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

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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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo drew the attention of Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu to the importance of continuing the fight against corruption that undermines democratic institutions, a US State Department press release said. They met in Washington on Monday. The Foreign Ministry press release in Bucharest does not mention anything about the subject of
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Oana Gheorghiu and Carmen Uscatu, the founders of the „Dăruieşte viaţă” Association, which is building the First Pediatric Oncology and Radiotherapy Hospital in Romania, accuse the Ministry of Finance of “mafia-style attack” against NGOs. “It started by attacking NGOs directly. A mafia-style attack: you’re forced to fulfill the rules that can not be fulfilled. An
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The Democratic Coalition (DK), a Hungarian parliamentary opposition party, has urged the Government of Budapest to redirect the funds allocated for the construction of football academies for Hungarians living abroad to health and education in Hungary, the Hungarian news agency reports. Hungary invests particularly in Transylvania. The leader of the DK, Zsolt Gréczy , said
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Former President Traian Basescu has drawn attention at the B1TV show “It is happening now” to Russia as a superpower that has an invasion plan for Europe, and this is the easiest to reach on the Danube. Basescu also showed that he knew for sure that when he was president during the war in Ukraine,
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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
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