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Facebook Group Protests In Budapest Against “Looting” Private Pension Funds
- 26 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in front of the economy ministry to protest against a government proposal concerning private pension funds, on Tuesday. Zoltán Büki, member of the Facebook group which organised the demo, said that “the government is now eyeing the property of 60,000 people” and insisted that the cabinet has “irrevocably gone down to the level of petty thieves sneaking into homes at night ...
Private Pension Funds To Be Eliminated In Hungary By 2015
- 25 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reuters has reported that Hungary’s mandatory private pension funds could be eliminated by the end of this year if a new government measure that requires a highly active membership is passed. The Hungarian government has already been tapping the private schemes since 2010 for 360 billion forints (0.96 billion pounds) a year to cut the state budget deficit.
Project Launched In Hungary On Better Policing Of Hate Crime
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A project advising Hungarian law enforcement agencies on handling hate crimes and promoting Roma in law enforcement was launched on Wednesday with help of the Norwegian Civil Fund. “If perpetrators of hate crime are not brought to justice, democracy is harmed and an entire society suffers the consequences,” the Norwegian ambassador said at the launching event.
Book On Hungarian Holocaust Presented At Tom Lantos Institute
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It is an ongoing task to keep alert coming generations and ensure that the Holocaust should never happen again, state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office László L Simon said at the presentation of a new book about the Hungarian Holocaust in Budapest’s Tom Lantos Institute.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
AmCham Anniversary: 'The United States Is Hungary’s Ally'
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“The essence of Hungarian-American relations is that there is an alliance between the two countries in politics, a partnership with regard to the economy and respect within intellectual and cultural life”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at an event held in Budapest to mark the 25th anniversary of the presence of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and General Electric (GE) in Hungary.
Now On: Unicorn is More Than Nation, Knoll Gallery Budapest
- 15 Nov 2014 12:04 AM
- community & culture
The exhibition „Unicorn is more than Nation“ deals with the virulent topic „nation“. The artists elaborate the issue partly in a fundamental, partly in a humorous way. The exhibited works reflect different forms of the legitimation of nationalist ideologies. On the one hand its history and how it can be constructed, on the other hand the folk traditions and folklore, which have the power to ...
Bill Would Make Tobacco Companies Pay One-Time Health-Care Contribution
- 14 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- business
A bill submitted by an MP of governing Fidesz on Thursday would require tobacco companies to pay a one-off extraordinary health-care contribution next year.
BAT: Tobacco Tax Could Raise Cigarette Prices In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2014 3:00 AM
- shopping
A proposed one-off tax on tobacco companies could raise the price of cigarettes by 70-80 forints (EUR 0.25) per pack, daily Népszabadság said on Friday, citing an official from British American Tobacco (BAT). Attila Tóth, who handles BAT’s relations with the government, told the paper that the sector had not generated “extra profit” for years.
Facebook Group Protests In Budapest Against “Looting” Private Pension Funds
- 26 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in front of the economy ministry to protest against a government proposal concerning private pension funds, on Tuesday. Zoltán Büki, member of the Facebook group which organised the demo, said that “the government is now eyeing the property of 60,000 people” and insisted that the cabinet has “irrevocably gone down to the level of petty thieves sneaking into homes at night ...
Private Pension Funds To Be Eliminated In Hungary By 2015
- 25 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reuters has reported that Hungary’s mandatory private pension funds could be eliminated by the end of this year if a new government measure that requires a highly active membership is passed. The Hungarian government has already been tapping the private schemes since 2010 for 360 billion forints (0.96 billion pounds) a year to cut the state budget deficit.
Project Launched In Hungary On Better Policing Of Hate Crime
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A project advising Hungarian law enforcement agencies on handling hate crimes and promoting Roma in law enforcement was launched on Wednesday with help of the Norwegian Civil Fund. “If perpetrators of hate crime are not brought to justice, democracy is harmed and an entire society suffers the consequences,” the Norwegian ambassador said at the launching event.
Book On Hungarian Holocaust Presented At Tom Lantos Institute
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It is an ongoing task to keep alert coming generations and ensure that the Holocaust should never happen again, state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office László L Simon said at the presentation of a new book about the Hungarian Holocaust in Budapest’s Tom Lantos Institute.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
AmCham Anniversary: 'The United States Is Hungary’s Ally'
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“The essence of Hungarian-American relations is that there is an alliance between the two countries in politics, a partnership with regard to the economy and respect within intellectual and cultural life”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at an event held in Budapest to mark the 25th anniversary of the presence of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and General Electric (GE) in Hungary.
Now On: Unicorn is More Than Nation, Knoll Gallery Budapest
- 15 Nov 2014 12:04 AM
- community & culture
The exhibition „Unicorn is more than Nation“ deals with the virulent topic „nation“. The artists elaborate the issue partly in a fundamental, partly in a humorous way. The exhibited works reflect different forms of the legitimation of nationalist ideologies. On the one hand its history and how it can be constructed, on the other hand the folk traditions and folklore, which have the power to ...
Bill Would Make Tobacco Companies Pay One-Time Health-Care Contribution
- 14 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- business
A bill submitted by an MP of governing Fidesz on Thursday would require tobacco companies to pay a one-off extraordinary health-care contribution next year.
BAT: Tobacco Tax Could Raise Cigarette Prices In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2014 3:00 AM
- shopping
A proposed one-off tax on tobacco companies could raise the price of cigarettes by 70-80 forints (EUR 0.25) per pack, daily Népszabadság said on Friday, citing an official from British American Tobacco (BAT). Attila Tóth, who handles BAT’s relations with the government, told the paper that the sector had not generated “extra profit” for years.