17:45, Feb 8 | The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Monday announced a program to support growth on the forint-denominated mortgage loan and mortgage bond market through bond purchases up to HUF 100 billion and regulatory initiatives based on a decision by rate-setters.

17:04, Feb 8 | Guest nights spent at commercial accommodations in Hungary fell 7.0% to 913,000 in December 2009 from a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Monday. Foreign guest nights fell less, by 3.5% to 441,000 in December and domestic guest nights fell 10.0%.

16:33, Feb 8 | Hungary's financial market regulator PSzÁF on Monday said it reported Freedom Rocks Inc, a US-based distributor of software for forex trading, to the police on suspicion of organizing a pyramid scheme. 15:59, Feb 8 | Majority Hungarian-owned biotechnology company Solvo's sales jumped 60% to more than €3 million in 2009, CEO Ernő Duda told MTI, citing preliminary data. 15:12, Feb 8 | ONGC, India's largest state-owned oil company, is seeking ways to expand cooperation with Hungarian oil and gas company MOL to jointly pursue exploration and production opportunities in third countries, India's The Economic Times (ET) reported on Monday. 14:34, Feb 8 | Hungarian IT company NEXON increased profit to HUF 290 million (€1.06 million) from HUF 259 million in 2009, generating a HUF 26 million rise in turnover to HUF 2.82 billion last year, the company informed MTI. 13:48, Feb 8 | A recent government decree will speed up the licensing procedures for Irish-owned Pannónia Ethanol's planned bioethanol plant, the business daily Napi Gazdaság said on Monday. 12:11, Feb 8 | A campaign by Toyota to recall its cars because of accelerator pedal problems could affect a total of 22,000 cars in Hungary, Toyota Motor Hungary communication director Ferenc Som told MTI on Monday. 11:20, Feb 8 | Hungary's real-estate registry as well as company and bankruptcy data must be made accessible through the European Justice Portal, according to a government decree published in the most recent issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny. 10:09, Feb 8 | Guest nights spent at commercial accommodations in Hungary fell 7.0% to 913,000 in December 2009 from a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Monday. Foreign guest nights fell less, by 3.5% to 441,000 in December and domestic guest nights fell 10.0%.

10:07, Feb 8 | Shareholders of the Hungarian airline company Malév are to decide on settling the company's capital position at Tuesday's EGM if agreement is reached at the ongoing Hungarian-Russian talks by then. 09:13, Feb 8 | Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich headed for a slender victory on Monday in a bitterly contested presidential election but rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede. 08:38, Feb 8 | Lloyds Banking Group is in talks with private equity firms interested in buying a controlling stake in its Integrated Finance unit, according to the Mail on Sunday. 08:03, Feb 8 | Japan Airlines Corp will keep its partnership with American Airlines in the Oneworld alliance and end talks with Delta Air Lines and the rival SkyTeam group, the Asahi newspaper reported. 17:05, Feb 5 | Hungarian drug company Egis signed an agreement with South Korea's Celltrion Group to distribute Celltrion's biopharmaceutical products based on FDA/EMA standard, Egis announced. 17:03, Feb 5 | Budapest Ferihegy international airport operator Budapest Airport (BA) expects passenger traffic at the airport to increase in 2010, reaching or even exceeding its 2008 figure of 8.4 million, after falling to 8.1 million in 2009, BA communications director Mihály Hardy told MTI. 16:03, Feb 5 | Hungary aims to expand its sewerage network to cover 90% of the country by 2015, up from the current 71.3%, environment minister state secretary István Kling said. 16:01, Feb 5 | Hungarian oil and gas company will focus on investments at its Croatian unit INA and a consolidation of existing upstream and downstream projects this year, CEO Zsolt Hernádi said in an interview with Reuters.

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