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Hungarian Cabinet To Take Legal Action Against FT
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet will sue the Financial Times if the British business daily does not print a correction to its article of last week regarding EU objections to Hungary’s deal with Russia on expanding the Paks nuclear plant, spokesman Zoltán Kovács confirmed on Tuesday.
Sunday Closing In Hungary Gets Stricter
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Parliament yesterday approved an amendment to the Sunday closing law, ordering retail units at petrol stations to remain closed if they themselves do not sell fuel. The modification specially targets Spar that had opened express units at OMV filling stations, trying to utilise the exception given to filling stations Népszabadság underlines.
RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or ...
Inauspicious Beginning For Hungarian News Channel M1
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
New state news channel M1 produced disastrous ratings on Sunday, according to Nielsen Express figures made public by ATV. The data show that ATV had more viewers among adult TV subscribers than M1 between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday evening.
Audi Cancels Gyõr ETO Sponsorship
- 16 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Car maker Audi announced on Saturday that it has cancelled its sponsorship contract with football club Gyõri ETO, due to the scandal of the Quaestor financial group. Quaestor owns the sports club, as well as its stadium, and the attached shopping mall and hotel.
Pro- And Anti-Gov’t Protesters Scuffle In Budapest
- 16 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police detained one person and another was injured on Sunday when a small group of anti-government demonstrators and others arriving for the prime minister’s speech shoved and pushed one another. A group of 20-30 people converged near the National Museum, to heckle the prime minister, chanting “Orbán out!”
“Flying Gizi” Back In Business
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Repülõs Gizi (“Flying Gizi”) was caught during a burglary in Burgenland, Austria recently, Magyar Hírlap reports. The 89-year-old woman has spent 20 years in prison for committing similar crimes for more than 50 years.
Report Says Humgary's PM Orbán Informed In 1981
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán reported to military counter-intelligence in 1981-82, the weekly HVG reports, although it does not reproduce documents to support the claim. HVG writes that Orbán established a “social relationship” with military counter-intelligence officer Mihály Major on October 20, 1981, which lasted until his discharge from the army in August 1982.
Police Raid Quaestor Headquarters In Budapest
- 12 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The National Bureau of Investigation yesterday raided the Budapest headquarters of brokerage Quaestor and initiated criminal proceedings against an unidentified person on suspicion of large-scale fraud. Chairman and CEO Csaba Tarsoly was in the office during the search and is co-operating with authorities, his lawyer said.
Hungarian Cabinet To Take Legal Action Against FT
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet will sue the Financial Times if the British business daily does not print a correction to its article of last week regarding EU objections to Hungary’s deal with Russia on expanding the Paks nuclear plant, spokesman Zoltán Kovács confirmed on Tuesday.
Sunday Closing In Hungary Gets Stricter
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Parliament yesterday approved an amendment to the Sunday closing law, ordering retail units at petrol stations to remain closed if they themselves do not sell fuel. The modification specially targets Spar that had opened express units at OMV filling stations, trying to utilise the exception given to filling stations Népszabadság underlines.
RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or ...
Inauspicious Beginning For Hungarian News Channel M1
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
New state news channel M1 produced disastrous ratings on Sunday, according to Nielsen Express figures made public by ATV. The data show that ATV had more viewers among adult TV subscribers than M1 between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday evening.
Audi Cancels Gyõr ETO Sponsorship
- 16 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Car maker Audi announced on Saturday that it has cancelled its sponsorship contract with football club Gyõri ETO, due to the scandal of the Quaestor financial group. Quaestor owns the sports club, as well as its stadium, and the attached shopping mall and hotel.
Pro- And Anti-Gov’t Protesters Scuffle In Budapest
- 16 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police detained one person and another was injured on Sunday when a small group of anti-government demonstrators and others arriving for the prime minister’s speech shoved and pushed one another. A group of 20-30 people converged near the National Museum, to heckle the prime minister, chanting “Orbán out!”
“Flying Gizi” Back In Business
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Repülõs Gizi (“Flying Gizi”) was caught during a burglary in Burgenland, Austria recently, Magyar Hírlap reports. The 89-year-old woman has spent 20 years in prison for committing similar crimes for more than 50 years.
Report Says Humgary's PM Orbán Informed In 1981
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán reported to military counter-intelligence in 1981-82, the weekly HVG reports, although it does not reproduce documents to support the claim. HVG writes that Orbán established a “social relationship” with military counter-intelligence officer Mihály Major on October 20, 1981, which lasted until his discharge from the army in August 1982.
Police Raid Quaestor Headquarters In Budapest
- 12 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The National Bureau of Investigation yesterday raided the Budapest headquarters of brokerage Quaestor and initiated criminal proceedings against an unidentified person on suspicion of large-scale fraud. Chairman and CEO Csaba Tarsoly was in the office during the search and is co-operating with authorities, his lawyer said.