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EU Membership Still Popular In Hungary After All
- 3 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The latest Tárki survey found that more Hungarians favour EU membership than oppose it, contrary to Monday’s reports. Confusion arose because the pollster mixed up two numbers.
Investment In Hungary Increased In Q2
- 2 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Fixed capital investments in Hungary were up 4.6% year-on-year in the second quarter, the Central Statistics Office announced, the first such increase in six years. Analysts’ polled by Napi Gazdaság had forecast a 6% drop, on average, after the 8.7% decline in the first quarter.
EU Membership No Longer Popular In Hungary
- 2 Sep 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
For the first time, a poll has found that a majority of Hungarians believe that EU membership has more drawbacks than advantages. According to a Tárki survey, 39% of Hungarians say EU membership is more bad than good, 32% think the opposite and 22% believe that the EU membership is a mixture of good and bad.
Special Services Agent Pulls Gun On Gas Attendant In Hungary
- 30 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prosecutors have begun proceedings against a member of the National Security Special Services on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. The unidentified man wanted to leave without paying after getting fuel at a Budapest petrol station Wednesday evening.
Xpat Opinion: Exploiting The Roma Murder Trial In Hungary
- 30 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media gave ample coverage to the guilty verdicts delivered recently in what was a closely watched murder trial in Hungary. The four defendants were found guilty in the death of six Roma, shocking murders committed in 2008 and 2009. Three were sentenced to life in prison without parole and one of them, an accomplice, to 13 years without parole.
MOL Teams With Magyar Telekom For Mobile Service In Hungary
- 29 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- tech
MOL is launching a mobile-phone service from Monday, in partnership with T-Mobile, based on an agreement signed in July, Népszabadság reports. The venture is a bid to make up for falling revenue at MOL’s filling station shops since the state nationalised tobacco retail sales, the newspaper adds.
Hungarian Parliament Raises Teachers’ Salaries, Hours
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament on Monday amended a 2011 law on education to reflect the fact that the government will raise teachers’ salaries by only 60% of the originally planned amount from September. The new law abolishes overtime pay and raises the number of mandatory teaching hours from 22 to 26 each week.
Budapest Peto Institute Nearly Bankrupt
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The world famous International Peto Institute for teaching physically disabled children is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to reports. Annual revenues have fallen from Ft 2.2 billion to Ft 1.5 billion, and the institute is losing Ft 20 million each month.
Budapest Mayor Tarlós Calls For Congestion Charge
- 27 Aug 2013 9:01 AM
- getting around
A congestion fee will have to be introduced in Budapest sooner or later, as the EU continues to insist on it, mayor István Tarlós told Inforádió on Monday. The previous city leadership agreed to introduce the fee for vehicles entering the city centre as a condition for receiving EU funds for construction of the fourth metro line, he said.
EU Membership Still Popular In Hungary After All
- 3 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The latest Tárki survey found that more Hungarians favour EU membership than oppose it, contrary to Monday’s reports. Confusion arose because the pollster mixed up two numbers.
Investment In Hungary Increased In Q2
- 2 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Fixed capital investments in Hungary were up 4.6% year-on-year in the second quarter, the Central Statistics Office announced, the first such increase in six years. Analysts’ polled by Napi Gazdaság had forecast a 6% drop, on average, after the 8.7% decline in the first quarter.
EU Membership No Longer Popular In Hungary
- 2 Sep 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
For the first time, a poll has found that a majority of Hungarians believe that EU membership has more drawbacks than advantages. According to a Tárki survey, 39% of Hungarians say EU membership is more bad than good, 32% think the opposite and 22% believe that the EU membership is a mixture of good and bad.
Special Services Agent Pulls Gun On Gas Attendant In Hungary
- 30 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prosecutors have begun proceedings against a member of the National Security Special Services on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. The unidentified man wanted to leave without paying after getting fuel at a Budapest petrol station Wednesday evening.
Xpat Opinion: Exploiting The Roma Murder Trial In Hungary
- 30 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media gave ample coverage to the guilty verdicts delivered recently in what was a closely watched murder trial in Hungary. The four defendants were found guilty in the death of six Roma, shocking murders committed in 2008 and 2009. Three were sentenced to life in prison without parole and one of them, an accomplice, to 13 years without parole.
MOL Teams With Magyar Telekom For Mobile Service In Hungary
- 29 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- tech
MOL is launching a mobile-phone service from Monday, in partnership with T-Mobile, based on an agreement signed in July, Népszabadság reports. The venture is a bid to make up for falling revenue at MOL’s filling station shops since the state nationalised tobacco retail sales, the newspaper adds.
Hungarian Parliament Raises Teachers’ Salaries, Hours
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament on Monday amended a 2011 law on education to reflect the fact that the government will raise teachers’ salaries by only 60% of the originally planned amount from September. The new law abolishes overtime pay and raises the number of mandatory teaching hours from 22 to 26 each week.
Budapest Peto Institute Nearly Bankrupt
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The world famous International Peto Institute for teaching physically disabled children is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to reports. Annual revenues have fallen from Ft 2.2 billion to Ft 1.5 billion, and the institute is losing Ft 20 million each month.
Budapest Mayor Tarlós Calls For Congestion Charge
- 27 Aug 2013 9:01 AM
- getting around
A congestion fee will have to be introduced in Budapest sooner or later, as the EU continues to insist on it, mayor István Tarlós told Inforádió on Monday. The previous city leadership agreed to introduce the fee for vehicles entering the city centre as a condition for receiving EU funds for construction of the fourth metro line, he said.