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Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
Hungarians Working Abroad Send Home Remittances Worth 1.8% Of GDP
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Up to October last year, 2,403 million US dollars arrived in Hungary from remittances sent by Hungarians working abroad, equal to 1.8% of economic output, according to World Bank data.
Martonyi Reopens Hungarian Embassy In Santiago De Chile
- 7 Jan 2014 4:04 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian embassy in Santiago de Chile. Martonyi also held talks with Chilean counterpart Alfredo Moreno Charme and expressed thanks for keeping the Chilean embassy in Budapest open despite the closing of the Hungarian one in Chile in 2009, a statement by the ministry said.
Fuel Prices In Hungary Drop
- 17 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
MOL will lower petrol prices by 7 HUF/litre and gasoline by 5 on Wednesday - Portfolio.hu reports. Following the cut, petrol will be sold at HUF 400-401/litre at filling stations, while diesel will cost 423-424 HUF a litre.
Hungary’s Forint Dips Further
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The forint weakened to above 303 to the euro for the first time since early January on Monday’s interbank market, trading at 303.51 to the single European currency at 4:15 p.m., compared to a rate of 300.94 at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
Corruption Risk In Public Sector Edges Up In Hungary, Says Audit Office
- 29 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s foreign trade chief held talks in Montevideo and signed bilateral agreements with Uruguay on economic and education cooperation on Thursday. Assessing the second day of his official visit to South America, Péter Szijjártó told MTI by phone that he first held talks with Luis Porto, the acting foreign minister of Uruguay.
Hungary, China Banks Double Credit Line, Sign To Set Up C-Europe Fund
- 26 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- business
The Hungarian and the Chinese Eximbanks agreed to double a 100-million-euro interbank credit line and signed the deeds to set up a 500-million-dollar investment fund, the Chinese Central and Eastern European Investment Fund, a government press office said.
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls On Bajnai To Disclose Funding Sources
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has called on Gordon Bajnai, leader of the electoral alliance of E14-PM, to give an account of funding he had received from abroad. Bajnai’s foundation Haza és Haladás (Patriotism and Progress) has received nearly half a million dollars from US speculators and another 500 million forints went to civil organisations and websites affiliated with Bajnai, Máté Kocsis, the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
Hungarians Working Abroad Send Home Remittances Worth 1.8% Of GDP
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Up to October last year, 2,403 million US dollars arrived in Hungary from remittances sent by Hungarians working abroad, equal to 1.8% of economic output, according to World Bank data.
Martonyi Reopens Hungarian Embassy In Santiago De Chile
- 7 Jan 2014 4:04 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian embassy in Santiago de Chile. Martonyi also held talks with Chilean counterpart Alfredo Moreno Charme and expressed thanks for keeping the Chilean embassy in Budapest open despite the closing of the Hungarian one in Chile in 2009, a statement by the ministry said.
Fuel Prices In Hungary Drop
- 17 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
MOL will lower petrol prices by 7 HUF/litre and gasoline by 5 on Wednesday - Portfolio.hu reports. Following the cut, petrol will be sold at HUF 400-401/litre at filling stations, while diesel will cost 423-424 HUF a litre.
Hungary’s Forint Dips Further
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The forint weakened to above 303 to the euro for the first time since early January on Monday’s interbank market, trading at 303.51 to the single European currency at 4:15 p.m., compared to a rate of 300.94 at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
Corruption Risk In Public Sector Edges Up In Hungary, Says Audit Office
- 29 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s foreign trade chief held talks in Montevideo and signed bilateral agreements with Uruguay on economic and education cooperation on Thursday. Assessing the second day of his official visit to South America, Péter Szijjártó told MTI by phone that he first held talks with Luis Porto, the acting foreign minister of Uruguay.
Hungary, China Banks Double Credit Line, Sign To Set Up C-Europe Fund
- 26 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- business
The Hungarian and the Chinese Eximbanks agreed to double a 100-million-euro interbank credit line and signed the deeds to set up a 500-million-dollar investment fund, the Chinese Central and Eastern European Investment Fund, a government press office said.
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls On Bajnai To Disclose Funding Sources
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has called on Gordon Bajnai, leader of the electoral alliance of E14-PM, to give an account of funding he had received from abroad. Bajnai’s foundation Haza és Haladás (Patriotism and Progress) has received nearly half a million dollars from US speculators and another 500 million forints went to civil organisations and websites affiliated with Bajnai, Máté Kocsis, the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...