Putin's bank moves to Budapest, gets all conceivable privileges and immunities
- Featured post, Foreign, Political
- 21 February 2019

Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl (pictured with Vladimir Putin at the dance) pleaded for maintaining “strong relationship” with Russia during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, according to News.ro. The minister, an FPÖ (extreme right) member who caused a scandal in August when she danced with Russian President Vladimir Putin
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The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) has published its new competitiveness program which consists of 330 points. The 234-page document is a more detailed version of earlier competitiveness packages. While György Matolcsy was talking about ways to go about boosting the country’s competitiveness at the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MKIK) conference,
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Originally posted on 05.03.2019. Hungary will open a trade office in Jerusalem on March 19, Israel Hayom reported. The trade office will be located in the center of Jerusalem, and will have “diplomatic status.” Its dedication ceremony will include Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, who will launch Israel’s Hungarian Culture Month. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
READ MOREFidesz, Viktor Orban’s party was suspended from the European People’s Party because of the populist sideslips of the Hungarian prime minister, corcerning Brussels and immigration. Joseph Daul, the chairman of the European People’s Party, said that the Fides suspension entered in force at once, and that it was voted with 190 votes for
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