2,503 result(s) for hungarian forint
Lázár: Hungarian Government Windows To Offer Tax Administration Services
- 2 Dec 2015 10:06 AM
- business
The government plans to expand the role of so-called government windows—one-stop shops for citizens organising official paperwork—to also offer tax administration services, the government office chief said. The government’s aim in developing regional public administration is to enable people to start the administration process from home in an increasing number of cases, János Lázár said at the ...
Airport At Lake Balaton, Hungary To Be Renovated For HUF 5bn
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- travel
The Héviz-Sármellék airport at Lake Balaton will be renovated at a cost of 5 billion forints (EUR 16.1m), and will be connected to the M7 motorway by a new main road which will be built for an additional 4 billion forints, the daily Magyar Idők reported. The project is part of a plan of renewing the Balaton region to be carried out in the 2014- 2020 European Union funding period, Héviz mayor ...
Hungary’s Opposition Party Demands Govt Info On Army Weapon Sales To Hunting Shop
- 2 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
A hunting shop in Hungary has bought thousands of rocket-propelled weapons from the Hungarian armed forces, the opposition PM party’s spokesman said. Bence Tordai cited defence ministry contracts showing that in 2013 and 2014 the company bought 1,357 air launched rockets, 83 nose guns and 52 airborne rockets from the Hungarian army for 7.5 million forints (EUR 24,000).
Retail Sector Continues To Record Sales Growth Above The EU Average, September 2015
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
In September 2015, the volume of retail sales grew by 5.1 percent year-on-year, and thus the sector’s positive sales trend has been in place for the 28th consecutive month. In the initial nine months of the year, the volume of sales was up by 5.9 percent year-on-year. These growth figures exceed both the EU and the Euro-zone averages.
Hungarian Socialist Leader Sees Fidesz As “Core Problem”
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s “gravest problem” is its ruling Fidesz party, which has “manoeuvred the country into a dead end”, József Tóbiás, head of the opposition Socialist Party, told the party’s congress. Tóbiás insisted that the Fideszgovernment has aggravated all of the country’s problems including a failure to tackle deep poverty and deliberately neglecting vulnerable groups within society.
Vocational Training Scheme For Hungarians Beyond Borders ‘Successful’
- 30 Nov 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
The government-supported vocational training scheme for ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries has proved successful this year, the state secretary for Hungarian communities beyond the borders said. The budget available for the programme this year was 500 million forints (EUR 1.7m), and increased significantly from last year, János Árpád Potápi told a conference.
Funding Available To Hungarian Civil Orgs To Help Communities
- 30 Nov 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Civil organisations can bid for a total of 2.15 billion forints (EUR 6.9m) of funding from the national cooperation fund to help build communities and create new opportunities, the state secretary for church, ethnic minority and civil social relations, Miklós Soltész told a press conference. A total of 64,000 civil organisations operate in Hungary, with 16% supporting leisure activities, 13.5% ...
Budapest Court Acquits Officials Of Charges Over 2008 Real Estate Resale
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- property
A Budapest court has acquitted a former Moscow ambassador and six other defendants of charges of misappropriation, accessory to a crime and forgery in a real estate case. According to the indictment, Árpád Székely, ambassador at the time, had signed contracts of the sale of a property in 2008 without his superiors knowing. The other accused were trying to cover up his acts.
Quotas Would Put Unacceptable Burden On Welfare System , Says Hungarian State Secretary
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union’s mandatory migrant quota scheme would put an unacceptable burden on Hungary’s welfare, education and health-care systems, the human resources state secretary said. The migrant relocation scheme, if implemented, would be unlawful, dangerous and would go against Hungary’s interests, Bence Rétvári said.
Lázár: Hungarian Government Windows To Offer Tax Administration Services
- 2 Dec 2015 10:06 AM
- business
The government plans to expand the role of so-called government windows—one-stop shops for citizens organising official paperwork—to also offer tax administration services, the government office chief said. The government’s aim in developing regional public administration is to enable people to start the administration process from home in an increasing number of cases, János Lázár said at the ...
Airport At Lake Balaton, Hungary To Be Renovated For HUF 5bn
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- travel
The Héviz-Sármellék airport at Lake Balaton will be renovated at a cost of 5 billion forints (EUR 16.1m), and will be connected to the M7 motorway by a new main road which will be built for an additional 4 billion forints, the daily Magyar Idők reported. The project is part of a plan of renewing the Balaton region to be carried out in the 2014- 2020 European Union funding period, Héviz mayor ...
Hungary’s Opposition Party Demands Govt Info On Army Weapon Sales To Hunting Shop
- 2 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
A hunting shop in Hungary has bought thousands of rocket-propelled weapons from the Hungarian armed forces, the opposition PM party’s spokesman said. Bence Tordai cited defence ministry contracts showing that in 2013 and 2014 the company bought 1,357 air launched rockets, 83 nose guns and 52 airborne rockets from the Hungarian army for 7.5 million forints (EUR 24,000).
Retail Sector Continues To Record Sales Growth Above The EU Average, September 2015
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
In September 2015, the volume of retail sales grew by 5.1 percent year-on-year, and thus the sector’s positive sales trend has been in place for the 28th consecutive month. In the initial nine months of the year, the volume of sales was up by 5.9 percent year-on-year. These growth figures exceed both the EU and the Euro-zone averages.
Hungarian Socialist Leader Sees Fidesz As “Core Problem”
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s “gravest problem” is its ruling Fidesz party, which has “manoeuvred the country into a dead end”, József Tóbiás, head of the opposition Socialist Party, told the party’s congress. Tóbiás insisted that the Fideszgovernment has aggravated all of the country’s problems including a failure to tackle deep poverty and deliberately neglecting vulnerable groups within society.
Vocational Training Scheme For Hungarians Beyond Borders ‘Successful’
- 30 Nov 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
The government-supported vocational training scheme for ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries has proved successful this year, the state secretary for Hungarian communities beyond the borders said. The budget available for the programme this year was 500 million forints (EUR 1.7m), and increased significantly from last year, János Árpád Potápi told a conference.
Funding Available To Hungarian Civil Orgs To Help Communities
- 30 Nov 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Civil organisations can bid for a total of 2.15 billion forints (EUR 6.9m) of funding from the national cooperation fund to help build communities and create new opportunities, the state secretary for church, ethnic minority and civil social relations, Miklós Soltész told a press conference. A total of 64,000 civil organisations operate in Hungary, with 16% supporting leisure activities, 13.5% ...
Budapest Court Acquits Officials Of Charges Over 2008 Real Estate Resale
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- property
A Budapest court has acquitted a former Moscow ambassador and six other defendants of charges of misappropriation, accessory to a crime and forgery in a real estate case. According to the indictment, Árpád Székely, ambassador at the time, had signed contracts of the sale of a property in 2008 without his superiors knowing. The other accused were trying to cover up his acts.
Quotas Would Put Unacceptable Burden On Welfare System , Says Hungarian State Secretary
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union’s mandatory migrant quota scheme would put an unacceptable burden on Hungary’s welfare, education and health-care systems, the human resources state secretary said. The migrant relocation scheme, if implemented, would be unlawful, dangerous and would go against Hungary’s interests, Bence Rétvári said.