541 result(s) for end of year report
Main Obstacles To Concluding A Loan Agreement With IMF & EU Have Been Removed
- 12 Nov 2012 8:06 AM
- business
In an interview for Hungarian News Agency MTI, the Prime Minister said that the government has made efforts to endure that the excessive deficit procedure Hungary has been subject to since 2004 will end. With reference to the European Commission's Wednesday report which forecast a deficit-to-GDP ratio of 2.9 percent and a growth rate of 0.3 percent for Hungary next year, the Prime Minister said ...
Xpat Report: 10th Annual CEE Retail Banking, Sofitel Budapest, 4 - 5 October
- 5 Oct 2012 6:00 AM
- business
Already in its tenth year, Fleming Europe‘s 10th Annual CEE Retail Banking conference takes place in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Over 150 high-profile executive delegates from more than twenty countries have gathered to listen to over 25 speakers presenting case studies and presentations assorted into two streams.
Hungary Highly Ranked In Freedom On The Net Report 2012
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
This latest Freedon House report , edited by Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, and Mai Truong, is 'A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media'. Of the 47 countries examined, 20 have experienced a negative trajectory since January 2011, with Bahrain, Pakistan, and Ethiopia registering the greatest declines. At the same time, 14 countries registered a positive trajectory. In Hungary, the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
Hungary Reclaims Illegitimately Used Compensation Funds From Claims Conference
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US organization, Claims Conference, appointed in 2007 to disburse funds to holocaust survivors of Hungarian origin living abroad, has to date failed to render a legitimate account of the compensation funds that the Hungarian State provided for holocaust survivors, Government Commissioner András Levente Gál informed the US and Israeli Embassies today.
Xpat Opinion: A “Friendly” Football Match: Hungary-Israel 1-1
- 26 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
Over the past few days the outrageous behavior of a large group of football fans at the Israeli-Hungarian “friendly” match on August 15 has become an international cause célèbre. Initially the behavior of the neo-Nazi fans went unnoticed in Hungary, with the possible exception of the rest of those 10,000 people who attended the match. Although they were screaming “stinking Jews” at the top of ...
XVII. Road Of Hungarian Wines Rally, 24 August
- 24 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Road of Hungarian Wines Rally is to take place for the 12th time on the 24th of August. This year the route is planned by Attila Ferjáncz our all-time Hungarian rally champion again. During this long weekend we are visiting 20 wineries in wine regions like Eger, Tokaj, Mátra and South-Balaton crossing 2 distilleries as well. At the stations the contestants can try not just excellent sorts of ...
Report: Sziget Festival Budapest 2012
- 16 Aug 2012 12:35 PM
- entertainment
On Monday morning the 20th Sziget Festival officially ended. Glastonbury’s founder, Michael Eavis was amongst the 379 thousand visitors, generously praising Sziget for being even more colourful than his own event. Besides celebrating the 20th edition, Sziget also welcomed its 6 millionth visitor this year.
Xpat Opinion: The Right & The Left On Hungarian Achievements In London
- 13 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
I managed to avoid commenting on the Olympics for two solid weeks, but perhaps I ought to say something about the games in general, the Hungarians’ performance in particular, and the political sparring between left and right over the Olympics and its significance. A couple of decades ago I was an avid follower of Olympic events but eventually I became disillusioned. I wasn’t sure any longer about ...
Main Obstacles To Concluding A Loan Agreement With IMF & EU Have Been Removed
- 12 Nov 2012 8:06 AM
- business
In an interview for Hungarian News Agency MTI, the Prime Minister said that the government has made efforts to endure that the excessive deficit procedure Hungary has been subject to since 2004 will end. With reference to the European Commission's Wednesday report which forecast a deficit-to-GDP ratio of 2.9 percent and a growth rate of 0.3 percent for Hungary next year, the Prime Minister said ...
Xpat Report: 10th Annual CEE Retail Banking, Sofitel Budapest, 4 - 5 October
- 5 Oct 2012 6:00 AM
- business
Already in its tenth year, Fleming Europe‘s 10th Annual CEE Retail Banking conference takes place in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Over 150 high-profile executive delegates from more than twenty countries have gathered to listen to over 25 speakers presenting case studies and presentations assorted into two streams.
Hungary Highly Ranked In Freedom On The Net Report 2012
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
This latest Freedon House report , edited by Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, and Mai Truong, is 'A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media'. Of the 47 countries examined, 20 have experienced a negative trajectory since January 2011, with Bahrain, Pakistan, and Ethiopia registering the greatest declines. At the same time, 14 countries registered a positive trajectory. In Hungary, the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
Hungary Reclaims Illegitimately Used Compensation Funds From Claims Conference
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US organization, Claims Conference, appointed in 2007 to disburse funds to holocaust survivors of Hungarian origin living abroad, has to date failed to render a legitimate account of the compensation funds that the Hungarian State provided for holocaust survivors, Government Commissioner András Levente Gál informed the US and Israeli Embassies today.
Xpat Opinion: A “Friendly” Football Match: Hungary-Israel 1-1
- 26 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
Over the past few days the outrageous behavior of a large group of football fans at the Israeli-Hungarian “friendly” match on August 15 has become an international cause célèbre. Initially the behavior of the neo-Nazi fans went unnoticed in Hungary, with the possible exception of the rest of those 10,000 people who attended the match. Although they were screaming “stinking Jews” at the top of ...
XVII. Road Of Hungarian Wines Rally, 24 August
- 24 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Road of Hungarian Wines Rally is to take place for the 12th time on the 24th of August. This year the route is planned by Attila Ferjáncz our all-time Hungarian rally champion again. During this long weekend we are visiting 20 wineries in wine regions like Eger, Tokaj, Mátra and South-Balaton crossing 2 distilleries as well. At the stations the contestants can try not just excellent sorts of ...
Report: Sziget Festival Budapest 2012
- 16 Aug 2012 12:35 PM
- entertainment
On Monday morning the 20th Sziget Festival officially ended. Glastonbury’s founder, Michael Eavis was amongst the 379 thousand visitors, generously praising Sziget for being even more colourful than his own event. Besides celebrating the 20th edition, Sziget also welcomed its 6 millionth visitor this year.
Xpat Opinion: The Right & The Left On Hungarian Achievements In London
- 13 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
I managed to avoid commenting on the Olympics for two solid weeks, but perhaps I ought to say something about the games in general, the Hungarians’ performance in particular, and the political sparring between left and right over the Olympics and its significance. A couple of decades ago I was an avid follower of Olympic events but eventually I became disillusioned. I wasn’t sure any longer about ...