The Semcorp Group is building a new, first non-Chinese lithium-ion battery separator (LiBSF) production plant in Debrecen; the final sale and purchase agreement for the area of the future factory was signed in Debrecen on Thursday, the municipal press service told MTI.
Hungary’s budget ran a 3,870 billion forint (EUR 10.7bn) deficit last year, equivalent to 8.1% of GDP, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show.
Industrial producer prices in Hungary grew by an annual 8.1% in February, up from 6.6% in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office said.
Gross wages grew by an annual 9.5% in January, the Central Statistical Office said. Gross wages averaged 411,000 forints and 273,300 after tax.
Hungary’s economy is set to stage a swift recovery from the second quarter and achieve growth of 4-5% for the full year, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said in an interview with Wednesday’s business daily Világgazdaság.
The jobless number in February was 213,000, 46,000 more than in the same month a year earlier, rising 1 percentage point to 4.5%, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Month on month, the jobless number decreased by 25,000, or 0.5 of a percentage point.
The Uzbek and Hungarian governments signed nine agreements in Tashkent, paving the way for Hungarian companies to upgrade strategic sectors in Uzbekistan, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, told MTI. OTP, Hungary’s biggest bank, is the first foreign bank to be given the opportunity to take part in the Uzbek banking system’s […]
Restarting the economy “is important” notwithstanding the current “difficult situation”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.
The high level of economic and trade cooperation between Hungary and Uzbekistan truly vindicates Hungary’s decision to launch the policy of opening to the East, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, told MTI before the founding session of the Hungarian-Uzbek business council.
The government is extending wage support for companies hit the hardest by pandemic restrictions until the end of April, state secretary for employment policy Sándor Bodó said.
