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Budget Deficit At 61% Of Full-Year Target In July
- 23 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s cashflow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, reached 464.8 billion forints (EUR 1.49bn) in the first seven months of the year, 61% of the full-year target, the economy ministry confirmed in a second reading of data released on Monday.
Hungarian-Made Electric Car Charging Station Inaugurated In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
A Hungarian-made electric car charging station was inaugurated in Budapest, on Sunday during the Budapest leg of the 80edays around the world race in electric cars. Economy Minister Mihály Varga said at the event that the new station was the first one in what will soon be a network of electric car charging stations around the country.
Hungary’s Economy Performed Well In H1
- 19 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
In the first half of the year Hungary’s economy performed well, government office chief János Lázár told a regular government news conference, adding that growth had been accompanied by a continual reduction in the public debt. He said that growth in the second quarter could be attributed to government policymaking, since EU payments only kicked in after that.
Economic Growth Pattern Is Healthy, GKI Says
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The pattern of Hungary's economic growth is healthy, as it is driven by export and investments, the CEO of economic research company GKI László Akar told a forum in Veszprém, west Hungary, on Tuesday.
Official: Budapest Plans Compact, ‘Manageable’ Olympics
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Taking its cue from the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme targeting mediumsize cities, Budapest plans to host a compact and manageable Olympics with a human face. “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and we intend to win it,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a ...
Electric Car Owners Can Soon Drive Cross Country
- 17 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
The network of electric car charging stations that will be built with the help of a tender recently launched by the economy ministry will allow electric car owners to easily drive cross country, a ministry official said. The economy ministry on Monday launched a tender offering 1.25 billion (EUR 4m) forints of non-refundable grants to municipalities governing cities with at least 15,000 ...
Hungarian Economist Calls Paks II “A National Tragedy”
- 15 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Translation of György Nej’s interview with Hungarian economist Mária Zita Petschnig published in 168 óra on 18 July 2014 under the title “National Tragedy: We may leave the EU.” President Áder János signed into law the agreement pertaining to the the Paks II loan agreement, although the Hungarian Wire Office (MTI) neglected to report it. Was it really so unimportant? The project, together with ...
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
Hungary: Summer Festivals Cash In
- 10 Aug 2016 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Summer in the country means it’s time to make some money with a music festival. Hungary has an every growing number of such events. Typical is the ‘Jazz Picnic’ in the village of Paloznark, which has just 500 inhabitants. Hosting the annual festival brings in as many as 10,000 visitors, boosting the local economy with the equivalent of over 60,000 euros just in ticket sales.
Budget Deficit At 61% Of Full-Year Target In July
- 23 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s cashflow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, reached 464.8 billion forints (EUR 1.49bn) in the first seven months of the year, 61% of the full-year target, the economy ministry confirmed in a second reading of data released on Monday.
Hungarian-Made Electric Car Charging Station Inaugurated In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
A Hungarian-made electric car charging station was inaugurated in Budapest, on Sunday during the Budapest leg of the 80edays around the world race in electric cars. Economy Minister Mihály Varga said at the event that the new station was the first one in what will soon be a network of electric car charging stations around the country.
Hungary’s Economy Performed Well In H1
- 19 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
In the first half of the year Hungary’s economy performed well, government office chief János Lázár told a regular government news conference, adding that growth had been accompanied by a continual reduction in the public debt. He said that growth in the second quarter could be attributed to government policymaking, since EU payments only kicked in after that.
Economic Growth Pattern Is Healthy, GKI Says
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The pattern of Hungary's economic growth is healthy, as it is driven by export and investments, the CEO of economic research company GKI László Akar told a forum in Veszprém, west Hungary, on Tuesday.
Official: Budapest Plans Compact, ‘Manageable’ Olympics
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Taking its cue from the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme targeting mediumsize cities, Budapest plans to host a compact and manageable Olympics with a human face. “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and we intend to win it,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a ...
Electric Car Owners Can Soon Drive Cross Country
- 17 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
The network of electric car charging stations that will be built with the help of a tender recently launched by the economy ministry will allow electric car owners to easily drive cross country, a ministry official said. The economy ministry on Monday launched a tender offering 1.25 billion (EUR 4m) forints of non-refundable grants to municipalities governing cities with at least 15,000 ...
Hungarian Economist Calls Paks II “A National Tragedy”
- 15 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Translation of György Nej’s interview with Hungarian economist Mária Zita Petschnig published in 168 óra on 18 July 2014 under the title “National Tragedy: We may leave the EU.” President Áder János signed into law the agreement pertaining to the the Paks II loan agreement, although the Hungarian Wire Office (MTI) neglected to report it. Was it really so unimportant? The project, together with ...
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
Hungary: Summer Festivals Cash In
- 10 Aug 2016 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Summer in the country means it’s time to make some money with a music festival. Hungary has an every growing number of such events. Typical is the ‘Jazz Picnic’ in the village of Paloznark, which has just 500 inhabitants. Hosting the annual festival brings in as many as 10,000 visitors, boosting the local economy with the equivalent of over 60,000 euros just in ticket sales.