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Monetary Council Solid On Rate Cuts In Hungary
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Monetary Council members voted unanimously to reduce the base rate for the ninth consecutive month by 25 basis points to 4.75% at the April 23 meeting, according to the minutes released yesterday.
KD Penalises Hungary's State Mobile Payment Company
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Public Procurement Arbitration Court (KD) has fined the state-owned mobile payment company Nemzeti Mobilfizetési Ft 5 million, and invalidated a tender for lenders to provide a five-year Ft 800 million loan facility.
Hungary Loses At Strasbourg Court
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that Hungary breached the right of ownership by imposing a 98% special tax on a part of the redundancy payment of a Foreign Ministry staff member dismissed from her post.
More Details Of Extra Train Fares Emerge In Hungary
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
More information on the extra fares payable for travelling on fast trains was revealed by Development Ministry state secretary for infrastructure Pál Völner on Tuesday. A new development is that people aged under 6 and over 65 years of age, who are otherwise entitled to free rail travel, will only be able to use the affected trains if they buy a monthly pass for Ft 1,500.
Xpat Opinion: Letter To The Financial Times: Your Opinions Should At Least Respect Facts
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“Obviously you are free to express your opinion or criticism towards Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but they should at least resemble facts or reality.”
Budapest Airport Offers Discounts On Unserved Routes
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- travel
Last year’s bankruptcy of state airline Malév led to a reduction of “only” 5% in the number of passengers that use Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc Airport, said Budapest Airport’s CEO Jost Lammers.
Hungary's MPs Fined For Banner Stunt
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament has meted out fines totalling Ft 235,000 to Dialogue for Hungary MPs Gergely Karácsony and Péter Szilágyi. Karácsony will have to pay Ft 50,000 and Szilágyi Ft 185,000 for holding up a poster with the caption You Are Stealing, Cheating and Lying, in the auditorium in protest against the amendment to the act on tobacconist store licence bids and on information freedom.
Newspaper Readership Falls Further In Hungary
- 13 May 2013 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The number of readers of daily newspapers has fallen slightly from last year, the National Readership Survey found. Tabloid Blikk maintained its lead (915,000 readers), followed by giveaway paper Metropol (602,000), tabloid Bors (352,000), sports paper Nemzeti Sport (221,000) and leading broadsheet Népszabadság (202,000).
Xpat Opinion: EU Committee Report Proposes Procedures Against Hungary
- 13 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Tavares report on the Hungarian Basic Law, both left and right-wing pundits deem it highly unlikely that the EU will indeed sanction Hungary.
Monetary Council Solid On Rate Cuts In Hungary
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Monetary Council members voted unanimously to reduce the base rate for the ninth consecutive month by 25 basis points to 4.75% at the April 23 meeting, according to the minutes released yesterday.
KD Penalises Hungary's State Mobile Payment Company
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Public Procurement Arbitration Court (KD) has fined the state-owned mobile payment company Nemzeti Mobilfizetési Ft 5 million, and invalidated a tender for lenders to provide a five-year Ft 800 million loan facility.
Hungary Loses At Strasbourg Court
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that Hungary breached the right of ownership by imposing a 98% special tax on a part of the redundancy payment of a Foreign Ministry staff member dismissed from her post.
More Details Of Extra Train Fares Emerge In Hungary
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
More information on the extra fares payable for travelling on fast trains was revealed by Development Ministry state secretary for infrastructure Pál Völner on Tuesday. A new development is that people aged under 6 and over 65 years of age, who are otherwise entitled to free rail travel, will only be able to use the affected trains if they buy a monthly pass for Ft 1,500.
Xpat Opinion: Letter To The Financial Times: Your Opinions Should At Least Respect Facts
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“Obviously you are free to express your opinion or criticism towards Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but they should at least resemble facts or reality.”
Budapest Airport Offers Discounts On Unserved Routes
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- travel
Last year’s bankruptcy of state airline Malév led to a reduction of “only” 5% in the number of passengers that use Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc Airport, said Budapest Airport’s CEO Jost Lammers.
Hungary's MPs Fined For Banner Stunt
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament has meted out fines totalling Ft 235,000 to Dialogue for Hungary MPs Gergely Karácsony and Péter Szilágyi. Karácsony will have to pay Ft 50,000 and Szilágyi Ft 185,000 for holding up a poster with the caption You Are Stealing, Cheating and Lying, in the auditorium in protest against the amendment to the act on tobacconist store licence bids and on information freedom.
Newspaper Readership Falls Further In Hungary
- 13 May 2013 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The number of readers of daily newspapers has fallen slightly from last year, the National Readership Survey found. Tabloid Blikk maintained its lead (915,000 readers), followed by giveaway paper Metropol (602,000), tabloid Bors (352,000), sports paper Nemzeti Sport (221,000) and leading broadsheet Népszabadság (202,000).
Xpat Opinion: EU Committee Report Proposes Procedures Against Hungary
- 13 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Tavares report on the Hungarian Basic Law, both left and right-wing pundits deem it highly unlikely that the EU will indeed sanction Hungary.