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Hungarian Stocks & Currency See Week-Long Rally On Signs Of Gov’t Compromise In Dispute With EU
- 20 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Indications from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that he is willing to amend some laws in order to resolve disputes with the European Commission have fuelled a rally in the Hungarian currency, stocks and bonds this week. The forint strengthened to its strongest level against the euro this year yesterday at Ft 302, with the Swiss franc quoted at Ft 250.
Complete Announcement Of EC Proceedings Against Hungary
- 19 Jan 2012 11:35 AM
- current affairs
"The European Commission has today (17 Jan. 2012) started legal action against Hungary over new legislation that came into force at the beginning of the year under Hungary's new constitution. For the Commission, the Hungarian legislation conflicts with EU law by putting into question the independence of the country's central bank and data protection authorities and by the measures affecting its ...
CV Of Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister Of Hungary
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Viktor Orbán was born on 31 May, 1963, in the small Hungarian village of Alcsútdoboz. In 1977, his family moved to Székesfehérvár, where he finished his grammar-school studies, specialising in English. In 1983, as a student of Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest at the Faculty of Law, he was a founding member of Bibó College. A year later, with his fellow students, he created Századvég, a ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
EU Threatens To Take Action Over Disputed Legislation In Hungary
- 16 Jan 2012 8:05 AM
- current affairs
"The European Commission invoked the threat of infringement proceedings against Hungary if it finds that new laws passed in Budapest are not compatible with EU law. A statement from the Commission specified concerns pertaining to central bank independence, the independence of the data protection ombudsman and the mandatory early retirement of judges and prosecutors.
U.S. Ambassador To Hungary Interview With Balazs Naray, Kossuth Radio
- 12 Jan 2012 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Question: Thank you for the interview, first of all. I would like to ask if you have or has Washington received a response to Mrs. Clinton’s letter written on the 23rd of December?
Ambassador Kounalakis: No, we have not yet received a response, but we understand from press reports that there will be a response.
EU Orders Malév Hungarian Airlines To Repay State Aid
- 12 Jan 2012 10:35 AM
- business
"The European Commission yesterday ordered Malév to repay almost Ft 100 billion to the state, after ruling that government financial assistance for the airline during 2007-10 constituted illegal state aid. In essence, the EU competition authority found that Malév could not have obtained such financing from the market on similar conditions as offered by the state.
U.S. Ambassador Kounalakis Interview With Ildiko Eperjesi, ATV Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Question: Last year took some very unusual turns as far as the contacts between the United States and our country are concerned. First, Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State came to Hungary and she raised some criticism. And then you published some articles where you were very polite, but you also raised some criticism in terms of the operation of the Hungarian government.
Opinion: A Short View For A Country That I Live For More Than Five Years - Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Living day to day life in Szekesfehervar with my wife and 2 kids and belonging to a so called “middle class society”, not having any particular trouble regarding financial situation, but of course listening every day from our friends what they tell us about their loans and debts it pressed me to write this short view about this country and my experience in these years from what I observed in ...
Hungarian Stocks & Currency See Week-Long Rally On Signs Of Gov’t Compromise In Dispute With EU
- 20 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Indications from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that he is willing to amend some laws in order to resolve disputes with the European Commission have fuelled a rally in the Hungarian currency, stocks and bonds this week. The forint strengthened to its strongest level against the euro this year yesterday at Ft 302, with the Swiss franc quoted at Ft 250.
Complete Announcement Of EC Proceedings Against Hungary
- 19 Jan 2012 11:35 AM
- current affairs
"The European Commission has today (17 Jan. 2012) started legal action against Hungary over new legislation that came into force at the beginning of the year under Hungary's new constitution. For the Commission, the Hungarian legislation conflicts with EU law by putting into question the independence of the country's central bank and data protection authorities and by the measures affecting its ...
CV Of Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister Of Hungary
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Viktor Orbán was born on 31 May, 1963, in the small Hungarian village of Alcsútdoboz. In 1977, his family moved to Székesfehérvár, where he finished his grammar-school studies, specialising in English. In 1983, as a student of Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest at the Faculty of Law, he was a founding member of Bibó College. A year later, with his fellow students, he created Századvég, a ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
EU Threatens To Take Action Over Disputed Legislation In Hungary
- 16 Jan 2012 8:05 AM
- current affairs
"The European Commission invoked the threat of infringement proceedings against Hungary if it finds that new laws passed in Budapest are not compatible with EU law. A statement from the Commission specified concerns pertaining to central bank independence, the independence of the data protection ombudsman and the mandatory early retirement of judges and prosecutors.
U.S. Ambassador To Hungary Interview With Balazs Naray, Kossuth Radio
- 12 Jan 2012 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Question: Thank you for the interview, first of all. I would like to ask if you have or has Washington received a response to Mrs. Clinton’s letter written on the 23rd of December?
Ambassador Kounalakis: No, we have not yet received a response, but we understand from press reports that there will be a response.
EU Orders Malév Hungarian Airlines To Repay State Aid
- 12 Jan 2012 10:35 AM
- business
"The European Commission yesterday ordered Malév to repay almost Ft 100 billion to the state, after ruling that government financial assistance for the airline during 2007-10 constituted illegal state aid. In essence, the EU competition authority found that Malév could not have obtained such financing from the market on similar conditions as offered by the state.
U.S. Ambassador Kounalakis Interview With Ildiko Eperjesi, ATV Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Question: Last year took some very unusual turns as far as the contacts between the United States and our country are concerned. First, Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State came to Hungary and she raised some criticism. And then you published some articles where you were very polite, but you also raised some criticism in terms of the operation of the Hungarian government.
Opinion: A Short View For A Country That I Live For More Than Five Years - Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Living day to day life in Szekesfehervar with my wife and 2 kids and belonging to a so called “middle class society”, not having any particular trouble regarding financial situation, but of course listening every day from our friends what they tell us about their loans and debts it pressed me to write this short view about this country and my experience in these years from what I observed in ...