Hungary is in the forefront of the fight against climate change, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Győr, in western Hungary, attending the inauguration of a rooftop solar plant, Europe’s biggest, built by car maker Audi Hungária.
Output of Hungary’s industrial sector fell by an annual 2.1% in August, after an 8.1% drop in July, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
The consumer protection authority is monitoring providers of PCR tests nationwide to ensure that tests are not conducted above the official price which the government has capped at 19,500 forints (EUR 54), the innovation and technology ministry said.
Gas storage facilities in Hungary are at full capacity, and the amount available could cover Hungary’s needs for 130 days if necessary, according to a government official.
Hungary’s trade surplus was 207 million euros in July, growing from 78 million in the same month a year before, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
“We will start reintroducing 13th month pensions early next year,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video on Facebook on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.
Chinese computer maker Lenovo will build its first European plant in Hungary, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said.
Annual wage growth in Hungary slowed to 10.8% in July from 15.6% in June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
Commenting on Moody’s change to the outlook of Hungary’s Baa3 sovereign rating to “positive” from “stable”, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said Hungary’s rating was “unique” in the European Union as the no other member state’s outlook had improved in the past six months.
The extension of the moratorium on loan repayments is helping one million Hungarians, a state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office said.
