Wizz Air to Launch Flights Between Budapest, Chisinau
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air from March will operate flights twice a week between Budapest and Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Friday.
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Szijjártó Marks 30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations With Croatia
Thirty years ago Hungary was among the first nations to establish diplomatic relations with Croatia, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Facebook.
COE Calls on Hungary to Stop Curbing LGBTI Rights
The Hungarian government “must stop instrumentalising and weakening the human rights of LGBTI people”, Dunja Mijatović, human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, said on Thursday.
Global regulators discuss path towards regulatory alignment on response to Omicron variant
On 12 January, regulators from around the world discussed the global regulatory response to the COVID-19 Omicron variant during a workshop, co-chaired by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the umbrella of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA). The goal of the meeting was to review […]
EU ETS emissions continued to decline during the Covid-19 pandemic
Under current and planned measures, EU Member States project that ETS emissions will continue to decrease in the coming decades albeit at a slower pace than historically, according to the latest annual European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing ‘Trends and projections in the EU ETS’ published today. On recent trends, greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations […]
European Central Bank expresses condolences following the death of European Parliament President David Sassoli
The Governing Council, the General Council, the Executive Board and the staff of the European Central Bank are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of c, President of the European Parliament.
ECB publishes supervisory banking statistics for the third quarter of 2021
The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 4.2% in October 2021 to 4.9% in November. For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 2.0% in November 2021, compared with 2.2% in October.
ECB publishes supervisory banking statistics for the third quarter of 2021
Aggregate Common Equity Tier 1 ratio at 15.47% in third quarter of 2021 (down from 15.60% in previous quarter) Aggregated annualised return on equity increased to 7.19% (compared with 6.92% in previous quarter, and up from 2.12% one year ago), driven by further decrease in impairments and provisions Cost of risk decreased to 0.53% in […]
Deutsch Re-Elected Head of Fidesz EP Delegation
The delegation of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz in the European Parliament has re-elected Tamás Deutsch as its head and Kinga Gál as chairwoman for the next two and a half years.
Households and non-financial corporations in the euro area: third quarter of 2021
Households’ financial investment increased at broadly unchanged rate of 4.0% in third quarter of 2021 Non-financial corporations’ financing increased at higher rate of 2.5% (after 2.3% in second quarter of 2021) Non-financial corporations’ gross operating surplus increased at lower rate of 8.9% (after 30.3%)