The governments of Hungary, Russia and Ukraine will sign in April 2012 an agreement on nuclear fuel transit between Russia and Hungary across Ukraine, Inerfax news agency reported. The three countries have been negotiating a new agreement since 2006. The agreement concerns fuel supplied by Russian TVEL to Hungary's single nuclear power plant Paks. The plant's operator Paksi Atomeromu requested in December 2011 an extension of the lifespan of the plant by 20 years. |
Hungary's investment funds had aggregate assets of HUF 3.657tn (EUR 11.98bn) as of end-February 2013, up by 3.2% m/m, MTI news agency reported citing data from the association of investment funds ... more
The number of employees in Hungary's public and private sectors fell for the tenth straight month in January 2013 declining by 0.6% y/y to 2.574mn, the statistics office informed. The decline ... more
The assembly of state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) has approved the purchase of the local gas business of German power utility E.ON, Hungary AM reported, citing local daily Magyar ... more