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Extortionate Profits Revealed: Supermarket Chains Were 'Robbing' Customers in Hungary, Says PM
- 24 Mar 2025 6:54 AM
- shopping
Retail chains were making out-sized profits on food and "we had to step in", Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
'Fire Nagy! Hungary is Again Leading Europe for Food Price Inflation', Says Magyar
- 11 Mar 2025 6:16 AM
- shopping
Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, on Monday called on Marton Nagy, the national economy minister, to resign immediately.
Socialists Demand Cut to VAT on Food
- 14 Oct 2021 6:15 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- shopping
The Socialists on Wednesday called on the government to cut VAT on basic foodstuffs to 5% and of other food products to 18%, saying ruling “Fidesz has unleashed brutal price hikes in the country”.
Report: Government Could Scrap Sunday Closings Law
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government may be considering scrapping the year-old law that prevents retailers from opening on Sundays, as the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly asked a handful of the country’s larger retailers what they thought of the possibility of reinstating Sunday openings in the past few days, daily Népszabadság reported.
Xpat Opinion: Sunday Closing Law A Bad Idea
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The Sunday closing law that came into effect March 15 is a bad idea. It only serves special interests, and it should be killed – by legislation or a referendum. The chorus of opposition to the Sunday closing law has mostly hit the same basic note: Forcing larger retailers to close on Sundays is bad for business and the economy.
Employers’ Assoc Maintains Stand Against Sunday Shopping Restrictions
- 13 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s main employer association said on Thursday that it objects to the law severely restricting Sunday shopping. The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) said it maintains its refusal to endorse the law and will not asses a draft implementation decree for the law.
Xpat Opinion: The Troubled Tobacco Shop Concessions In Hungary
- 19 Sep 2013 12:35 PM
- shopping
We haven’t talked about the tobacconist shops lately, although there is quite a bit to be said about them. First and foremost, that as the result of the newly restricted availability and the price hikes black market sales of cigarettes have soared in the last couple of months. Fewer and fewer people are buying cigarettes at the designated stores.
Xpat Opinion: MSZP Blamed In Defence Of The Tobacco-Shop Decisions In Hungary
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- shopping
A pro-government daily claims that the tobacco shop scandal and demands to reveal details of the evaluation process of rival bids is simply a trick that helps the MSZP draw up a list of “collaborators” with the present government – with the intention of punishing them later.
Extortionate Profits Revealed: Supermarket Chains Were 'Robbing' Customers in Hungary, Says PM
- 24 Mar 2025 6:54 AM
- shopping
Retail chains were making out-sized profits on food and "we had to step in", Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
'Fire Nagy! Hungary is Again Leading Europe for Food Price Inflation', Says Magyar
- 11 Mar 2025 6:16 AM
- shopping
Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, on Monday called on Marton Nagy, the national economy minister, to resign immediately.
Socialists Demand Cut to VAT on Food
- 14 Oct 2021 6:15 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- shopping
The Socialists on Wednesday called on the government to cut VAT on basic foodstuffs to 5% and of other food products to 18%, saying ruling “Fidesz has unleashed brutal price hikes in the country”.
Report: Government Could Scrap Sunday Closings Law
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government may be considering scrapping the year-old law that prevents retailers from opening on Sundays, as the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly asked a handful of the country’s larger retailers what they thought of the possibility of reinstating Sunday openings in the past few days, daily Népszabadság reported.
Xpat Opinion: Sunday Closing Law A Bad Idea
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The Sunday closing law that came into effect March 15 is a bad idea. It only serves special interests, and it should be killed – by legislation or a referendum. The chorus of opposition to the Sunday closing law has mostly hit the same basic note: Forcing larger retailers to close on Sundays is bad for business and the economy.
Employers’ Assoc Maintains Stand Against Sunday Shopping Restrictions
- 13 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s main employer association said on Thursday that it objects to the law severely restricting Sunday shopping. The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) said it maintains its refusal to endorse the law and will not asses a draft implementation decree for the law.
Xpat Opinion: The Troubled Tobacco Shop Concessions In Hungary
- 19 Sep 2013 12:35 PM
- shopping
We haven’t talked about the tobacconist shops lately, although there is quite a bit to be said about them. First and foremost, that as the result of the newly restricted availability and the price hikes black market sales of cigarettes have soared in the last couple of months. Fewer and fewer people are buying cigarettes at the designated stores.
Xpat Opinion: MSZP Blamed In Defence Of The Tobacco-Shop Decisions In Hungary
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- shopping
A pro-government daily claims that the tobacco shop scandal and demands to reveal details of the evaluation process of rival bids is simply a trick that helps the MSZP draw up a list of “collaborators” with the present government – with the intention of punishing them later.
















