Coronavirus - Szijjarto: Govt accepts op body proposals on resources, infrastructure

The government has accepted six new proposals of the operative board responsible for relaunching Hungary's economy, four of which aim to make the distribution of resources more efficient and two improve infrastructure, the foreign minister said on Wednesday. The government cleared the launch of a programme of the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) to support developments in the construction industry that improve efficiency, Szijjarto said. It also approved a more than 200 billion forint (EUR 554.7m) expansion of MFB's balance sheet with the aim of making its lending activities more flexible, he added.