Hungary’s new government has suspended funding of the subsidies programme for the purchase of agricultural machinery, which was dedicated to farmers in Republika Srpska and the Brcko District in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The BTP-26 programme was part of a 100m-euro support package, warned in 2022 by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik.
The Hungarian government’s decision has been made public through an announcement by the Sustainable Development Foundation ?Progressus, which managed the programme in Republika Srpska.
According to the announcement, the Hungarian government, with ruling no. 2088/2026, has abolished the prior decision no. 2372/2025 for the grant sharing for this program. As a result, the foundation has interrupted public appeal implementation BTP-26.
The call was opened on March 13, 2026, but it was closed just five days later because of intense interest. According to foundation data, 1,025 applications were accepted from farmers in Republika Srpska and the Brcko District.
Farmers could benefit subsidies from 2,500 to 25,000 euros for the purchase of machinery, equipment, and agricultural products produced in Hungary. One condition of the programme was for beneficiaries to cover at least 30 percent of the investment value with their means.
According to Radio Free Europe, in the two preliminary cycles of the programme, during 2022 and 2023, more than 28m euros were spent from the Hungarian budget. Farmers had contributed at least 12.9m euros from their means.
Albanian political link
The programme was one of the concrete forms of economic co-operation between the then Victor Orbán government and the leadership of Republika Srpska, politically run by Milorad Dodik.
Through this scheme, farmers in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb entity could purchase machinery produced in Hungary, while funding was provided by the Hungarian budget and implemented through the development network. CED headquartered in Budapest.
The break-up of the programme comes after the government’s change in Hungary, following the April 12th 2026 elections and the end of Victor Orbán’s long rule.
However, the new government’s full rationale for cutting off funding has not yet been made public.
Free Europe Radio reported that it had not received answers from the Hungarian government, CED and the Progress Foundation over the reasons for the decision, the possibility of continuing the programme, or the fate of the remaining 100m-euro package.
There is no confirmation that the entire financial package has been cancelled. The published decision concerns the 2026 agricultural subsidies programme.
Source Layer: RTKLive