farmland sales

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 […]
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 […]
17/11/2015

Parliament passes taxpayer classification, red tape reduction laws, supermarket oversight fees and farmland leases

Budapest, November 17 (MTI) – Lawmakers on Tuesday approved bills on cutting red tape and classifying taxpayers based on tax compliance risk. Lawmakers approved an amendment to […]
14/11/2015

Jobbik sees land issue as Orban’s failure

Budapest (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban has suffered a defeat in connection with the sale of state-owned land and blamed Jobbik for “his erroneous land […]
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 […]
20/10/2015

Land must go to farmers, says Orban

Budapest (MTI) – Farmland should be entrusted to farmers, who know how to cultivate it, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Parliament on Monday, in his […]
19/10/2015

Socialists want local councils to have priority in state land sales

Budapest, October 19 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists have motioned that local councils should have pre-purchase rights when state land is sold, deputy leader of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
17/04/2014

Socialists Support Calls To Convene Parliamentary Session On Farmland Issues

Budapest, April 17 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists will support calls by the green opposition LMP party to convene an extraordinary parliamentary session over farmland issues. […]
15/04/2014

EP Elections – LMP And Jobbik Would Lobby To Protect Hungarian Farmland

Budapest, April 15 (MTI) – The small opposition LMP party has proposed that a two-day extraordinary session of parliament should be convened to discuss the protection […]
25/03/2014

Ministry examines farmland contracts in Western Hungary

(MTI) – The rural development ministry suspects thousands of “pocket contracts” in Veszprem County in western Hungary, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Tuesday. Scrutiny has fallen […]
21/03/2014

Jobbik appeals election cttee rejection of referendum over farmland ownership

Budapest, March 21 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party will submit an appeal to the Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, against the National Election Committee’s (NVI) […]
20/03/2014

Election committee rejects Jobbik’s call for referendum over farmland ownership

Budapest, March 20 (MTI) – The National Election Committee refused on Thursday a proposal by the radical nationalist Jobbik party to hold a referendum on keeping […]