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Hungary Will Not Accept Returning Migrants
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will not accept any migrants who have already crossed through the country once, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács told an international press conference. Hungary has never violated the Dublin agreement or the Schengen agreement but fulfilled them both, Kovács said in Brussels.
Govt Organising Summer Camps In Hungary For Children From Ukraine
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will spend 40 million forints (EUR 127,000) on hosting some 700 children from Ukraine in summer camps at Lake Velence in central Hungary, a human resources ministry state secretary said on Tuesday. Miklós Soltész said last year’s similar programmes were very successful and the camps had been both physically and spiritually uplifting experiences for the children.
Lidl Announces 15% Pay Increase
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Lidl Magyarország will increase the wages of all of its non-executive staff by 15%, effective from July 1, the discount retail chain has announced. Lidl raised salaries by 5% as recently as March. About 90% of Lidl’s 4,000 employees will benefit from the new raise.
Government To Unify State IT Systems To Help Businesses
- 14 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
By 2018 Hungary will link up 300 IT systems of public administration that have so far worked separately in order to improve business competitiveness, state secretary Zoltán Kovács told a conference on Friday. Addressing the closing event of a conference on reducing red tape linked to the business sector, Kovács said the government is committed to helping businesses and has organised more than 20 ...
EIB Group Opens Budapest Office
- 14 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The Investment Bank (EIB) officially opened its Budapest office at a ceremony held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Few countries would make better partners for the EIB than Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his address. At the event, Hungary signed a 30 billion forint (EUR 96m) refinancing agreement with the EIB for the construction of gymnasiums, swimming pools, sports courts ...
Expulsion Of Germans One Of “Darkest Chapters” In Hungarian History, Says State Secretary
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The expulsion of ethnic Germans from Hungary from the end of WWII was one of the “darkest chapters of Hungarian history,” a state secretary at the prime minister’s office said in Bonyhád, in southern Hungary, on Saturday. Árpád Potápi addressed the unveiling ceremony of a plaque for those Germans who were forced from their homes in Bonyhád and other localities in Tolna county.
Hungarian Companies Sign Contracts Worth $10 Mln With Chinese Partners
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Five Hungarian companies signed contracts worth approximately $10 million with Chinese partners in Ningbo, China, on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said.
ECJ: Hungary’s Rules On Recognising Foreign Court Decisions Fall Foul Of EU Law
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian rules on how criminal court sentences in other European Union members are recognised do not conform to EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday. The decision follows the case of a Hungarian man arrested and sentenced in Austria for burglary.
CBanker: No Threat Of Deflation In Hungary
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary sees no threat of deflation in the country despite inflation being well below the 3% target, a senior analyst at the central bank said. András Balatoni told public news channel M1 that Hungary is in no way threatened by the level of deflation Japan battled in the 90s.
Hungary Will Not Accept Returning Migrants
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will not accept any migrants who have already crossed through the country once, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács told an international press conference. Hungary has never violated the Dublin agreement or the Schengen agreement but fulfilled them both, Kovács said in Brussels.
Govt Organising Summer Camps In Hungary For Children From Ukraine
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will spend 40 million forints (EUR 127,000) on hosting some 700 children from Ukraine in summer camps at Lake Velence in central Hungary, a human resources ministry state secretary said on Tuesday. Miklós Soltész said last year’s similar programmes were very successful and the camps had been both physically and spiritually uplifting experiences for the children.
Lidl Announces 15% Pay Increase
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Lidl Magyarország will increase the wages of all of its non-executive staff by 15%, effective from July 1, the discount retail chain has announced. Lidl raised salaries by 5% as recently as March. About 90% of Lidl’s 4,000 employees will benefit from the new raise.
Government To Unify State IT Systems To Help Businesses
- 14 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
By 2018 Hungary will link up 300 IT systems of public administration that have so far worked separately in order to improve business competitiveness, state secretary Zoltán Kovács told a conference on Friday. Addressing the closing event of a conference on reducing red tape linked to the business sector, Kovács said the government is committed to helping businesses and has organised more than 20 ...
EIB Group Opens Budapest Office
- 14 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The Investment Bank (EIB) officially opened its Budapest office at a ceremony held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Few countries would make better partners for the EIB than Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his address. At the event, Hungary signed a 30 billion forint (EUR 96m) refinancing agreement with the EIB for the construction of gymnasiums, swimming pools, sports courts ...
Expulsion Of Germans One Of “Darkest Chapters” In Hungarian History, Says State Secretary
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The expulsion of ethnic Germans from Hungary from the end of WWII was one of the “darkest chapters of Hungarian history,” a state secretary at the prime minister’s office said in Bonyhád, in southern Hungary, on Saturday. Árpád Potápi addressed the unveiling ceremony of a plaque for those Germans who were forced from their homes in Bonyhád and other localities in Tolna county.
Hungarian Companies Sign Contracts Worth $10 Mln With Chinese Partners
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Five Hungarian companies signed contracts worth approximately $10 million with Chinese partners in Ningbo, China, on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said.
ECJ: Hungary’s Rules On Recognising Foreign Court Decisions Fall Foul Of EU Law
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian rules on how criminal court sentences in other European Union members are recognised do not conform to EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday. The decision follows the case of a Hungarian man arrested and sentenced in Austria for burglary.
CBanker: No Threat Of Deflation In Hungary
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary sees no threat of deflation in the country despite inflation being well below the 3% target, a senior analyst at the central bank said. András Balatoni told public news channel M1 that Hungary is in no way threatened by the level of deflation Japan battled in the 90s.