238 result(s) for fined
McDonald’s In Hungary Gets Fined
- 9 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has fined McDonald’s HUF 15 million because of a misleading chicken product advertisement between the period of 1 January 2013 and 12 February 2013.
Hungary’s NAV Scrutinising Packages With Tobacco
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tax office NAV is scrutinising packages shipped within Hungary that contain tobacco products in an effort to crack down on the illegal tobacco market, NAV said on its Facebook page. NAV said it had seized more than one and a half tonnes of illegal tobacco products worth some 20 million forints (EUR 67,000).
National Bank Of Hungary Fined Napi Gazdaság & Napi.hu For Illegal Market Manipulation
- 27 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has fined the publisher Napi Gazdaság Kiadó and news portal Napi.hu 3 million forints each for illegal manipulation of the market. The NBH launched an investigation over an article published by the business daily as well as the news portal on October 16, which said Norway’s Oil Fund could consider selling its 1.6% stake in Hungarian oil and gas company MOL ...
Fact & Fiction In Foreign Media Reports About Hungary
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán’s regime is Fascist with a human face; the constitution prohibits abortion, and judges of the Constitutional Court are sacked at will – these and other allegations can be read in foreign media reports about Hungary. The sources of those articles tend to be the same “independent” Hungarian intellectuals, says Heti Válasz.
GVH Slaps Banks In Hungary With Record Fine
- 21 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The Competition Office (GVH) has fined 11 banks a total of Ft 9.5 billion – the largest penalty ever imposed in Hungary in a cartel case – after finding that the lenders colluded to obstruct access to forint loans for those taking part in the early debt repayment plan for foreign-currency mortgage debtors.
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Hungarian Pays Romanian Fine With Coins Weighing Over A Ton
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanian police fined an ethnic Hungarians woman for handing out bilingual price cards to vendors in a vegetable market. An unprecedented grassroots campaign followed in which the sum of the fine was collected in penny coins – weighing more than a ton.
Massive March Demands Autonomy For Szekler Land
- 27 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
“We want autonomy, not independence,” “Romania is our country too,” read placards under which an estimated 120 000 Szeklers (a subgroup of ethnic Hungarians in Romania) were marching along road no. 11 between Braşov (Brassó) and Bacău (Bákó) on Sunday, October 27.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
McDonald’s In Hungary Gets Fined
- 9 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has fined McDonald’s HUF 15 million because of a misleading chicken product advertisement between the period of 1 January 2013 and 12 February 2013.
Hungary’s NAV Scrutinising Packages With Tobacco
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tax office NAV is scrutinising packages shipped within Hungary that contain tobacco products in an effort to crack down on the illegal tobacco market, NAV said on its Facebook page. NAV said it had seized more than one and a half tonnes of illegal tobacco products worth some 20 million forints (EUR 67,000).
National Bank Of Hungary Fined Napi Gazdaság & Napi.hu For Illegal Market Manipulation
- 27 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has fined the publisher Napi Gazdaság Kiadó and news portal Napi.hu 3 million forints each for illegal manipulation of the market. The NBH launched an investigation over an article published by the business daily as well as the news portal on October 16, which said Norway’s Oil Fund could consider selling its 1.6% stake in Hungarian oil and gas company MOL ...
Fact & Fiction In Foreign Media Reports About Hungary
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán’s regime is Fascist with a human face; the constitution prohibits abortion, and judges of the Constitutional Court are sacked at will – these and other allegations can be read in foreign media reports about Hungary. The sources of those articles tend to be the same “independent” Hungarian intellectuals, says Heti Válasz.
GVH Slaps Banks In Hungary With Record Fine
- 21 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The Competition Office (GVH) has fined 11 banks a total of Ft 9.5 billion – the largest penalty ever imposed in Hungary in a cartel case – after finding that the lenders colluded to obstruct access to forint loans for those taking part in the early debt repayment plan for foreign-currency mortgage debtors.
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Hungarian Pays Romanian Fine With Coins Weighing Over A Ton
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanian police fined an ethnic Hungarians woman for handing out bilingual price cards to vendors in a vegetable market. An unprecedented grassroots campaign followed in which the sum of the fine was collected in penny coins – weighing more than a ton.
Massive March Demands Autonomy For Szekler Land
- 27 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
“We want autonomy, not independence,” “Romania is our country too,” read placards under which an estimated 120 000 Szeklers (a subgroup of ethnic Hungarians in Romania) were marching along road no. 11 between Braşov (Brassó) and Bacău (Bákó) on Sunday, October 27.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...