437 result(s) for euro zone
Forint Strengthens As Hungary Welcomes ECB Announcement
- 28 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s forint got a boost from a falling euro against the dollar after the European Cental Bank (ECB) announced an extended asset purchase programme comprising sovereign euro area debt. Forint is now trading at 311,5 to the euro on the interbank forex market, up from 315.31 late Wednesday. Forint hit an all-time low at 327.62 last Thursday. Hungary’s Economy Ministry also welcomed the ...
Hungary Welcomes EU Law On GM Crops
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interests were fulfilled when a vote passed in the European Parliament allowed individual member states to ban the cultivation of GM crops, the farm ministry said. “It is an especially important strategic interest for Hungary laid down in its constitution also to ensure that its agriculture is GMO-free,” it said.
Hungarian Forint Weakens To 3-Year Low
- 5 Jan 2015 4:00 AM
- business
The forint was trading around 319 to the Euro by 10:20am on Monday, weakening more than two forints from 316.57 late on December 31, its latest Budapest session. The forint briefly shot to 320.80 by 9am before recovering.
Flow Is A Gateway To Happiness Hungarian Psychologist Says
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary for his life-work and especially his theory of flow - a gateway to happiness. Hungarian Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog has conferred the decoration on him in Los Angeles.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Hungarian Government To Restrict Supermarkets In World Heritage Areas
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
A bill on “implementing fair market practices” in commerce submitted to Parliament by the economy minister on Tuesday would prohibit big supermarkets and discount shops from opening in the area of Budapest’s World Heritage sites.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Europe In Spiritual Crisis
- 10 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe is in a serious spiritual crisis because the community spends too much on welfare while its share in the global economy is shrinking, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published online by Germany’s Die Welt.
Azerbaijan Tourism Days In Hungary, 21 - 22 November
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Azerbaijani-Hungarian Youth Union (AHYU) is proud to announce that it organizes the event ‘Azerbaijan Tourism Days in Hungary’. It will be held in Budapest in November 21-22, 2014.
Orbán: Growth Thanks To Hungarians’ Will To Work
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said the exceptional secondquarter economic growth data are down to the fact that Hungarians want to work. Speaking in an interview to public Kossuth Rádió, he commented on the 3.9% annual GDP increase, saying as long as people want to work such results would be forthcoming.
Forint Strengthens As Hungary Welcomes ECB Announcement
- 28 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s forint got a boost from a falling euro against the dollar after the European Cental Bank (ECB) announced an extended asset purchase programme comprising sovereign euro area debt. Forint is now trading at 311,5 to the euro on the interbank forex market, up from 315.31 late Wednesday. Forint hit an all-time low at 327.62 last Thursday. Hungary’s Economy Ministry also welcomed the ...
Hungary Welcomes EU Law On GM Crops
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interests were fulfilled when a vote passed in the European Parliament allowed individual member states to ban the cultivation of GM crops, the farm ministry said. “It is an especially important strategic interest for Hungary laid down in its constitution also to ensure that its agriculture is GMO-free,” it said.
Hungarian Forint Weakens To 3-Year Low
- 5 Jan 2015 4:00 AM
- business
The forint was trading around 319 to the Euro by 10:20am on Monday, weakening more than two forints from 316.57 late on December 31, its latest Budapest session. The forint briefly shot to 320.80 by 9am before recovering.
Flow Is A Gateway To Happiness Hungarian Psychologist Says
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary for his life-work and especially his theory of flow - a gateway to happiness. Hungarian Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog has conferred the decoration on him in Los Angeles.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Hungarian Government To Restrict Supermarkets In World Heritage Areas
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
A bill on “implementing fair market practices” in commerce submitted to Parliament by the economy minister on Tuesday would prohibit big supermarkets and discount shops from opening in the area of Budapest’s World Heritage sites.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Europe In Spiritual Crisis
- 10 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe is in a serious spiritual crisis because the community spends too much on welfare while its share in the global economy is shrinking, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published online by Germany’s Die Welt.
Azerbaijan Tourism Days In Hungary, 21 - 22 November
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Azerbaijani-Hungarian Youth Union (AHYU) is proud to announce that it organizes the event ‘Azerbaijan Tourism Days in Hungary’. It will be held in Budapest in November 21-22, 2014.
Orbán: Growth Thanks To Hungarians’ Will To Work
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said the exceptional secondquarter economic growth data are down to the fact that Hungarians want to work. Speaking in an interview to public Kossuth Rádió, he commented on the 3.9% annual GDP increase, saying as long as people want to work such results would be forthcoming.