2,512 result(s) for aid
Hungary's Forint Returns Below Ft 300 Per Euro
- 9 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The forint strengthened to Ft 296.3 per euro on Monday, its highest level in a month, due to poor US economic data, Napi Gazdaság reports. Monetary easing by the Bank of Japan prompted Japanese investors to buy European bonds, pushing down their yields and strengthening local currencies, according to Concorde brokers.
More Hungarians Migrating To UK
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is in tenth place in a new ranking of the native country of recent immigrants to the UK, Magyar Hírlap reports, citing England’s Daily Mail newspaper. Last year 18,110 Hungarians – 0.18% of the population – applied for a UK social security number.
Mayor’s Daughter Assaulted In Pécs, Hungary
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 20-year-old daughter of Pécs’s Fidesz mayor Zsolt Páva was brutally assaulted at 4 a.m. Friday morning, as the assailant at-tempted to rape her. The woman, who was returning home from a university party, was seriously injured and is receiving treatment in hospital.
Rosatom Offers Paks Proposal In Hungary
- 5 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Russian state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom yesterday presented its technological proposals for the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. Rosatom is one of five candidates that meet the tender specifications for expansion.
Wizz Air Announces Flights To Dubai From Budapest
- 4 Apr 2013 11:55 AM
- travel
Low-cost airline Wizz Air will operate direct flights to Dubai from Budapest from October 28, commercial director György Abrán announced yesterday. Wizz Air will service the Budapest-Dubai route four times a week, flying from Budapest in the morning hours.
Tobin May Serve One Or Two Days Here In Hungary
- 4 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Francis Ciaran Tobin may return to Ireland one or two days after he begins to serve his prison term in Hungary, and may serve the rest of his sentence there, Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics told M1’s “Az Este” programme on Wednesday evening.
SAS, Aegean Airlines Return To Budapest
- 3 Apr 2013 9:01 AM
- travel
Scandinavia’s SAS airlines will return to Budapest on April 4, flying nine flights weekly to Copenhagen and Oslo, Budapest Airport announced yesterday. Aegean Airlines will return on April 9, with four flights a week to Athens.
Socialists VAT Petition Drive Approved In Hungary
- 3 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The signature sheets of the Socialist Party’s petition drive to reduce VAT were distributed to constituency officials a few days ago, Népszabadság reports. Deputy caucus leader Zoltán Lukács told the newspaper that as the governing party would not even approve their proposal to lower the VAT on food items from 27% to 5% for debate in Parliament, they will now turn to ordinary people.
Police Raid Király Utca Café In Budapest
- 2 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police on Friday night raided the Sirály café on Király utca, said to be the place where the March 7 attack on Fidesz headquarters was organised. Ádám Schönberger, an official with the Marom Budapest Association, which operates the bar, said 100-150 people were in the Sirály when dozens of police officers raided it.
Hungary's Forint Returns Below Ft 300 Per Euro
- 9 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The forint strengthened to Ft 296.3 per euro on Monday, its highest level in a month, due to poor US economic data, Napi Gazdaság reports. Monetary easing by the Bank of Japan prompted Japanese investors to buy European bonds, pushing down their yields and strengthening local currencies, according to Concorde brokers.
More Hungarians Migrating To UK
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is in tenth place in a new ranking of the native country of recent immigrants to the UK, Magyar Hírlap reports, citing England’s Daily Mail newspaper. Last year 18,110 Hungarians – 0.18% of the population – applied for a UK social security number.
Mayor’s Daughter Assaulted In Pécs, Hungary
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 20-year-old daughter of Pécs’s Fidesz mayor Zsolt Páva was brutally assaulted at 4 a.m. Friday morning, as the assailant at-tempted to rape her. The woman, who was returning home from a university party, was seriously injured and is receiving treatment in hospital.
Rosatom Offers Paks Proposal In Hungary
- 5 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Russian state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom yesterday presented its technological proposals for the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. Rosatom is one of five candidates that meet the tender specifications for expansion.
Wizz Air Announces Flights To Dubai From Budapest
- 4 Apr 2013 11:55 AM
- travel
Low-cost airline Wizz Air will operate direct flights to Dubai from Budapest from October 28, commercial director György Abrán announced yesterday. Wizz Air will service the Budapest-Dubai route four times a week, flying from Budapest in the morning hours.
Tobin May Serve One Or Two Days Here In Hungary
- 4 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Francis Ciaran Tobin may return to Ireland one or two days after he begins to serve his prison term in Hungary, and may serve the rest of his sentence there, Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics told M1’s “Az Este” programme on Wednesday evening.
SAS, Aegean Airlines Return To Budapest
- 3 Apr 2013 9:01 AM
- travel
Scandinavia’s SAS airlines will return to Budapest on April 4, flying nine flights weekly to Copenhagen and Oslo, Budapest Airport announced yesterday. Aegean Airlines will return on April 9, with four flights a week to Athens.
Socialists VAT Petition Drive Approved In Hungary
- 3 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The signature sheets of the Socialist Party’s petition drive to reduce VAT were distributed to constituency officials a few days ago, Népszabadság reports. Deputy caucus leader Zoltán Lukács told the newspaper that as the governing party would not even approve their proposal to lower the VAT on food items from 27% to 5% for debate in Parliament, they will now turn to ordinary people.
Police Raid Király Utca Café In Budapest
- 2 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police on Friday night raided the Sirály café on Király utca, said to be the place where the March 7 attack on Fidesz headquarters was organised. Ádám Schönberger, an official with the Marom Budapest Association, which operates the bar, said 100-150 people were in the Sirály when dozens of police officers raided it.