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Hungary Reopens Embassy In Malaysia
- 27 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reopened Hungary’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur and inaugurated a regional trade representative office for Hungary in the Malaysian capital. Szijjártó had talks with Anifah Aman, his Malaysian counterpart, as well as with other senior officials. Malaysia is Hungary’s third largest trading partner in south-east Asia, Szijjártó noted, adding that under a recently adopted ...
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Hungary’s Justice Minister: EU Has No Solutions For Economic Migrants
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union is not capable of solving the problems of the influx of “economic migrants”, Justice Minister László Trócsányi said. Further, the EU should take into account the capacities of member states when dealing with the wave of refugees, the minister said on an official visit to Berlin, where he held talks with Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, chief advisor for European affairs, and interior ...
Csepreghy: EC Insists Selection Of Altus For Contract “Clean ”
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is trying to "explain away" the 1.5 billion forint (EUR 5m) contract awarded to former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus, insisting the selection process was “clean”, government official Nándor Csepreghy said. In its response to a letter addressed to EC Director-General Walter Deffaa, the Commission “tried to prove that the criteria used in selecting Altus was ...
Hungary’s Ad Tax Exemption Threshold Still Too High For Brussels
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission believes the proposed 100 million forints (EUR 325,000) exemption threshold for the advertising tax is still too high. The government is in talks with Brussels on the matter, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told commercial television ATV. The government has proposed making the ad tax rate a flat 5.3%, but allowing an exemption on a tax base up to 100 million forints.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Hungary Set To Adopt EU GMO Regulations First
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary could become the first EU member state to implement the union’s new directive on the possibility of restricting the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO), a farm ministry official said. Speaking on the sidelines of the GMO-Free Europe conference in Berlin, deputy state secretary András Rácz said that aside from implementing the European Union’s directive on the possibility ...
Govt Official: EU Membership Beneficial For Hungary
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has benefited greatly from its 11 years of European Union membership, despite a number of debates during this period, said Nándor Csepreghy, the cabinet’s deputy state secretary. He said the relationship between the EU and Hungary has stood the test of time, and has even been consolidated by the crises. Speaking at a Europe Day event, the deputy state secretary noted that there have been ...
Hungary To Promote GMO-Free Soya Production With Subsidy
- 6 May 2015 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The government will provide subsidies to promote GMO-free soya production in Hungary, a farm ministry official said. Soya is one of the most important sources of animal feed protein but the type grown in 85-99% of land in the world’s leading soya producers of Brazil, Argentine and the US is genetically modified, Zsolt Feldman said.
Hungary Reopens Embassy In Malaysia
- 27 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reopened Hungary’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur and inaugurated a regional trade representative office for Hungary in the Malaysian capital. Szijjártó had talks with Anifah Aman, his Malaysian counterpart, as well as with other senior officials. Malaysia is Hungary’s third largest trading partner in south-east Asia, Szijjártó noted, adding that under a recently adopted ...
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Hungary’s Justice Minister: EU Has No Solutions For Economic Migrants
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union is not capable of solving the problems of the influx of “economic migrants”, Justice Minister László Trócsányi said. Further, the EU should take into account the capacities of member states when dealing with the wave of refugees, the minister said on an official visit to Berlin, where he held talks with Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, chief advisor for European affairs, and interior ...
Csepreghy: EC Insists Selection Of Altus For Contract “Clean ”
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is trying to "explain away" the 1.5 billion forint (EUR 5m) contract awarded to former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus, insisting the selection process was “clean”, government official Nándor Csepreghy said. In its response to a letter addressed to EC Director-General Walter Deffaa, the Commission “tried to prove that the criteria used in selecting Altus was ...
Hungary’s Ad Tax Exemption Threshold Still Too High For Brussels
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission believes the proposed 100 million forints (EUR 325,000) exemption threshold for the advertising tax is still too high. The government is in talks with Brussels on the matter, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told commercial television ATV. The government has proposed making the ad tax rate a flat 5.3%, but allowing an exemption on a tax base up to 100 million forints.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Hungary Set To Adopt EU GMO Regulations First
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary could become the first EU member state to implement the union’s new directive on the possibility of restricting the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO), a farm ministry official said. Speaking on the sidelines of the GMO-Free Europe conference in Berlin, deputy state secretary András Rácz said that aside from implementing the European Union’s directive on the possibility ...
Govt Official: EU Membership Beneficial For Hungary
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has benefited greatly from its 11 years of European Union membership, despite a number of debates during this period, said Nándor Csepreghy, the cabinet’s deputy state secretary. He said the relationship between the EU and Hungary has stood the test of time, and has even been consolidated by the crises. Speaking at a Europe Day event, the deputy state secretary noted that there have been ...
Hungary To Promote GMO-Free Soya Production With Subsidy
- 6 May 2015 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The government will provide subsidies to promote GMO-free soya production in Hungary, a farm ministry official said. Soya is one of the most important sources of animal feed protein but the type grown in 85-99% of land in the world’s leading soya producers of Brazil, Argentine and the US is genetically modified, Zsolt Feldman said.