Hungary announces new economic measures
By IANS| Published: 20th December 2020 10:37 am IST
Budapest, Dec 20 : Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced new economic relief measures to increase economy activity, as the number confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has topped the 300,000 mark.
“In the interests of families and businesses, the government has decided to add new items to its economic protection action plan,” Xinhua news agency quoted Orban as saying in a Facebook post on Saturday, in which he listed the following decisions.
The first is to extend a moratorium on loan repayments by households and businesses until July 1, 2021, to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, Orban said.
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