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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.
Orbán: Hungary’s Tax Chief Should Sue Goodfriend Or Get Out
- 9 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will sack tax authority chief Ildikó Vida unless she files a defamation lawsuit against André Goodfriend, chargé d’affaires of the US embassy in Budapest, Orbán told parliament. He said Vida to sue Goodfriend after the US listed her on an entry ban because it suspects she was personally involved in corruption.
Szijjártó: Goodfriend Could Present Evidence To Hungarian Court
- 9 Dec 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
André Goodfriend, chargé d’affaires of the US embassy in Budapest, could produce evidence of corruption charges against Hungarian officials before a Hungarian law court, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public television.
Fidesz Parliamentary Group Leader Denies Allegations He Met Notorious Criminal
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Antal Rogán, the ruling Fidesz party’s parliamentary group leader, has denied an allegation that he had regularly met Tamás Portik, a notorious criminal who had connections with the secret services during the time of the government of Ferenc Gyurcsány.
Semjén: Sentence For Ethnic Hungarian MP In Romania Shocking
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government was shocked to learn that Attila Markó, a deputy of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party, had been handed a suspended prison term in a case concerning the restitution of a property to the Reformed Church, Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, said.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Amendment Hands Servers Of Real Life Sentences Right In Hungary To Clemency Process
- 19 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament voted through a package of changes to the 2013 criminal code on Tuesday, and among the amendments is a provision for allowing people serving real life sentences the right to plea clemency. The amendments were passed by 125 votes in favour and 54 abstentions, while one voted against the justice minister’s bill.
Hungary’s Fidesz Pledges To Prevent Transfer Of Internet Tax To Subscribers
- 30 Oct 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
A strict law will guarantee that service providers should not “pass on” the proposed internet tax to subscribers, the ruling Fidesz said. The new tax will not impose even a penny worth of new burden on subscribers, Fidesz’ press office said, adding that the party would propose amending even further laws to this effect, if need be.
Hungarian Court To Handle Internet Tax Protesters’ Case In Ordinary Proceedings
- 30 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Pest central district court decided on Wednesday to handle the case of five protesters detained after a demonstration against the government’s plan to tax internet use in ordinary proceedings and returned their documents to the public prosecutor’s office, asking it to collect further evidence.
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.
Orbán: Hungary’s Tax Chief Should Sue Goodfriend Or Get Out
- 9 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will sack tax authority chief Ildikó Vida unless she files a defamation lawsuit against André Goodfriend, chargé d’affaires of the US embassy in Budapest, Orbán told parliament. He said Vida to sue Goodfriend after the US listed her on an entry ban because it suspects she was personally involved in corruption.
Szijjártó: Goodfriend Could Present Evidence To Hungarian Court
- 9 Dec 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
André Goodfriend, chargé d’affaires of the US embassy in Budapest, could produce evidence of corruption charges against Hungarian officials before a Hungarian law court, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public television.
Fidesz Parliamentary Group Leader Denies Allegations He Met Notorious Criminal
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Antal Rogán, the ruling Fidesz party’s parliamentary group leader, has denied an allegation that he had regularly met Tamás Portik, a notorious criminal who had connections with the secret services during the time of the government of Ferenc Gyurcsány.
Semjén: Sentence For Ethnic Hungarian MP In Romania Shocking
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government was shocked to learn that Attila Markó, a deputy of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party, had been handed a suspended prison term in a case concerning the restitution of a property to the Reformed Church, Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, said.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Amendment Hands Servers Of Real Life Sentences Right In Hungary To Clemency Process
- 19 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament voted through a package of changes to the 2013 criminal code on Tuesday, and among the amendments is a provision for allowing people serving real life sentences the right to plea clemency. The amendments were passed by 125 votes in favour and 54 abstentions, while one voted against the justice minister’s bill.
Hungary’s Fidesz Pledges To Prevent Transfer Of Internet Tax To Subscribers
- 30 Oct 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
A strict law will guarantee that service providers should not “pass on” the proposed internet tax to subscribers, the ruling Fidesz said. The new tax will not impose even a penny worth of new burden on subscribers, Fidesz’ press office said, adding that the party would propose amending even further laws to this effect, if need be.
Hungarian Court To Handle Internet Tax Protesters’ Case In Ordinary Proceedings
- 30 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Pest central district court decided on Wednesday to handle the case of five protesters detained after a demonstration against the government’s plan to tax internet use in ordinary proceedings and returned their documents to the public prosecutor’s office, asking it to collect further evidence.