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Head Of Hungary’s Tax Authority Resigns
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ildikó Vida has resigned from her post as head of Hungary’s tax authority NAV, the economy ministry said. Until a successor is appointed, vice president Árpád Varga will head the authority. Ildikó Vida tendered her resignation on May 20, while relevant laws allow for two months of a notice period. The new tax chief will be selected after key components in a planned reform to the authority have ...
Hungarian Nat Roma Org Must Take Political Responsibility If Graft Allegations Proven
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Allegations of graft connected with the National Roma Self-Government must be cleared up and the organisation headed by Flórián Farkas must take political responsibility if it transpires that its people “stole, cheated or lied,” the government office chief said at a regular government press conference.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
Szijjártó: Govt Backs EU - US Free Trade Agreement If It Serves Hungary Interests
- 27 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), adding the government was closely following ongoing negotiations.
Tax Officer Killed, Another Seriously Injured In SE Budapest
- 24 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A tax officer was stabbed to death while his partner was seriously injured in southeast Budapest. According to a joint statement from the economy ministry and tax authority NAV, the two officers were doing their job when they were attacked.
Veszprém By-Election: Governing Parties Loose Two-Thirds Majority In Parliament
- 23 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Governing parties have lost their two-thirds majority in Parliament after a by-election held in the Veszprém constituency in western Hungary on Sunday was won by an independent candidate backed by left-wing parties.
András Simonyi: Orbán Is Off Course & Heading Down The Wrong Track
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first half of our interview with András Simonyi, Hungary’s former ambassador to NATO and the United States, was published on Thursday, February 19, 2015. The interview took place on Wednesday, February 18, the day after Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Budapest. Mr. Simonyi is presently managing director for the Center of Transatlantic Relations at the ...
Politicians, Whistleblowers Turn To EP CTTEE Over Hungary “VAT Fraud”
- 9 Feb 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
A former lawmaker of the opposition LMP party and two former tax office employees will submit a joint petition to the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee over “the VAT fraud issue” in Hungary.
Head Of Hungary’s Tax Authority Resigns
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ildikó Vida has resigned from her post as head of Hungary’s tax authority NAV, the economy ministry said. Until a successor is appointed, vice president Árpád Varga will head the authority. Ildikó Vida tendered her resignation on May 20, while relevant laws allow for two months of a notice period. The new tax chief will be selected after key components in a planned reform to the authority have ...
Hungarian Nat Roma Org Must Take Political Responsibility If Graft Allegations Proven
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Allegations of graft connected with the National Roma Self-Government must be cleared up and the organisation headed by Flórián Farkas must take political responsibility if it transpires that its people “stole, cheated or lied,” the government office chief said at a regular government press conference.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
Szijjártó: Govt Backs EU - US Free Trade Agreement If It Serves Hungary Interests
- 27 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), adding the government was closely following ongoing negotiations.
Tax Officer Killed, Another Seriously Injured In SE Budapest
- 24 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A tax officer was stabbed to death while his partner was seriously injured in southeast Budapest. According to a joint statement from the economy ministry and tax authority NAV, the two officers were doing their job when they were attacked.
Veszprém By-Election: Governing Parties Loose Two-Thirds Majority In Parliament
- 23 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Governing parties have lost their two-thirds majority in Parliament after a by-election held in the Veszprém constituency in western Hungary on Sunday was won by an independent candidate backed by left-wing parties.
András Simonyi: Orbán Is Off Course & Heading Down The Wrong Track
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first half of our interview with András Simonyi, Hungary’s former ambassador to NATO and the United States, was published on Thursday, February 19, 2015. The interview took place on Wednesday, February 18, the day after Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Budapest. Mr. Simonyi is presently managing director for the Center of Transatlantic Relations at the ...
Politicians, Whistleblowers Turn To EP CTTEE Over Hungary “VAT Fraud”
- 9 Feb 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
A former lawmaker of the opposition LMP party and two former tax office employees will submit a joint petition to the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee over “the VAT fraud issue” in Hungary.