Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán awarded Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Salgado with the Hungarian Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Republic. Salgado is the vice president of Banco Spirito Santo Bank, one of Portugal’s leading financial institutions. The Portuguese businessman was honored for strengthening Hungarian-Portuguese relations and developing cultural and trade relations between the two countries. Salgado said that this is a real honor not only for him but for Portugal as well.
