3,147 result(s) for economy
Parties Comment On Hungary Debt Ratio Rise
- 19 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s public debt, calculated at nominal value, in line with Maastricht methodology, reached 25,432 billion forints (EUR 81.2bn), or 85.1% of GDP, at the end of June, preliminary data on financial accounts published by the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) on Monday show. Transactions raised the debt by 434 billion forints during the period. The weaker forint boosted it by 65 billion forints. ...
Sanctions Are Causing More Damage For Hungary Than Russia
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Kossuth radio interview on Friday that the economic sanctions against Russia are contrary to Hungary's national interest. He pointed out that he agreed with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico that the sanctions imposed by the West "hurt us more than they do Russia".
Number Of Mothers With Small Children Returning To Work Increased In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
According to data of Q2 2014 compiled by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of women who returned to work after they had received maternity benefits and childcare allowance or had been stay-home mothers was up by 37 percent year-on-year, former Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai, responsible for improving the labour market prospects of women, announced in a press ...
Business Confidence In Hungary Continues To Improve, Chamber Survey Shows
- 11 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The quarterly gauge of business confidence by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MKIK) Economy and Business Research Institute (GVI) rose to +18 points in July from +9 in April. The index last came close to the current level, reaching +16 points, in January 2011.
Guest Nights Climb 7.6% In June In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
The number of guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary rose by 7.6% year-on-year to 2,365,000 in June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported. The rise followed a 2.9% increase in the previous month. The number of guest nights spent by foreign visitors rose by 7.3% to 1,172,000. The number spent by Hungarian guests increased by 7.9% to 1,192,000.
Hungarian Baths Had 31 Million Guests Last Year
- 8 Aug 2014 9:01 AM
- health & wellness
Last year, the number of visitors at the 200 most significant Hungarian baths frequented also by tourists was some 31 million and development projects related to these are to be continued in the coming EU fiscal period, Deputy State Secretary for Tourism Viktória Horváth said at a press conference held in Budapest.
Budapest Mayor & Minister Start Talks On M3 Metro Line Renovation
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
National Development Minister Miklós Seszták and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós have started talks on a planned upgrade of Budapest’s M3 metro line. They reviewed their meeting proposals submitted for improvements in the line’s infrastructure and for the repair or replacement of metro trains.
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Parties Comment On Hungary Debt Ratio Rise
- 19 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s public debt, calculated at nominal value, in line with Maastricht methodology, reached 25,432 billion forints (EUR 81.2bn), or 85.1% of GDP, at the end of June, preliminary data on financial accounts published by the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) on Monday show. Transactions raised the debt by 434 billion forints during the period. The weaker forint boosted it by 65 billion forints. ...
Sanctions Are Causing More Damage For Hungary Than Russia
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Kossuth radio interview on Friday that the economic sanctions against Russia are contrary to Hungary's national interest. He pointed out that he agreed with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico that the sanctions imposed by the West "hurt us more than they do Russia".
Number Of Mothers With Small Children Returning To Work Increased In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
According to data of Q2 2014 compiled by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of women who returned to work after they had received maternity benefits and childcare allowance or had been stay-home mothers was up by 37 percent year-on-year, former Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai, responsible for improving the labour market prospects of women, announced in a press ...
Business Confidence In Hungary Continues To Improve, Chamber Survey Shows
- 11 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The quarterly gauge of business confidence by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MKIK) Economy and Business Research Institute (GVI) rose to +18 points in July from +9 in April. The index last came close to the current level, reaching +16 points, in January 2011.
Guest Nights Climb 7.6% In June In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
The number of guest nights at commercial accommodations in Hungary rose by 7.6% year-on-year to 2,365,000 in June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported. The rise followed a 2.9% increase in the previous month. The number of guest nights spent by foreign visitors rose by 7.3% to 1,172,000. The number spent by Hungarian guests increased by 7.9% to 1,192,000.
Hungarian Baths Had 31 Million Guests Last Year
- 8 Aug 2014 9:01 AM
- health & wellness
Last year, the number of visitors at the 200 most significant Hungarian baths frequented also by tourists was some 31 million and development projects related to these are to be continued in the coming EU fiscal period, Deputy State Secretary for Tourism Viktória Horváth said at a press conference held in Budapest.
Budapest Mayor & Minister Start Talks On M3 Metro Line Renovation
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
National Development Minister Miklós Seszták and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós have started talks on a planned upgrade of Budapest’s M3 metro line. They reviewed their meeting proposals submitted for improvements in the line’s infrastructure and for the repair or replacement of metro trains.
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.