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Fight Over Utility Fee Cuts Must Be Fought In Brussels, Says Hungary’s PM
- 3 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The fight over utility fee cuts must be fought in Brussels instead of Budapest in the months ahead, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio. The European Union wants to deregulate energy prices, and experience shows that in countries without price regulation – where competition could have developed in the energy sector – companies did backroom deals and prices were higher than those set by ...
Moving Company Centres To Budapest Good Investment
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
International companies that move their centres and research units to Budapest find one of Europe’s cheapest but most highly skilled workforces and a regional transport hub in the city, a report by the Realestate Roundtable Association and DTZ shows. Some 45% of people aged between 25 and 40 have high-school and university diplomas, it said.
Governor Of National Bank Of Hungary At AmCham Event
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The structural reforms introduced by the government have brought about a break in financial and economic trends in Hungary, proving the success of its unorthodox crisis management, György Matolcsy, governor of the National Bank of Hungary, told a conference.
Xpat Opinion: Scandal Of The Year? Russian-Hungarian Nuclear Pact
- 30 Jan 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
The headlines in Hungarian weeklies illustrate a growing controversy over the planned addition of two Russian-made blocks to the existing Paks nuclear power station: “The scandal of the year” (168 óra); “Eastern Block” (Heti Világgazdaság); “The business of the year?” (Figyelő); “Hungary hooked by Putin” (Magyar Narancs); “Change of Roles in Kissidonia” (Demokrata); “Paks Vobiscum” (“Paks be with ...
Hungarian Unions To Join Euro Transport Protest
- 29 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
Four unions of Hungarian air traffic controllers will join a strike action called for Jan. 30 by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), Control, one of the unions, told MTI.ETF has called the strike action to protest against the European Commission’s reform plan, which it thinks will have negative impacts on air traffic controllers, including layoffs.
More Schools Participating In School Milk Programme In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of schools and schoolchildren participating in the National School Milk Programme in the 2013-2014 school year has increased significantly, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy announced at the Óbuda Elementary School in Budapest today.
Irish Killer Driver Will Probably Have To Serve His Full Sentence In Ireland, Not In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
When Irish offenders are sentenced to incarceration outside Ireland, the Irish president may probably not pardon them. Francis Ciarán Tobin will thus probably have to serve his full sentence in jail – this daily has learned from Irish sources.
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Brussles Did Not Indicate Any Problem With Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant’s Extension
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The extension of the Paks nuclear power plant is important for Hungary’s sovereignty –the Hungarian Government’s spokesman said on news channel HírTV on Saturday. András Giró-Szász highlighted that the current blocks would cease to operate by 2037, which would lead to a 40% reduction in Hungarian electricity production. Without the implementation of this necessary measure by the Government, power ...
Fight Over Utility Fee Cuts Must Be Fought In Brussels, Says Hungary’s PM
- 3 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The fight over utility fee cuts must be fought in Brussels instead of Budapest in the months ahead, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio. The European Union wants to deregulate energy prices, and experience shows that in countries without price regulation – where competition could have developed in the energy sector – companies did backroom deals and prices were higher than those set by ...
Moving Company Centres To Budapest Good Investment
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
International companies that move their centres and research units to Budapest find one of Europe’s cheapest but most highly skilled workforces and a regional transport hub in the city, a report by the Realestate Roundtable Association and DTZ shows. Some 45% of people aged between 25 and 40 have high-school and university diplomas, it said.
Governor Of National Bank Of Hungary At AmCham Event
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The structural reforms introduced by the government have brought about a break in financial and economic trends in Hungary, proving the success of its unorthodox crisis management, György Matolcsy, governor of the National Bank of Hungary, told a conference.
Xpat Opinion: Scandal Of The Year? Russian-Hungarian Nuclear Pact
- 30 Jan 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
The headlines in Hungarian weeklies illustrate a growing controversy over the planned addition of two Russian-made blocks to the existing Paks nuclear power station: “The scandal of the year” (168 óra); “Eastern Block” (Heti Világgazdaság); “The business of the year?” (Figyelő); “Hungary hooked by Putin” (Magyar Narancs); “Change of Roles in Kissidonia” (Demokrata); “Paks Vobiscum” (“Paks be with ...
Hungarian Unions To Join Euro Transport Protest
- 29 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
Four unions of Hungarian air traffic controllers will join a strike action called for Jan. 30 by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), Control, one of the unions, told MTI.ETF has called the strike action to protest against the European Commission’s reform plan, which it thinks will have negative impacts on air traffic controllers, including layoffs.
More Schools Participating In School Milk Programme In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of schools and schoolchildren participating in the National School Milk Programme in the 2013-2014 school year has increased significantly, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy announced at the Óbuda Elementary School in Budapest today.
Irish Killer Driver Will Probably Have To Serve His Full Sentence In Ireland, Not In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
When Irish offenders are sentenced to incarceration outside Ireland, the Irish president may probably not pardon them. Francis Ciarán Tobin will thus probably have to serve his full sentence in jail – this daily has learned from Irish sources.
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Brussles Did Not Indicate Any Problem With Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant’s Extension
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The extension of the Paks nuclear power plant is important for Hungary’s sovereignty –the Hungarian Government’s spokesman said on news channel HírTV on Saturday. András Giró-Szász highlighted that the current blocks would cease to operate by 2037, which would lead to a 40% reduction in Hungarian electricity production. Without the implementation of this necessary measure by the Government, power ...