agriculture

17/12/2015

LMP: Government land auctions “betrayal”

Budapest, December 17 (MTI) – In the course of auctioning off state farmland, the government has “betrayed the country for the sake of a couple of […]
15/12/2015

Top court axes parts of farmland decree

Budapest, December 15 (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday scrapped part of the government decree on the Farmland for Farmers scheme. The part in question, […]
15/12/2015

95,000 hectares sold to farmers in Hungary

Budapest, December 15 (MTI) – Around 95,000 hectares of state-owned farmland have been sold so far to local farmers under a government scheme adding revenue of […]
10/12/2015

Government’s regular press briefing about Eu monies, Mezohegyes farm and EC infringement procedure

Budapest, December 10 (MTI) – More than 9,000 billion forints (EUR 28.4bn) of European Union funding has been paid out in Hungary, government office chief Janos […]
10/12/2015

Otto Legli became the new President of the Hungarian winemakers’ biggest advocacy body

According to turizmus.com, the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) elected a new president on December 8, 2015. He is Otto Legli. In parallel with the renewal […]
09/12/2015

Greenpeace protests against sale of Kishantos organic farm

A group of Greenpeace activists held a protest against the sale of lands formerly leased to the organic farm of Kishantos, in Szekesfehervar, central Hungary, on […]
08/12/2015

Opposition parties protest sales of Mezohegyes stud farm

Budapest, December 8 (MTI) – Parties of the opposition staged a demonstration in southeast Hungary’s Bekescsaba on Tuesday, to protest against the government’s auctioning off farmland […]
30/11/2015

Election committee towards Socialist initiative against farmland sales

Budapest, November 30 (MTI) – The National Election Committee has thrown out a referendum initiative submitted by the opposition Socialists aimed at the government’s programme of […]
29/11/2015

State farmland law amendment on Parliament’s agenda next week

Budapest, November 29 (MTI) – Lawmakers will address a law amendment on the sales of state farmland on Tuesday, with proposed modifications in response to the […]
23/11/2015

LMP lawmaker dumps manure in front of govt office building in protest of land sales

Budapest, November 23 (MTI) – Green opposition LMP lawmaker Benedek R Sallai on Monday dumped a truckload of manure in front of a government office building […]
23/11/2015

Greenpeace demands sales of state-owned land be halted

Budapest, November 23 (MTI) – The Hungarian government should halt the sales of state-owned plots now underway, an expert of Greenpeace Hungary told a press conference […]
22/11/2015

First round of land auctions “successful”, says farm minister

Budapest, November 21 (MTI) – Auctions to sell state land have been “successful” and around 200 Hungarian farmers bought altogether more than 1,800 hectares of state […]
18/11/2015

Jobbik to file complaint over farmland sales

Budapest, November 18 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party said on Wednesday that it would file a criminal complaint over suspected forgery of information pertaining […]
06/11/2015

Hungary, Kazakhstan officials discuss bilateral agricultural ties

Budapest, November 6 (MTI) – Farm ministry state secretary Istvan Nagy on Friday met Saparkhan Kesikbayevich Omarov, Kazakhstan’s deputy minister of agriculture, to discuss Hungarian-Kazakh agricultural […]
05/11/2015

Government’s regular press briefing about Germany’s migration decision, land sales, mayors of small towns

Budapest, November 5 (MTI) – If Germany wants to let migrants into its territory Hungary will respect its decision, but it will not accept being told […]
27/10/2015

Opposition criticises government farmland sale in parliament debate

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – Opposition parties criticised the government’s farmland programme in a parliamentary debate dedicated to the plan on Monday. The opposition LMP party […]
27/10/2015

Farmland programme completes century-long plans, says minister

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – The government’s farmland privatisation programme will take to fruition an idea started nearly a hundred years ago by smallholders, Hungary’s farm […]
26/10/2015

Auctions cannot prevent foreign ownership of farmland, say Socialists

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – The government’s auctioning off state-owned farmland will not prevent foreign nationals from obtaining estates in Hungary, the Socialist Party said on […]
15/10/2015

Weekly government press briefing – Borders protection, land auctions and tax admin reform

Budapest, October 15 (MTI) – The government is likely to decide within a few days whether to seal the border with Croatia, the government office chief […]
15/10/2015

Ecofarming offers solution for global food crisis, says Greenpeace Hungary official

Ecofarming could be a solution for the global food crisis, a Greenpeace Hungary campaign manager said on Wednesday, ahead of the UN World Food Day. The […]