V4 Finance Ministers Meet in Budapest
The economic success of the Visegrad Group, and Hungary’s above-average performance within it, is key to Europe’s economic success, Finance Minister Mihály Varga told a press conference on Thursday.
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Ukraine Move ‘Gross Attack on Hungary’s Sovereignty’
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó noted at the inauguration of the Hungary-Serbia gas interconnector that Ukraine had threatened to turn to the European Commission over the agreement, which they said violated the Hungarian-Ukrainian basic treaty by “dealing a blow” to Ukrainian interests.
Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 27 – 30 September 2021
EMA starts review of meningioma risk with nomegestrol- and chlormadinone-containing medicines EMA has started a review of medicines containing the active substance nomegestrol or chlormadinone. These medicines can be used, alone or in combination with other active substances, to treat gynaecological disorders such as amenorrhea (absence of menstrual periods) and other menstrual disorders, uterine bleeding, […]
Euro area bank interest rate statistics: August 2021
Composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations decreased by 4 basis points to 1.44%, driven by the interest rate effect, and indicator for new loans to households for house purchase unchanged at 1.32% Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations decreased by 5 basis points to -0.35%, driven by both the interest rate and the weight […]
Kásler Highlights Russia-Central Europe Oncology Cooperation
Cooperation between the Russian Oncology Society and the Central and Eastern European Academy of Oncology (CEEOA) is “strong and continuous”, Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler told a press conference. Kásler said that the CEEOA, set up with Hungarian government financing in cooperation with 20 other countries, was “a significant international body that could partner with […]
PM Praises Visegrad Cooperation
The next decade will offer central Europe “fantastic opportunities”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Ústi nad Labem, in the Czech Republic, following talks with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babiš on Wednesday.
Europe’s nature under pressure — challenges and solutions
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) work and other assessments have shown that European ecosystems are under serious threat. Centuries of exploitation have left their mark on Europe’s natural world and most protected habitats and species are not in good conservation status. The EEA Signals 2021, published today, presents an overview of the problems Europe’s nature […]
Industrial air pollution in Europe costs society €277 – €433 billion
Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from large industrial sites in Europe cost society between €277 and €433 billion, in 2017, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis, published today. About half of the annual cost is caused by just 211 facilities, around 2 % of the largest industrial sites in Europe. The […]
Szijjártó Discusses Infrastructure Development With Croatian Ministers
Infrastructure development and cooperation in the Hungarian-Croatian border region will help restart the economy, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday, after meeting Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić-Radman and Nataša Tramišak, the minister for regional development and EU funding.
Németh: European Institutions Must Prepare to Integrate West Balkan Countries
European institutions must invest heavily in making preparations to integrate countries of the Western Balkans, Zsolt Németh, the head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said in Strasbourg on Tuesday. Németh, who heads the Hungarian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), told Hungarian journalists that the autumn session of the assembly […]