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Fidesz Launches Online Petition In Support Of Hungarian Interests
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz has launched an online petition with the aim of defending in Brussels the policies of protecting Hungarian farmland from speculators, making pálinka distillation tax free and protecting false acacia. Rural development minister Sándor Fazekas and director for Fidesz social relations Zsolt Nyitrai told a news conference on Thursday that the new government was prepared to fight the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Ten Years In The EU
- 8 May 2014 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators agree that Hungary has made relatively little progress since it joined the European Union ten years ago, despite a net financial transfer amounting to about 1.5 per cent of its GDP. Opinions diverge however on the reasons as well as on the direction European integration should follow.
Michelin To Close Budapest Factory
- 7 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Michelin will close its truck tyre factory in Budapest in the middle of next year, as European demand for its products is falling, the French company announced on Tuesday.
Video: Hungary’s Plusses & Minuses After 10 Years As EU Member
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- video
Ten years ago when Hungary celebrated joining the European Union, many people saw it as a fountain of good luck. Yes, membership offered great gains, but experts say that if Hungarians had known how to make better use of the opportunities they would have enjoyed more economic growth over the years since then.
EC Report On Hungary’s Economy Confirms Govt Prognosis
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The EC’s spring forecast includes similar figures as the macro-economic prognosis in Hungary’s convergence plan, which shows that the Hungarian government’s projections were reliable and credible, the economy ministry said, commenting on today’s release of the commission’s report on the country’s economy. The EC’s economic growth projections of 2.3% this year and 2.1% next year are identical to ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls For More European Efforts To Fight Unemployment
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new management of the European Union will have to focus on resolving “real problems” such as unemployment, without “any further useless bureaucratic fuss”, Róbert Zsigó, spokesman of the ruling Fidesz party, told a weekend press conference.
Russian Agents Increasingly Active In Hungary
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Russian intelligence agents are increasingly active in Hungary as a result of the Ukraine crisis, working in semi-secret and clandestine operations, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing unnamed Hungarian army sources.
Brussels Asks Hungary To Allay Concerns Over EU Funding System
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission wants Hungary to address concerns over its reform of the way it uses European Union funding, an EU spokesman said on Monday.
Fidesz Launches Online Petition In Support Of Hungarian Interests
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz has launched an online petition with the aim of defending in Brussels the policies of protecting Hungarian farmland from speculators, making pálinka distillation tax free and protecting false acacia. Rural development minister Sándor Fazekas and director for Fidesz social relations Zsolt Nyitrai told a news conference on Thursday that the new government was prepared to fight the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Ten Years In The EU
- 8 May 2014 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators agree that Hungary has made relatively little progress since it joined the European Union ten years ago, despite a net financial transfer amounting to about 1.5 per cent of its GDP. Opinions diverge however on the reasons as well as on the direction European integration should follow.
Michelin To Close Budapest Factory
- 7 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Michelin will close its truck tyre factory in Budapest in the middle of next year, as European demand for its products is falling, the French company announced on Tuesday.
Video: Hungary’s Plusses & Minuses After 10 Years As EU Member
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- video
Ten years ago when Hungary celebrated joining the European Union, many people saw it as a fountain of good luck. Yes, membership offered great gains, but experts say that if Hungarians had known how to make better use of the opportunities they would have enjoyed more economic growth over the years since then.
EC Report On Hungary’s Economy Confirms Govt Prognosis
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The EC’s spring forecast includes similar figures as the macro-economic prognosis in Hungary’s convergence plan, which shows that the Hungarian government’s projections were reliable and credible, the economy ministry said, commenting on today’s release of the commission’s report on the country’s economy. The EC’s economic growth projections of 2.3% this year and 2.1% next year are identical to ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls For More European Efforts To Fight Unemployment
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new management of the European Union will have to focus on resolving “real problems” such as unemployment, without “any further useless bureaucratic fuss”, Róbert Zsigó, spokesman of the ruling Fidesz party, told a weekend press conference.
Russian Agents Increasingly Active In Hungary
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Russian intelligence agents are increasingly active in Hungary as a result of the Ukraine crisis, working in semi-secret and clandestine operations, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing unnamed Hungarian army sources.
Brussels Asks Hungary To Allay Concerns Over EU Funding System
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission wants Hungary to address concerns over its reform of the way it uses European Union funding, an EU spokesman said on Monday.