4,107 result(s) for forint
NBH Governor: Hungary Sees Price, Financial Stability Since 2013
- 5 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary has enjoyed price and financial stability since 2013, when changes got under way at the central bank, the bank’s governor, György Matolcsy, said. Addressing lawmakers in parliament in a debate of the bank’s 2012, 2013 and 2014 business reports, Matolcsy said the bank’s new leadership in place since March 2013 had returned to a “responsible, conservative, but creatively functioning” path ...
National Bank of Hungary To Launch Growth Supporting Programme
- 4 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary will launch a Growth Supporting Programme (GSP) in January with the aim of increasing the banking sector’s lending to small and medium-sized firms by 250-400 billion forints, or 5-10% of total corporate lending stock, in 2016. The GSP comprises the final phase of the NBH’s Funding for Growth Scheme (FGS) as well as a package of incentives for active lenders dubbed the ...
Nearly 1,000 EU - Financed Development Projects Delayed
- 4 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- business
A total of 962 development projects co-financed by the European Union are currently delayed, business daily Világgazdaság reported. Citing cabinet office information, the paper said that at the end of the third quarter the state sector and local councils were 150 billion forints (EUR 480m) behind schedule in taking up EU monies.
Large Regional Differences In Hungary’s House Hold Spending
- 3 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Households in central Hungary, including Budapest, spent about 50% more on consumption in the first half of the year than households in the underdeveloped northeast of the country, data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) showed. A fresh KSH report shows household expenditures on consumption in central Hungary averaged 89,055 forints (EUR 286) per capita per month in January-June, ...
Quaestor Brokerage Scandal Victims Protest At Parliament
- 3 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Around one hundred people, including several opposition politicians, demanded compensation for victims of the Quaestor brokerage scandal near parliament. Deputy leader of the opposition Együtt party Levente Pápa said lawmakers will decide on Tuesday whether to guarantee cash compensation by the state in the law compensating investors of failed brokerage Quaestor, giving Hungarians who lost their ...
Geoff Warren Hungarian Quartet, Budapest Jazz Club, 6 November
- 3 Nov 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club with a kick-off at 20.00 on Friday , 6th November 2015 proudly presents the Geoff Warren Hungarian Quartet.
Official: Ludwig Museum Not Moving To Budapest City Park
- 31 Oct 2015 8:02 AM
- property
The Ludwig Museum will not move into the new National Gallery building planned to be built in the City Park as part of the Liget project, ministry commissioner for the project László Baán said. He told a press conference that the government decided on October 20 that the two museums would not be moved into the same building.
Almost 3,600 Individuals, 3,100 Companies On Hungarian Tax Authority’s Blacklist
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- business
There were 3,597 private taxpayers and self-employed individuals owing more than 10 million forints each in back taxes for at least 180 days at the end of September, figures from the Hungarian tax authority NAV show. The debtors’ list, updated on a quarterly basis, is headed by Zhou Tejiao, the owner of a now defunct company, who owes 13.6 billion forints.
Uniquely Hungary: Budaörs's Redeeming Features, By Anne Zwack
- 29 Oct 2015 12:30 AM
- getting around
Budaörs is not a very charismatic place. We usually drive through it with blinkers on our way to Ikea. And yet it has a very ancient history, going back to the Bronze Age 3.500 years ago. Since then it was occupied by the Celts and the Romans and, at the beginning of the 1800’s, it was repopulated by what Wikipedia quaintly calls Schwabian peasants.
NBH Governor: Hungary Sees Price, Financial Stability Since 2013
- 5 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary has enjoyed price and financial stability since 2013, when changes got under way at the central bank, the bank’s governor, György Matolcsy, said. Addressing lawmakers in parliament in a debate of the bank’s 2012, 2013 and 2014 business reports, Matolcsy said the bank’s new leadership in place since March 2013 had returned to a “responsible, conservative, but creatively functioning” path ...
National Bank of Hungary To Launch Growth Supporting Programme
- 4 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary will launch a Growth Supporting Programme (GSP) in January with the aim of increasing the banking sector’s lending to small and medium-sized firms by 250-400 billion forints, or 5-10% of total corporate lending stock, in 2016. The GSP comprises the final phase of the NBH’s Funding for Growth Scheme (FGS) as well as a package of incentives for active lenders dubbed the ...
Nearly 1,000 EU - Financed Development Projects Delayed
- 4 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- business
A total of 962 development projects co-financed by the European Union are currently delayed, business daily Világgazdaság reported. Citing cabinet office information, the paper said that at the end of the third quarter the state sector and local councils were 150 billion forints (EUR 480m) behind schedule in taking up EU monies.
Large Regional Differences In Hungary’s House Hold Spending
- 3 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Households in central Hungary, including Budapest, spent about 50% more on consumption in the first half of the year than households in the underdeveloped northeast of the country, data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) showed. A fresh KSH report shows household expenditures on consumption in central Hungary averaged 89,055 forints (EUR 286) per capita per month in January-June, ...
Quaestor Brokerage Scandal Victims Protest At Parliament
- 3 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Around one hundred people, including several opposition politicians, demanded compensation for victims of the Quaestor brokerage scandal near parliament. Deputy leader of the opposition Együtt party Levente Pápa said lawmakers will decide on Tuesday whether to guarantee cash compensation by the state in the law compensating investors of failed brokerage Quaestor, giving Hungarians who lost their ...
Geoff Warren Hungarian Quartet, Budapest Jazz Club, 6 November
- 3 Nov 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club with a kick-off at 20.00 on Friday , 6th November 2015 proudly presents the Geoff Warren Hungarian Quartet.
Official: Ludwig Museum Not Moving To Budapest City Park
- 31 Oct 2015 8:02 AM
- property
The Ludwig Museum will not move into the new National Gallery building planned to be built in the City Park as part of the Liget project, ministry commissioner for the project László Baán said. He told a press conference that the government decided on October 20 that the two museums would not be moved into the same building.
Almost 3,600 Individuals, 3,100 Companies On Hungarian Tax Authority’s Blacklist
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- business
There were 3,597 private taxpayers and self-employed individuals owing more than 10 million forints each in back taxes for at least 180 days at the end of September, figures from the Hungarian tax authority NAV show. The debtors’ list, updated on a quarterly basis, is headed by Zhou Tejiao, the owner of a now defunct company, who owes 13.6 billion forints.
Uniquely Hungary: Budaörs's Redeeming Features, By Anne Zwack
- 29 Oct 2015 12:30 AM
- getting around
Budaörs is not a very charismatic place. We usually drive through it with blinkers on our way to Ikea. And yet it has a very ancient history, going back to the Bronze Age 3.500 years ago. Since then it was occupied by the Celts and the Romans and, at the beginning of the 1800’s, it was repopulated by what Wikipedia quaintly calls Schwabian peasants.