662 result(s) for economy foreign minister
Despite Bad Weather, Good Tourism Data In Hungary
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
The total number of guests and tourism nights increased by 7.1 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively, according to data released today by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), Minister of State for Economic Regulation Béla Glattfelder said the excellent performance of the tourism sector is the result of the Government’s focused, multi-year tourism development policy, better quality ...
Varga Talks Up Stronger Hungarian Forint
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government would like the forint to be stronger at the end of the year than now, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said Friday morning in a radio interview. Analysts have said they expect the government to bolster the forint in order to reduce the state debt in relation to GDP ratio in the year-end statistics, Napi Gazdaság notes.
Economist Péter Róna On Hungary’s Post Election Austerity Plans
- 26 Sep 2014 5:00 AM
- business
“They need the austerity so that there is something to steal. This is the basic mechanism.” – Péter Róna, Oxford professor of economics and policy advisor to opposition party Politics Can Be Different (LMP)
Hungary’s Illiberal Prime Minister, Billionaire Sandor Csanyi & Batman
- 24 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opened the autumn session of the Hungarian parliament with a speech that set out his government’s agenda for the months ahead on Monday. Orbán also made the case for Fidesz’s war on banks and further decreases in household utility costs.
Szijjártó Grilled By Hungarian Opposition Before Ministerial Appointment
- 22 Sep 2014 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Szijjártó was asked by opposition members of several parliamentary committees to comment on the Paks nuclear plant upgrade, among other issues, ahead of his appointment as the new foreign minister.
Hungary’s PM: Justice Done For Borrowers
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Once banks have been forced to settle with their clients who borrowed in foreign currency, remaining instalments of loans will certainly decrease by one-third on average, the prime minister said in a radio interview. It is unprecedented in the history of Hungary’s economy that the government and parliament has followed “the logic of fairness” and fully screened “an unfair system of financial ...
Hungarian Lenders May Have To Take A Hit On FX Car Loans
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Consumers who borrowed in foreign currencies in order to purchase cars should be also be helped out, as the Kúria also declared their contracts to be unfair, PMO Minister János Lázár told tabloid Blikk in an interview.
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.
Despite Bad Weather, Good Tourism Data In Hungary
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
The total number of guests and tourism nights increased by 7.1 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively, according to data released today by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), Minister of State for Economic Regulation Béla Glattfelder said the excellent performance of the tourism sector is the result of the Government’s focused, multi-year tourism development policy, better quality ...
Varga Talks Up Stronger Hungarian Forint
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government would like the forint to be stronger at the end of the year than now, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said Friday morning in a radio interview. Analysts have said they expect the government to bolster the forint in order to reduce the state debt in relation to GDP ratio in the year-end statistics, Napi Gazdaság notes.
Economist Péter Róna On Hungary’s Post Election Austerity Plans
- 26 Sep 2014 5:00 AM
- business
“They need the austerity so that there is something to steal. This is the basic mechanism.” – Péter Róna, Oxford professor of economics and policy advisor to opposition party Politics Can Be Different (LMP)
Hungary’s Illiberal Prime Minister, Billionaire Sandor Csanyi & Batman
- 24 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opened the autumn session of the Hungarian parliament with a speech that set out his government’s agenda for the months ahead on Monday. Orbán also made the case for Fidesz’s war on banks and further decreases in household utility costs.
Szijjártó Grilled By Hungarian Opposition Before Ministerial Appointment
- 22 Sep 2014 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Szijjártó was asked by opposition members of several parliamentary committees to comment on the Paks nuclear plant upgrade, among other issues, ahead of his appointment as the new foreign minister.
Hungary’s PM: Justice Done For Borrowers
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Once banks have been forced to settle with their clients who borrowed in foreign currency, remaining instalments of loans will certainly decrease by one-third on average, the prime minister said in a radio interview. It is unprecedented in the history of Hungary’s economy that the government and parliament has followed “the logic of fairness” and fully screened “an unfair system of financial ...
Hungarian Lenders May Have To Take A Hit On FX Car Loans
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Consumers who borrowed in foreign currencies in order to purchase cars should be also be helped out, as the Kúria also declared their contracts to be unfair, PMO Minister János Lázár told tabloid Blikk in an interview.
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.


















