353 result(s) for customs
Large Haul Of Cocaine Seized Again At Budapest Airport
- 14 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Police at the Budapest international Liszt Ferenc airport have seized a large haul of cocaine worth some 625,000 euros from an Italian man, the national police said on its website. The man was detained in an operation on Tuesday shortly after midday on Wednesday, the police said.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
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.
NAV Learns Of VAT Graft At Grains Companies
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national tax and customs office (NAV) has learnt of a case of large-scale graft by a chain of Hungarian and Slovak grains traders in Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), in southern Slovakia.
Hungary’s Tax Office Attempts To Block Foreign Sports Betting Websites
- 28 Nov 2014 10:00 AM
- tech
International sports betting websites are not permitted to operate in Hungary and the tax and customs office (NAV) has made repeated attempts to block them for 90 days at a time, business daily Világgazdaság said.
Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Publishes Investigation Material
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s tax and customs office (NAV) has released the results of an investigation following allegations last November of VAT graft by a former NAV employee, András Horváth. NAV said the investigation, which together with its annex comes to 1,200 pages, established that the whistleblower had wrongly claimed that the tax office had failed to take action against tax cheats.
Norway “Blackmailing” Hungary Over Funding, Mulling Legal Steps
- 10 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A statement last week by Norway’s ambassador to Hungary suggesting that the transfer of 36 billion forints (EUR 116m) suspended in May depended on whether civil organisation Ökotárs Foundation would be able to carry on its work was “blackmail”, Nándor Csepreghy, deputy cabinet state secretary for development policy communications, told public television.
Hungarian Tax Office Rejects US Accusations
- 31 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Leaders of the Tax and Customs Office (NAV) addressed allegations that they are implicated in corrupt activity for the first time on Wednesday. In a formal statement, the NAV said it is entirely unacceptable that some people take remarks lacking any foundation as fact and use them to put NAV in an impossible position and undermine tax morale.
Xpat Opinion: American-Hungarian Relations Are Crumbling
- 24 Oct 2014 2:40 AM
- current affairs
Let me summarize what we know so far about the U.S. action against certain Hungarian businessmen and government employees. Initially it was reported that ten people were banned from entering the United States, but by now that number has been reduced to six. We definitely know of one businessman who reported on his fate to ATV.
Large Haul Of Cocaine Seized Again At Budapest Airport
- 14 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Police at the Budapest international Liszt Ferenc airport have seized a large haul of cocaine worth some 625,000 euros from an Italian man, the national police said on its website. The man was detained in an operation on Tuesday shortly after midday on Wednesday, the police said.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
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.
NAV Learns Of VAT Graft At Grains Companies
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national tax and customs office (NAV) has learnt of a case of large-scale graft by a chain of Hungarian and Slovak grains traders in Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), in southern Slovakia.
Hungary’s Tax Office Attempts To Block Foreign Sports Betting Websites
- 28 Nov 2014 10:00 AM
- tech
International sports betting websites are not permitted to operate in Hungary and the tax and customs office (NAV) has made repeated attempts to block them for 90 days at a time, business daily Világgazdaság said.
Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Publishes Investigation Material
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s tax and customs office (NAV) has released the results of an investigation following allegations last November of VAT graft by a former NAV employee, András Horváth. NAV said the investigation, which together with its annex comes to 1,200 pages, established that the whistleblower had wrongly claimed that the tax office had failed to take action against tax cheats.
Norway “Blackmailing” Hungary Over Funding, Mulling Legal Steps
- 10 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A statement last week by Norway’s ambassador to Hungary suggesting that the transfer of 36 billion forints (EUR 116m) suspended in May depended on whether civil organisation Ökotárs Foundation would be able to carry on its work was “blackmail”, Nándor Csepreghy, deputy cabinet state secretary for development policy communications, told public television.
Hungarian Tax Office Rejects US Accusations
- 31 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Leaders of the Tax and Customs Office (NAV) addressed allegations that they are implicated in corrupt activity for the first time on Wednesday. In a formal statement, the NAV said it is entirely unacceptable that some people take remarks lacking any foundation as fact and use them to put NAV in an impossible position and undermine tax morale.
Xpat Opinion: American-Hungarian Relations Are Crumbling
- 24 Oct 2014 2:40 AM
- current affairs
Let me summarize what we know so far about the U.S. action against certain Hungarian businessmen and government employees. Initially it was reported that ten people were banned from entering the United States, but by now that number has been reduced to six. We definitely know of one businessman who reported on his fate to ATV.