70 result(s) for hungarian watchdog
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
Government Disputes Amnesty Report On Hungary
- 25 May 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The government begs to differ with human rights watchdog Amnesty International on the conclusions of its report on Hungary published on Wednesday, the justice ministry said. AI's report failed to cover the major steps Hungary has taken to enforce human rights over the past two years while remaining silent about insults to ethnic Hungarians abroad, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Amnesty International Stages Demo At French Embassy In Budapest
- 6 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Some 100 activists representing human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) staged a demonstration against the forcible deportation of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma at the French embassy in Budapest Saturday afternoon.
Hungary's Central Bank A "Lodging For Offshore Knighs" - Orbán
- 27 Apr 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"Whether or not current regulations on Hungary's financial markets supervision (PSZÁF) and central bank (NBH) will be changed is up Parliament to decide, said Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a press conference on Monday. While his response to an inquiry about the potential merger of the two was rather diplomatic, he did criticize both the watchdog and the head of the NBH.
Credigen Bank Withdraws From Hungary
- 12 Apr 2010 3:00 AM
- business
"Credigen Bank, the Hungarian consumer finance unit of French Sofinco, has terminated its activities in Hungary. A major player on the local consumer loan market, it will complete collecting its outstanding debt and then withdraw from Hungary altogether, the bank confirmed to local news portal index.hu. It has contracts with such large retail chains as Tesco, Media Markt, Saturn and Extreme ...
Ringier-Axel Springer Merger Would Create Print Media King In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2010 10:58 AM
- business
"The merger of Swiss Ringier and Germany’s Axel Springer would create the biggest print media company in Hungary, provided the competition authority green-lights the deal. Ringier AG and Axel Springer AG have announced on Wednesday that they will combine their operations in five Eastern European countries in a new company to be headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Each partner will hold 50% of ...
Government Agrees To Back Mega-Project In Hungary Despite Concerns About Transparency
- 5 Mar 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Some of Hungary's major anti-corruption NGOs have turned to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia. The NGOs are concerned about a giant project financed with state aid and therefore urged the Prime Minister to immediately suspend the 'murky' 130 mn EUR investment, financed by an EU fund and the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary finally ordered the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
Government Disputes Amnesty Report On Hungary
- 25 May 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The government begs to differ with human rights watchdog Amnesty International on the conclusions of its report on Hungary published on Wednesday, the justice ministry said. AI's report failed to cover the major steps Hungary has taken to enforce human rights over the past two years while remaining silent about insults to ethnic Hungarians abroad, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Amnesty International Stages Demo At French Embassy In Budapest
- 6 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Some 100 activists representing human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) staged a demonstration against the forcible deportation of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma at the French embassy in Budapest Saturday afternoon.
Hungary's Central Bank A "Lodging For Offshore Knighs" - Orbán
- 27 Apr 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"Whether or not current regulations on Hungary's financial markets supervision (PSZÁF) and central bank (NBH) will be changed is up Parliament to decide, said Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a press conference on Monday. While his response to an inquiry about the potential merger of the two was rather diplomatic, he did criticize both the watchdog and the head of the NBH.
Credigen Bank Withdraws From Hungary
- 12 Apr 2010 3:00 AM
- business
"Credigen Bank, the Hungarian consumer finance unit of French Sofinco, has terminated its activities in Hungary. A major player on the local consumer loan market, it will complete collecting its outstanding debt and then withdraw from Hungary altogether, the bank confirmed to local news portal index.hu. It has contracts with such large retail chains as Tesco, Media Markt, Saturn and Extreme ...
Ringier-Axel Springer Merger Would Create Print Media King In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2010 10:58 AM
- business
"The merger of Swiss Ringier and Germany’s Axel Springer would create the biggest print media company in Hungary, provided the competition authority green-lights the deal. Ringier AG and Axel Springer AG have announced on Wednesday that they will combine their operations in five Eastern European countries in a new company to be headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Each partner will hold 50% of ...
Government Agrees To Back Mega-Project In Hungary Despite Concerns About Transparency
- 5 Mar 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Some of Hungary's major anti-corruption NGOs have turned to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia. The NGOs are concerned about a giant project financed with state aid and therefore urged the Prime Minister to immediately suspend the 'murky' 130 mn EUR investment, financed by an EU fund and the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary finally ordered the ...