174 result(s) for bank system in Current Affairs
Hungary Seeks To Restore Domestic Ownership Of Major Enterprises
- 22 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is attempting to restore large enterprises to Hungarian state ownership. It is working hard to convince foreign owners to sell their assets to Hungarian investors. Heti Válasz offers a wrap-up of the four-year process, which includes, among other sectors, electricity generation and the media.
Private Pension Funds To Be Eliminated In Hungary By 2015
- 25 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reuters has reported that Hungary’s mandatory private pension funds could be eliminated by the end of this year if a new government measure that requires a highly active membership is passed. The Hungarian government has already been tapping the private schemes since 2010 for 360 billion forints (0.96 billion pounds) a year to cut the state budget deficit.
Xpat Opinion: America Wants Policy Change In Hungary
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the United States wants Hungary to reverse the political course it has been following for the past few years. All place the recent American entry ban imposed on six Hungarian personalities suspected of corruption in this context. But they disagree on who is right and who is wrong in this dispute.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Hungary’s Illiberal Prime Minister, Billionaire Sandor Csanyi & Batman
- 24 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opened the autumn session of the Hungarian parliament with a speech that set out his government’s agenda for the months ahead on Monday. Orbán also made the case for Fidesz’s war on banks and further decreases in household utility costs.
Hungary’s PM: Justice Done For Borrowers
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Once banks have been forced to settle with their clients who borrowed in foreign currency, remaining instalments of loans will certainly decrease by one-third on average, the prime minister said in a radio interview. It is unprecedented in the history of Hungary’s economy that the government and parliament has followed “the logic of fairness” and fully screened “an unfair system of financial ...
Xpat Opinion: Procreation And Pensions In Hungary
- 31 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last month or so article after article appeared about the conclusions of a group of economists and demographers who have been discussing possible solutions to the interrelated problems of the low Hungarian birthrate and the eventual depletion of the state pension fund. This group, the Népesedési Kerekasztal (Demographic round table), seems to have the support of the Orbán government. It is ...
Hungarian Farmers Association, LMP Wary About Subsidy Cuts In Farm Sector
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s planned subsidy cuts have created tensions in the farming sector, the head of the Association of Agricultural Producers (MOSZ) said. Area-based European Union subsidies are set to drop by at least 150,000 euros per farm with land exceeding 1,200 hectares, under a government decision announced in mid-July. The subsidies will be used to support animal husbandry instead, farm ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Hungary Seeks To Restore Domestic Ownership Of Major Enterprises
- 22 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is attempting to restore large enterprises to Hungarian state ownership. It is working hard to convince foreign owners to sell their assets to Hungarian investors. Heti Válasz offers a wrap-up of the four-year process, which includes, among other sectors, electricity generation and the media.
Private Pension Funds To Be Eliminated In Hungary By 2015
- 25 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reuters has reported that Hungary’s mandatory private pension funds could be eliminated by the end of this year if a new government measure that requires a highly active membership is passed. The Hungarian government has already been tapping the private schemes since 2010 for 360 billion forints (0.96 billion pounds) a year to cut the state budget deficit.
Xpat Opinion: America Wants Policy Change In Hungary
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the United States wants Hungary to reverse the political course it has been following for the past few years. All place the recent American entry ban imposed on six Hungarian personalities suspected of corruption in this context. But they disagree on who is right and who is wrong in this dispute.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Hungary’s Illiberal Prime Minister, Billionaire Sandor Csanyi & Batman
- 24 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opened the autumn session of the Hungarian parliament with a speech that set out his government’s agenda for the months ahead on Monday. Orbán also made the case for Fidesz’s war on banks and further decreases in household utility costs.
Hungary’s PM: Justice Done For Borrowers
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Once banks have been forced to settle with their clients who borrowed in foreign currency, remaining instalments of loans will certainly decrease by one-third on average, the prime minister said in a radio interview. It is unprecedented in the history of Hungary’s economy that the government and parliament has followed “the logic of fairness” and fully screened “an unfair system of financial ...
Xpat Opinion: Procreation And Pensions In Hungary
- 31 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last month or so article after article appeared about the conclusions of a group of economists and demographers who have been discussing possible solutions to the interrelated problems of the low Hungarian birthrate and the eventual depletion of the state pension fund. This group, the Népesedési Kerekasztal (Demographic round table), seems to have the support of the Orbán government. It is ...
Hungarian Farmers Association, LMP Wary About Subsidy Cuts In Farm Sector
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s planned subsidy cuts have created tensions in the farming sector, the head of the Association of Agricultural Producers (MOSZ) said. Area-based European Union subsidies are set to drop by at least 150,000 euros per farm with land exceeding 1,200 hectares, under a government decision announced in mid-July. The subsidies will be used to support animal husbandry instead, farm ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.