MTI News Roundup: Hungary defends rezsicsökkentés, denies trafikmutyi
HUNGARY'S TOP COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF OTP BANK
Hungary's Kuria (supreme court) ruled in favour of OTP Bank, finding that the contract for foreign-currency loan which a bank client had disputed was valid.
PROTEST AGAINST COURT DECISION ON FX LOANS MOVES TO HUNGARY PM'S HOME
Protesters against a supreme court Kuria decision on FX loans moved to Prime Minister Viktor Orban's home.
EU MOTIVATED BY OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT'S REGULATION OF UTILITY PRICES, SAYS ORBAN
The European Union stands against the Hungarian government's regulation of utility prices, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told parliament.
FIDESZ SUBMITS RESOLUTION TO PARLIAMENT ON TAVARES REPORT
The ruling Fidesz party submitted a resolution to parliament in response to the European Parliament's approval of a report on the state of fundamental rights in Hungary prepared by rapporteur Rui Tavares.
THINK TANK KOPINT-TARKI FORECASTS 0.3 PC GDP GROWTH FOR 2013
Economic research institute Kopint-Tarki expects Hungary's economy to grow by 0.3 percent this year, CEO Eva Palocz said.
MARTONYI: EGYPT SHOULD FORM A CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
It is important that a civilian government should be formed in Egypt and the conditions needed for a presidential and general election should be created as swiftly as possible, Janos Martonyi, Hungary's foreign minister said.
HUNGARY, MOROCCO IDEAL REGIONAL HUBS
Hungary and Morocco are ideally situated to boost each other's commercial and investment activities in their own respective regions, Hungary's foreign minister said after a meeting with Saad Addin Al-Osmani, his Moroccan counterpart.
LMP CONCERNED ABOUT CONDITION OF N HUNGARY RED SLUDGE RESERVOIR
Reports of high concentrations of arsenic in the soil near the red sludge reservoir of Almasfuzito in northern Hungary are a reason for concern, the opposition LMP party said. (MTI)