Kyiv, May 18, 2015 On May 14, 2015, the conference entitled "Doing Business in Hungary" was held at Hilton Kyiv Hotel under the patronage of the Ambassador of Hungary to Ukraine, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary that brought together the representatives of business circles and state authorities of both countries. The conference provided the Ukrainian investors and exporters with a unique opportunity to get a comprehensive information on the investment climate of the EU member state – Hungary, as well as to communicate directly with representatives of state bodies and organizations of Hungary during the panel discussions. Opening the conference H.E. Erno Keskeny, The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Hungary to Ukraine, said that Hungary was ready to support Ukraine on its way to the European integration. "Our mission is to promote investments. Hungary and Ukraine is bound by a number of economic relations and ties," the Ambassador said. Petra Pana, the Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Economic Affairs, expressed support for Ukraine. "Ukraine's successful democratic, social and economic transformation, its Euro-Atlantic integration and the strengthening of its economy is of prime importance for Hungary. We are ready to cooperate with Ukraine in agricultural sector, where your country is very strong," Pana said. In addition, the Director of the Department for Commercial Cooperation, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Ruslan Osipenko said that Ukraine had set its sights on European integration and moved confidently in this direction. "The Ministry of Economic Development has drawn up a set of reforms, aiming at constitutional and court transformations in order to facilitate the domestic business," Osipenko said. Among the experts were Robert Bodoch, the Vice President, Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA), Benedek Kovács, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Hungary, Viktor Berki, Business Development Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Exim Bank Hungary, Laszlo Peocz, Co-Founder, Invest in Hungary, Robert Szij, Co-Founder, Invest in Hungary. Peter Maga, the TV anchor was the Moderator of the event. "The government of Hungary has provided the financial support for the investment projects. If the investor co-operates with the relevant experts within his project, he is entitled to win a grant exceeding EUR 700,000," Co-founder of the "Invest in Hungary" project Robert Siy said. The conference was attended by over then 300 representatives of senior management of both Ukrainian and Hungarian companies such as Delta Food, GK Foxtrot, Horizon Capital, Agrocultura Ukraine, Farmak, Miroplast, Titan Machinery Ukraine, the Civil Fozzy-Food, Center Group, Gide Loyrette Nouel, and many others. The General Partner was Invest in Hungary, the Partner was Baker&McKenzie, Cocktail partner – GLENFIDDICH, the Official Carrier was Wizz Air, Interfax-Ukraine was the General News Partner, First National – the General TV Partner General Internet Partner – Finance.ua, Exclusive TV partner – Espreso.TV, Exclusive Media Partner – Apostrophe, Media Partner - Persha Shpalta,. The informational Partners were the European Business Association in Ukraine, Platforma, Agrarian Commodity Exchange, AgroNews, InVenture, Fixygen, Image.UA, Legal Newspaper, Financial Director, Companion, Energy Oil & Gas, AGROIMENA edition, Ukrainian public organization "Association of Lawyers of Ukraine", the event was supported by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, URE Club, Kyiv School of Economics, Kyiv Mohyla Business School, Edinburgh Business School and the Kyiv Region Center for Investments. For those who could not attend the Conference the full record of the event is available on the website: a7conf.com/hungary For further information, please contact Natalya Sherekin, Communications Director A7 GROUP, tel. +38 044 227 27 77, +38 097 501 18 65, [email protected]