agriculture

14/10/2015

Government starts farmland auctions

Budapest (MTI) – The national land manager (NFA) on Tuesday put out advertisements for the first auctions for state-owned plots aimed to be purchased by Hungarian […]
13/10/2015

Opposition parties to turn to top court over planned sale of state land

Budapest, October 13 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists, LMP and Jobbik parties will file a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the government’s planned sale of […]
06/10/2015

The Hungarian sour cherry got around the Russian embargo

“Due to the Russian import ban introduced last year, it was likely that the sour cherry export will fall back, but actually more than twice of […]
03/10/2015

Dialogue for Hungary presses for court review of farmland privatisation

Budapest, October 3 (MTI) – The Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party will ask the fundamental rights ombudsman to initiate a review by the constitutional court of […]
25/09/2015

Jobbik to turn to Constitutional Court over planned sale of state land

Budapest, September 25 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it will submit a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the government’s planned sale of […]
16/09/2015

LMP calls for sealing border to GMO plants

Budapest, September 16 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP party is calling on the government to veto transatlantic free trade agreement (TTIP) talks in order to […]
10/09/2015

New cases of bluetongue found in Hungary

Budapest, September 10 (MTI) – Hungary’s farm ministry on Thursday announced a new outbreak of bluetongue, a viral disease of ruminants, but said the same observation […]
07/09/2015

Farm land auctions could start in October

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – Auctions for state-owned farm land could start as soon as October, daily Magyar Hirlap said at the weekend. In an interview, […]
15/07/2015

Jobbik slams plan to allow leaseholders to buy state land

Budapest, July 15 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has savaged a plan to allow leaseholders of state land to buy the holdings. Jobbik lawmaker […]
15/07/2015

Farm ministry closes loophole allowing big landowners access to farm subsidies

Budapest, July 15 (MTI) – Hungary’s agriculture ministry is closing a loophole that big land owners use to get around an exclusion from European Union farmland […]
13/07/2015

Farm ministry sues Socialist politician

Budapest, July 13 (MTI) – The farm ministry is suing deputy Socialist leader Zoltan Gogos, a former farm ministry official, and wants nearly half a billion […]
08/07/2015

Farm ministry official insists “expropriated” land should be returned to state

Budapest, July 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s farm ministry has called for an investigation into the status of land formerly belonging to cooperatives during the communist era […]
06/05/2015

Unlikely Russia sanctions will be lifted this year – govt official

Budapest, May 6 (MTI) – It is unlikely that European Union sanctions against Russia will be lifted before the end of the year, a foreign ministry […]
15/04/2015

Hungary survives Russian embargo by raising exports in neighbouring countries

Belgrade (MTI) – Hungarian companies have been able to survive the negative effects of a Russian embargo by successfully selling surplus products on the markets of […]
12/02/2015

US ambassador stresses importance of regulatory transparency, predictability

Budapest (MTI) – International investors most prize transparent regulations and predictability, the US ambassador in Budapest said on Wednesday. Colleen Bell told a business forum of […]
26/01/2015

Protection for Hungarian food not be compromised, says agriculture minister

Budapest, January 26 (MTI) – The level of protection for high-quality Hungarian food must not be lowered, Sandor Fazekas, the agriculture minister, said in Brussels on […]
23/01/2015

Hungary to produce GMO-free milk, meat, eggs

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary plans to produce GMO-free milk, meat and eggs, and has already made the initial steps required in the case of milk, farm […]
28/12/2014

Hungary farm sector output continues to grow in 2014

Budapest (MTI) – The output of Hungary’s farm sector this year could exceed last year’s 2.3 trillion forints (EUR 7.3bn), Agriculture Minister Sandor Fazekas told MTI […]
09/10/2014

Hungarian, Russian Farm Ministers Meet in Moscow

Moscow, October 9 (MTI) – Farm Minister Sandor Fazekas has met Russian counterpart Nikolay Fedorov for talks on the sidelines of the Moscow agriculture show Golden […]
02/10/2014

EU Extends Aid for Hungarian Fruit, Veg Export Loss Due to Russian Ban

(MTI) – Brussels has approved funding for Hungarian farmers for the loss of 4,295 tonnes of fruit and vegetable in exports due to the Russian embargo, […]