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27th March, 2025

Village shops to get Ft 3mn subsidy



The government will provide up to Ft 3 million in grants for shops operating in villages with less than 2,000 inhabitants, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Facebook after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting,

This follows a similar measure, also offering up to Ft 3 million in state funds for pubs in villages with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants.

Almost everything at the cabinet meeting was about villages, according to Orbán, as “we believe that villages are not the past, but the future, so 2025 will be a breakthrough year in villages as well.”

The government is also ordering banks to install ATMs in small villages and has launched a church renovation programme.

Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).

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