Hungary

EIB halts Hungarian govt’s Budapest Airport plans, due to dearth of impact studies

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has suspended a EUR 200 million credit line towards the expansion of Hungary's Budapest Liszt…

3 years ago

Hungary to go to the polls early April

Hungary will hold an election on April 3 when nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban will compete with an opposition alliance…

3 years ago

EC okays Hungary funding Korean plant

The European Commission (EC) has greenlit Hungary extending EUR 24 million in state aid towards the expansion of a South…

3 years ago

Novak to be Hungary’s first female head of state

Hungarian Family Minister Katalin Novak accepted ruling Fidesz’s nomination for her to become president of Hungary on Tuesday. Novak, 44,…

3 years ago

In Budapest, French President Macron outlines agenda, clarifies EU recovery fund hold-up

Hungary is not likely to gain access to EU pandemic recovery funds before elections take place next spring, said French…

3 years ago

Macron highlights CEE media, migration and rule of law in pre-EU presidency speech

Eastern Europe will be high on the agenda during France's six-month EU rotating presidency tenure which will commence in under…

3 years ago

Biden reassures CEE over Russia, Ukraine

US President Joe Biden discussed the threat of a possible Russian attack on Ukraine with numerous NATO member countries in…

3 years ago

Member state research forum recommends over EUR 4bn for shared research facilities

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures' (ESFRI), designed to integrate Europe on scientific research collaboration, recommends massive investment into…

3 years ago

CEE ups R&D spending over last decade

Every country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has increased its research and development (R&D) intensity over the last decade,…

3 years ago

Hungary’s third-richest man plans to run for government in 2022

Hungarian porn baron Gyorgy Gattyan has announced plans to found a party and field candidates in all of Hungary's constituencies…

3 years ago