purchase of a 51% stake in Vodafone’s Hungarian unit a transaction of national strategic interest, exempting the deal from competition…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s government has imposed a windfall tax on drug producers based on net revenues generated in 2022 and 2023, as it tries to plug holes in the state…
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is likely to leave its base rate unchanged at 13% next Tuesday, the highest in the European Union, amid a continued…
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – It is “immoral” for Hungary to hold up a European Union deal on 2023 financing for Ukraine to extract approval for Budapest’s recovery plan…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government expects its recovery fund plan to be approved by EU finance ministers at an Ecofin meeting on Dec. 12, its minister in charge of EU…
(Reuters) – Hungary’s foreign minister said on Friday it has complained to the European Union alleging that Ukraine is making business harder for its companies such as drugmaker Richter because…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Commercial banks in Hungary cannot pay an interest rate higher than the three-month discount bill yield on deposits by certain large institutional and private investors, the Minister for…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary is aiming to prevent its economy sliding into recession, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday after data this week showed the economy contracting in quarterly terms…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s government is doing its best to meet its commitments to Brussels and there is a “good chance” of sealing a deal on European Union funds within weeks,…
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungary made a “significant step” towards securing billions in economic stimulus funds by accepting European Union demands on the independence of the judiciary, an…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s State Audit Office has picked PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic partner Ferenc Biro to lead a new anti-graft body to be launched by mid-November as part of efforts to…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government has expanded its existing scheme that caps mortgage rates effective Nov. 1 to include mortgages carrying fixed interest rates up to 5 years, it said…
By Krisztina Than and Gabriela Baczynska BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Hungary’s parliament passed the first of a series of anti-corruption bills on Monday as Budapest seeks to avoid a loss of European…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government submitted a second batch of anti-corruption bills to the country’s parliament on Friday as Budapest ramps up efforts to avoid a loss…
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary is likely to raise its base rate by another 100 basis points to 12.75% next Tuesday, a Reuters poll…
SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank could consider ending its more than one-year-long cycle of interest rate rises after next Tuesday’s meeting when rates will increase again, Deputy Governor…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s government has submitted the first of several anti-corruption bills to parliament on Monday as Budapest scrambles to avoid losing billions of euros in European…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary has extended price caps on fuels and basic foodstuff by three months until the end of the year in a bid to shield households from soaring costs,…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is expected to raise its base interest rate by 100 basis points to 11.75% next Tuesday, with more hikes to come…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary could finance the acquisition of a 49% stake in the Hungarian business of Britain’s Vodafone from a loan, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff suggested…