435 result(s) for complaint
Hungarian Protesters To Merkel: We Are Drowning In Corruption
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand Hungarian protesters gathered in Budapest’s Kossuth square this evening to demonstrate against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and to call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for European values.
Diplomat: German Firms Re-Invest 50% Of Profits In Hungary
- 2 Feb 2015 4:00 AM
- business
German companies reinvest over 50% of the profits on their operations in Hungary, German ambassador Lieselore Cyrus said in an interview published in business daily Napi Gazdaság. The ambassador noted that the 6,000 German firms active in Hungary have invested some 20 billion euros in Hungary in the past 25 years and have created 300,000 jobs.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Government & RTL TV Make Peace?
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing dailies report that the Government has made a deal with the German owners of Hungary’s increasingly critical No. 1 commercial TV station and thus removed a thorn from German-Hungarian relations a few days before Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Budapest.
European Anti-Fraud Office Eyes Budapest Developments
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) has screened public procurement deals connected with developments in Budapest’s 5th district for alleged fraud and irregularities.
Hungary’s Highest Court Says No To Criminalizing Sleeping Rough
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thanks to Hungary’s highest court, soon this man will no longer be considered a criminal. Hungary’s highest court, the Curia, has nullified a number of Budapest district and city hall ordinances forbidding people from sleeping rough in a variety of public areas. The court found that the legal rationale for the ordinances, adopted over the course of 2013, does not provide sufficient basis for ...
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Rogán Dismisses Allegations Over Budapest District Property Deals
- 15 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Antal Rogán, head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Fidesz party and former mayor of Budapest’s 5th district, denied any wrongdoing after an investigation into property deals in the district was flagged at a council meeting. Zoltán Selley, the district notary, told a meeting of the 5th district council that an investigation will “probably” be launched into real estate deals carried out ...
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.
Chief Prosecutor Suspends Procedure Against US Chargé
- 12 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation in connection with defamation charges brought against tax authority (NAV) head Ildikó Vida, but will suspend it until the suspension of chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s diplomatic immunity by the US, Vida’s lawyer told public TV’s news programme on Friday evening.
Hungarian Protesters To Merkel: We Are Drowning In Corruption
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand Hungarian protesters gathered in Budapest’s Kossuth square this evening to demonstrate against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and to call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for European values.
Diplomat: German Firms Re-Invest 50% Of Profits In Hungary
- 2 Feb 2015 4:00 AM
- business
German companies reinvest over 50% of the profits on their operations in Hungary, German ambassador Lieselore Cyrus said in an interview published in business daily Napi Gazdaság. The ambassador noted that the 6,000 German firms active in Hungary have invested some 20 billion euros in Hungary in the past 25 years and have created 300,000 jobs.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Government & RTL TV Make Peace?
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing dailies report that the Government has made a deal with the German owners of Hungary’s increasingly critical No. 1 commercial TV station and thus removed a thorn from German-Hungarian relations a few days before Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Budapest.
European Anti-Fraud Office Eyes Budapest Developments
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) has screened public procurement deals connected with developments in Budapest’s 5th district for alleged fraud and irregularities.
Hungary’s Highest Court Says No To Criminalizing Sleeping Rough
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thanks to Hungary’s highest court, soon this man will no longer be considered a criminal. Hungary’s highest court, the Curia, has nullified a number of Budapest district and city hall ordinances forbidding people from sleeping rough in a variety of public areas. The court found that the legal rationale for the ordinances, adopted over the course of 2013, does not provide sufficient basis for ...
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Rogán Dismisses Allegations Over Budapest District Property Deals
- 15 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Antal Rogán, head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Fidesz party and former mayor of Budapest’s 5th district, denied any wrongdoing after an investigation into property deals in the district was flagged at a council meeting. Zoltán Selley, the district notary, told a meeting of the 5th district council that an investigation will “probably” be launched into real estate deals carried out ...
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.
Chief Prosecutor Suspends Procedure Against US Chargé
- 12 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation in connection with defamation charges brought against tax authority (NAV) head Ildikó Vida, but will suspend it until the suspension of chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s diplomatic immunity by the US, Vida’s lawyer told public TV’s news programme on Friday evening.