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Hungary’s Healthcare “On The Brink Of Disaster”
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
According to general practitioner Zoltán Komáromi, Hungary’s healthcare system is on the brink of disaster. Low salaries and poor working conditions are causing doctors to either go abroad or work at private hospitals. More and more patients are choosing private health care over public for procedures that are important revenue generators for the public health care system.
See What Happened @ Budapest Jazz Club Birthday Special
- 15 Jan 2015 2:50 AM
- entertainment
The Budapest Jazz Club began celebrating its 7th birthday with three free gigs last Friday. And what a night it was for jazz lovers! On a very cold January night, three different bands with three contrasting styles got the senses going again, with the intensity growing as the evening unfolded.
Stratfor: Orbán Government Faces Its Most Difficult Year In Office Since 2010
- 10 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In its analysis of Hungarian politics in the year 2015, the U. S. geopolitical intelligence and consulting firm Stratfor, founded by Hungarian-born political scientist George Friedman, the institute assesses the challenges to be faced by Viktor Orbán’s government in 2015. In the forecast, Stratfor claims that 2015 will be the administration’s most difficult year since the second Orbán cabinet ...
Simone Dulies, Former General Manager, Le Méridien Budapest
- 5 Jan 2015 11:00 AM
As of August, Simone Dulies has been appointed General Manager of Le Meridien Budapest. She started her career in 1999 within Starwood Hotels & Resorts. After having taken different responsibilities in the Rooms Division at the Westin South Coast Plaza in California, then Director of Operations at the 688 room W New York and Turnberry Hotel in Scotland, in 2011 she was appointed GM of the ...
Xpat Opinion: Opening Anti-Government Demonstration Of The New Year
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing bloggers wonder if the demonstrations continuing into the New Year carry messages meaningful enough to eventually produce a new political majority, while conservative commentators suggest that the organisers have yet to offer constructive proposals for Hungary, beyond the desire to rid the country of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
János Suga, Former Director of Sales & Marketing, ENIAC Computing
- 29 Dec 2014 11:00 AM
János Suga despite his original education of bridge construction engineer, started to work in the aviation business in different positions and countries for 13 years. After the aviation period he changed to the IT/telecom industry where he worked in the then new IP technology's implemetation at Pantel Rt and later bacame the GM of Motorola Hungary for Central Eastern Europe.
First Names Announced For Sziget Festival 2015
- 19 Dec 2014 9:30 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival will once again have more than 50 program venues and now the organizers have started to reveal the music line-up. The Island of Freedom is always the right place for colorful programs and also 2015 will see an event presenting as many genres and artforms as possible. For 2015 Florence and the Machine, Alt-J, Jamie Woon, Blasterjaxx and many more are already confirmed. Early bird ...
Xpat Opnion: First State-Owned Hungarian Bank Is Already In Trouble
- 19 Dec 2014 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Great interest preceded a press conference held jointly by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and György Matolcsy, governor of the Hungarian National Bank (HNB), this morning. What was so important that these two men would have to appear together in public? It had to be something momentous. Well, it was. The newly “nationalized” Magyar Külkereskedemi Bank (MKB) is in serious trouble and the Hungarian ...
RTL Group Files Complaint With EC Over Hungary Ad Tax
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Luxembourg-based RTL Group filed an official complaint with the European Commission on Thursday over Hungary’s new tax on the advertising revenues of media outlets. RTL argues that the tax is “confiscatory” in that it aims to collect 80% of the tax (HUF 4,5 billion or USD 18,7 million) from an independent media group possessing just 13.5% market share.
Hungary’s Healthcare “On The Brink Of Disaster”
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
According to general practitioner Zoltán Komáromi, Hungary’s healthcare system is on the brink of disaster. Low salaries and poor working conditions are causing doctors to either go abroad or work at private hospitals. More and more patients are choosing private health care over public for procedures that are important revenue generators for the public health care system.
See What Happened @ Budapest Jazz Club Birthday Special
- 15 Jan 2015 2:50 AM
- entertainment
The Budapest Jazz Club began celebrating its 7th birthday with three free gigs last Friday. And what a night it was for jazz lovers! On a very cold January night, three different bands with three contrasting styles got the senses going again, with the intensity growing as the evening unfolded.
Stratfor: Orbán Government Faces Its Most Difficult Year In Office Since 2010
- 10 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In its analysis of Hungarian politics in the year 2015, the U. S. geopolitical intelligence and consulting firm Stratfor, founded by Hungarian-born political scientist George Friedman, the institute assesses the challenges to be faced by Viktor Orbán’s government in 2015. In the forecast, Stratfor claims that 2015 will be the administration’s most difficult year since the second Orbán cabinet ...
Simone Dulies, Former General Manager, Le Méridien Budapest
- 5 Jan 2015 11:00 AM
As of August, Simone Dulies has been appointed General Manager of Le Meridien Budapest. She started her career in 1999 within Starwood Hotels & Resorts. After having taken different responsibilities in the Rooms Division at the Westin South Coast Plaza in California, then Director of Operations at the 688 room W New York and Turnberry Hotel in Scotland, in 2011 she was appointed GM of the ...
Xpat Opinion: Opening Anti-Government Demonstration Of The New Year
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing bloggers wonder if the demonstrations continuing into the New Year carry messages meaningful enough to eventually produce a new political majority, while conservative commentators suggest that the organisers have yet to offer constructive proposals for Hungary, beyond the desire to rid the country of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
János Suga, Former Director of Sales & Marketing, ENIAC Computing
- 29 Dec 2014 11:00 AM
János Suga despite his original education of bridge construction engineer, started to work in the aviation business in different positions and countries for 13 years. After the aviation period he changed to the IT/telecom industry where he worked in the then new IP technology's implemetation at Pantel Rt and later bacame the GM of Motorola Hungary for Central Eastern Europe.
First Names Announced For Sziget Festival 2015
- 19 Dec 2014 9:30 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival will once again have more than 50 program venues and now the organizers have started to reveal the music line-up. The Island of Freedom is always the right place for colorful programs and also 2015 will see an event presenting as many genres and artforms as possible. For 2015 Florence and the Machine, Alt-J, Jamie Woon, Blasterjaxx and many more are already confirmed. Early bird ...
Xpat Opnion: First State-Owned Hungarian Bank Is Already In Trouble
- 19 Dec 2014 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Great interest preceded a press conference held jointly by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and György Matolcsy, governor of the Hungarian National Bank (HNB), this morning. What was so important that these two men would have to appear together in public? It had to be something momentous. Well, it was. The newly “nationalized” Magyar Külkereskedemi Bank (MKB) is in serious trouble and the Hungarian ...
RTL Group Files Complaint With EC Over Hungary Ad Tax
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Luxembourg-based RTL Group filed an official complaint with the European Commission on Thursday over Hungary’s new tax on the advertising revenues of media outlets. RTL argues that the tax is “confiscatory” in that it aims to collect 80% of the tax (HUF 4,5 billion or USD 18,7 million) from an independent media group possessing just 13.5% market share.