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Report: Sziget Festival Budapest 2012
- 16 Aug 2012 12:35 PM
- entertainment
On Monday morning the 20th Sziget Festival officially ended. Glastonbury’s founder, Michael Eavis was amongst the 379 thousand visitors, generously praising Sziget for being even more colourful than his own event. Besides celebrating the 20th edition, Sziget also welcomed its 6 millionth visitor this year.
Hungarian Parties Fidesz And Socialists Exchange Barbs
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has damaged Hungary's reputation with several recent remarks, and the damage can be measured in forints, Socialist MP Istvan Jozsa charged. He said primarily the extension of the financial transaction tax to the MNB damaged Hungary's image but Orban's description of Hungarians as a semi-Asian people and his other July 26 statement ”let us hope that God will help us and ...
Xpat Opinion: Is Hungary Playing For Time With The IMF?
- 9 Aug 2012 12:55 PM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist suspects that the government will only revise its controversial fiscal policy and budget forecasts for next year if forced to do so by financial markets.
Significant Financial Support For The Education Of Disadvantaged Young People In Hungary
- 3 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the framework of the New Széchenyi Plan, 7.5 billion forints have been earmarked for the financial support of public training school programmes aiming at promoting equal opportunities as well as for the further development of programmes such as ‘Schoolnet’, ‘Tanoda’ and ‘Second Chance’.
Foreign Companies Employ 25% In Hungary
- 2 Aug 2012 2:02 AM
- business
Foreign-owned companies account for 3.3% of all businesses registered in Hungary but employ 25% of Hungary’s 1.6 million active employees, according to the labour office NMH. Data from May 2011 shows that 5.7% of employees worked at companies where foreign ownership exceeded 50%. Foreign-owned companies carried out nearly half of all investments in Hungary, to a total of Ft 1.5 trillion according ...
Government Welcomes US State Dept Recognising Freedom Of Religion In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2012 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The government welcomes the fact that according to the United States Department of State, Hungarian laws protect the freedom of religion. The Hungarian government welcomes the fact that the US Department of State's 2011 International Religious Freedom Report estimates that the Hungarian constitution, as well as other laws and measures, protect the freedom of religion – responded the Prime ...
Markets In Hungary Turn Sour On Orban Comments
- 1 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Capital markets reacted negatively to the Prime Minister’s last Wednesday comments in which he seemed adamant about extending the financial transaction tax to the MNB, according to Bertalan Nagy, head of the private banking unit of Equilor brokers. The euphoria fuelled by hopes of a quick agreement dissipated this week and gains in Hungarian asset prices began to be priced out, he said.
Hungary's PM Orban Refuses To Back Down On Extending New Tax To MNB
- 31 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will insist during loan talks with the EU and IMF that the financial transaction tax be applied to the MNB, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters last week. The government and the IMF disagree on this issue, he said, one day after the European Central Bank (ECB) also expressed its opposition, saying the measure may violate EU rules.
Video: IMF/EU Negotiations: Agreement With Hungary Possible By Late Autumn
- 30 Jul 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is optimistic about resuming talks with the IMF/EU in autumn. On their part, both international negotiators announced to the press on Thursday that the first round of negotiations had taken place in a constructive atmosphere.
Report: Sziget Festival Budapest 2012
- 16 Aug 2012 12:35 PM
- entertainment
On Monday morning the 20th Sziget Festival officially ended. Glastonbury’s founder, Michael Eavis was amongst the 379 thousand visitors, generously praising Sziget for being even more colourful than his own event. Besides celebrating the 20th edition, Sziget also welcomed its 6 millionth visitor this year.
Hungarian Parties Fidesz And Socialists Exchange Barbs
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has damaged Hungary's reputation with several recent remarks, and the damage can be measured in forints, Socialist MP Istvan Jozsa charged. He said primarily the extension of the financial transaction tax to the MNB damaged Hungary's image but Orban's description of Hungarians as a semi-Asian people and his other July 26 statement ”let us hope that God will help us and ...
Xpat Opinion: Is Hungary Playing For Time With The IMF?
- 9 Aug 2012 12:55 PM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist suspects that the government will only revise its controversial fiscal policy and budget forecasts for next year if forced to do so by financial markets.
Significant Financial Support For The Education Of Disadvantaged Young People In Hungary
- 3 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the framework of the New Széchenyi Plan, 7.5 billion forints have been earmarked for the financial support of public training school programmes aiming at promoting equal opportunities as well as for the further development of programmes such as ‘Schoolnet’, ‘Tanoda’ and ‘Second Chance’.
Foreign Companies Employ 25% In Hungary
- 2 Aug 2012 2:02 AM
- business
Foreign-owned companies account for 3.3% of all businesses registered in Hungary but employ 25% of Hungary’s 1.6 million active employees, according to the labour office NMH. Data from May 2011 shows that 5.7% of employees worked at companies where foreign ownership exceeded 50%. Foreign-owned companies carried out nearly half of all investments in Hungary, to a total of Ft 1.5 trillion according ...
Government Welcomes US State Dept Recognising Freedom Of Religion In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2012 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The government welcomes the fact that according to the United States Department of State, Hungarian laws protect the freedom of religion. The Hungarian government welcomes the fact that the US Department of State's 2011 International Religious Freedom Report estimates that the Hungarian constitution, as well as other laws and measures, protect the freedom of religion – responded the Prime ...
Markets In Hungary Turn Sour On Orban Comments
- 1 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Capital markets reacted negatively to the Prime Minister’s last Wednesday comments in which he seemed adamant about extending the financial transaction tax to the MNB, according to Bertalan Nagy, head of the private banking unit of Equilor brokers. The euphoria fuelled by hopes of a quick agreement dissipated this week and gains in Hungarian asset prices began to be priced out, he said.
Hungary's PM Orban Refuses To Back Down On Extending New Tax To MNB
- 31 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will insist during loan talks with the EU and IMF that the financial transaction tax be applied to the MNB, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters last week. The government and the IMF disagree on this issue, he said, one day after the European Central Bank (ECB) also expressed its opposition, saying the measure may violate EU rules.
Video: IMF/EU Negotiations: Agreement With Hungary Possible By Late Autumn
- 30 Jul 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is optimistic about resuming talks with the IMF/EU in autumn. On their part, both international negotiators announced to the press on Thursday that the first round of negotiations had taken place in a constructive atmosphere.