497 result(s) for business association
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 ...
RTL Klub CEO: We'll Stay In Hungary And Fight
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The following story, by Florence La Bruyère, is from the July 18 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal. "If you are just back from a long trek to Nepal and havent watched the evening news on RTL Klub for a month, be prepared for a shock. Where Hungarys largest commercial channel previously concentrated on crime stories and light news, its evening news is now twice as long as it used to ...
Hungarian Govt To Freeze 110 Billion Forints In Spending
- 18 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will freeze 110 billion forints (EUR 355m) in central budget expenditures to ensure that this year’s 2.9%-of-GDP deficit target can be met, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said on Thursday. The freeze will not affect families or businesses, only government expenditures, he said at a conference of the Hungarian Economic Association and the Fiscal Council.
Proposal For Paid For Services In Hungarian State Hospitals
- 27 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Hungarian Hospital Association supports introducing paid-for services in state hospitals, the association’s president said in business daily Napi Gazdaság’s Thursday edition. Demand for services provided in the private health-care market has increased in recent years, György Velkey told the paper. Introducing paid-for care would greatly benefit underfinanced state hospitals, he said.
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik’s Béla Kovács & His Alleged Russian Ties
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media have been all over the Béla Kovács story over the last few days. Hungarian press and even some international have reported the story about the member of the European Parliament from Hungary’s far-right Jobbik who faces allegations of using his mandate in the service of Russia’s interests vis-à-vis EU institutions. He has even earned a nickname in the Hungarian media: “K.G. Béla,” a play on ...
Creative Industry Boom In Hungary - Startup Companies Appear At Every Corner
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The successors of Ernő Rubik, creator of the Rubik's Cube, require both creativity and perseverance to succeed, a recent publication on Hungarian creativity in the 21st century reveals. Despite the difficulties, startup companies continue to pop up and flourish, and represent a perceivable factor of the Hungarian economy.
Hungarian Judge Adjourns Rezesova Case
- 6 May 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
A hearing in the case of a fatal 2012 road accident was adjourned on Monday, after Slovak defendant Eva Rezešová Varholíková reported sick. The case, in which Rezešová has already been sentenced to 6 years in jail for 4 counts of manslaughter, is now before an appellate court in Budapest.
Hungary’s Property Developers To Complete Euro 152M Of Projects In 2014
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- property
Members of Hungary’s Property Developers Roundtable Association (IFK) are expected to construct 71,000sqm of building space with a value of 152 million euros this year, the professional group told MTI. The scale of the projects is up 41% from last year. The value has climbed 29%. But IFK said it would still take 2-3 years for the pace of business to really pick up.
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 ...
RTL Klub CEO: We'll Stay In Hungary And Fight
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The following story, by Florence La Bruyère, is from the July 18 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal. "If you are just back from a long trek to Nepal and havent watched the evening news on RTL Klub for a month, be prepared for a shock. Where Hungarys largest commercial channel previously concentrated on crime stories and light news, its evening news is now twice as long as it used to ...
Hungarian Govt To Freeze 110 Billion Forints In Spending
- 18 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will freeze 110 billion forints (EUR 355m) in central budget expenditures to ensure that this year’s 2.9%-of-GDP deficit target can be met, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said on Thursday. The freeze will not affect families or businesses, only government expenditures, he said at a conference of the Hungarian Economic Association and the Fiscal Council.
Proposal For Paid For Services In Hungarian State Hospitals
- 27 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Hungarian Hospital Association supports introducing paid-for services in state hospitals, the association’s president said in business daily Napi Gazdaság’s Thursday edition. Demand for services provided in the private health-care market has increased in recent years, György Velkey told the paper. Introducing paid-for care would greatly benefit underfinanced state hospitals, he said.
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik’s Béla Kovács & His Alleged Russian Ties
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media have been all over the Béla Kovács story over the last few days. Hungarian press and even some international have reported the story about the member of the European Parliament from Hungary’s far-right Jobbik who faces allegations of using his mandate in the service of Russia’s interests vis-à-vis EU institutions. He has even earned a nickname in the Hungarian media: “K.G. Béla,” a play on ...
Creative Industry Boom In Hungary - Startup Companies Appear At Every Corner
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The successors of Ernő Rubik, creator of the Rubik's Cube, require both creativity and perseverance to succeed, a recent publication on Hungarian creativity in the 21st century reveals. Despite the difficulties, startup companies continue to pop up and flourish, and represent a perceivable factor of the Hungarian economy.
Hungarian Judge Adjourns Rezesova Case
- 6 May 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
A hearing in the case of a fatal 2012 road accident was adjourned on Monday, after Slovak defendant Eva Rezešová Varholíková reported sick. The case, in which Rezešová has already been sentenced to 6 years in jail for 4 counts of manslaughter, is now before an appellate court in Budapest.
Hungary’s Property Developers To Complete Euro 152M Of Projects In 2014
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- property
Members of Hungary’s Property Developers Roundtable Association (IFK) are expected to construct 71,000sqm of building space with a value of 152 million euros this year, the professional group told MTI. The scale of the projects is up 41% from last year. The value has climbed 29%. But IFK said it would still take 2-3 years for the pace of business to really pick up.