Orban urges Hungarian businesses to invest across Serbia

BELGRADE - Hungarian PM Viktor Orban on Monday urged investors from his country to invest in Serbia - not only in Vojvodina but across the country - also calling on Serbian investors to come to Hungary, noting that the two nations were neighbours and partners.

Like everyone else investing in Hungary, Serbian investors would benefit from doing business in the country, he said at a press conference with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic.

We see the difficulties Serbia is experiencing - Hungary, too, had a tough year in 2011 and that is why we know which path you must go down to make the economy stronger and stronger, he said.

In the Serbian economy, too, the budget must be dealt with first, and only when there is progress in this area will economic growth be possible, Orban said, adding that there were positive tendencies in that regard, as well as in living...