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Hungary’s Socialist Party Demands Household Utility Price Cuts
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party has demanded that the retail price of gas should be cut by 20%, while the prices of electricity and district heating should be reduced by 10% in the wake of shrinking global prices.
Xpat Opinion: Without Foreigners, We Dance Alone
- 15 Jan 2015 2:40 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: Back in May 2012, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán famously spoke of the “peacock dance” of diplomacy, in which one seeks to remain friendly with foreign powers, even while acting against their wishes.
Hungary Wants More Russian Gas
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary would like to store more Russian gas in Hungarian reservoirs, to enhance the security of energy supply, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday.
Minister, Opposition On Strasbourg Court Ruling Against Hungary
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The state of Hungary violated rules protecting private ownership when it stripped a tobacconist of his licence in 2013, the European Court of Human Rights ruled. The case was filed by László Vékony of Sopron, in western Hungary, who lost his licence to sell tobacco products after Hungary decided to make the retail trade of tobacco a state monopoly.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán On Curbing Immigration
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators join opposition politicians in condemning the Prime Minister for his comments that Hungary will not become a target destination for ‘economic migrants’. A right-wing blogger reminds them – and the US Chargé d’Affaires – of the Mexico-US border fence erected against illegal immigration.
Hungary Posts Negative Inflation Of -0.9% In Dec
- 14 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- business
Consumer prices in Hungary dropped by an annual 0.9% in December, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Emerging market analysts in London had expected a reading in December of -0.4%. Consumer prices fell by 0.7% in November and by 0.2% on average in 2014.
More Hungarians Speak Foreign Languages
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The proportion of Hungarians speaking a foreign language has gone up by 12 percentage points in five years, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Tuesday, citing data by the Central Statistical Office. In 2006, only 25% of Hungarians spoke at least one foreign language whereas their proportion in 2011 was 37%, the paper said.
Hungary’s LMP Party Leader Slams Govt For Having “No Strategy”
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government “does not seem to have a plan to utilise its two-thirds majority”, while the ruling parties’ loss in voter support may benefit green LMP, the latter party’s co-leader said. Concerning a by-election in western Hungary’s Veszprém set for February, András Schiffer reaffirmed that his party would field a candidate of its own, rather than support an independent candidate backed by the ...
Hungary’s Union Chief “Trusts In Agreement” With Govt
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A partial road-block demonstration organised by the Liga trade union umbrella organisation around the country went according to plans, István Gaskó, the union’s chief, said on Monday afternoon. Joined by several unions, Liga held the partial road blockade at altogether 54 points between 7am and 4pm in protest against government measures which the unions say are disadvantageous to employees.
Hungary’s Socialist Party Demands Household Utility Price Cuts
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party has demanded that the retail price of gas should be cut by 20%, while the prices of electricity and district heating should be reduced by 10% in the wake of shrinking global prices.
Xpat Opinion: Without Foreigners, We Dance Alone
- 15 Jan 2015 2:40 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: Back in May 2012, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán famously spoke of the “peacock dance” of diplomacy, in which one seeks to remain friendly with foreign powers, even while acting against their wishes.
Hungary Wants More Russian Gas
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary would like to store more Russian gas in Hungarian reservoirs, to enhance the security of energy supply, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday.
Minister, Opposition On Strasbourg Court Ruling Against Hungary
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The state of Hungary violated rules protecting private ownership when it stripped a tobacconist of his licence in 2013, the European Court of Human Rights ruled. The case was filed by László Vékony of Sopron, in western Hungary, who lost his licence to sell tobacco products after Hungary decided to make the retail trade of tobacco a state monopoly.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán On Curbing Immigration
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators join opposition politicians in condemning the Prime Minister for his comments that Hungary will not become a target destination for ‘economic migrants’. A right-wing blogger reminds them – and the US Chargé d’Affaires – of the Mexico-US border fence erected against illegal immigration.
Hungary Posts Negative Inflation Of -0.9% In Dec
- 14 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- business
Consumer prices in Hungary dropped by an annual 0.9% in December, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Emerging market analysts in London had expected a reading in December of -0.4%. Consumer prices fell by 0.7% in November and by 0.2% on average in 2014.
More Hungarians Speak Foreign Languages
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The proportion of Hungarians speaking a foreign language has gone up by 12 percentage points in five years, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Tuesday, citing data by the Central Statistical Office. In 2006, only 25% of Hungarians spoke at least one foreign language whereas their proportion in 2011 was 37%, the paper said.
Hungary’s LMP Party Leader Slams Govt For Having “No Strategy”
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government “does not seem to have a plan to utilise its two-thirds majority”, while the ruling parties’ loss in voter support may benefit green LMP, the latter party’s co-leader said. Concerning a by-election in western Hungary’s Veszprém set for February, András Schiffer reaffirmed that his party would field a candidate of its own, rather than support an independent candidate backed by the ...
Hungary’s Union Chief “Trusts In Agreement” With Govt
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A partial road-block demonstration organised by the Liga trade union umbrella organisation around the country went according to plans, István Gaskó, the union’s chief, said on Monday afternoon. Joined by several unions, Liga held the partial road blockade at altogether 54 points between 7am and 4pm in protest against government measures which the unions say are disadvantageous to employees.