4,378 result(s) for hungarians
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
Hungarians Footie Mad
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Thousands of soccer fans gathered to celebrate Hungary’s team after a Euro 2016 match with Portugal, in central Budapest on Wednesday night. Traffic in some of the main venues, including Grand Boulevard and Margaret Bridge was blocked, with large groups of fans occupying the road. A number of public transport services were also stopped. The match, played in Lyon, ended in a draw of 3:3, and put ...
New Cancer Therapies Reach Clinical Trial Phase, Says Servier Hungária
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Two molecules that promise a new type of therapy for cancer patients are scheduled to reach the clinical trial phase this year, Servier Hungária, the Hungarian unit of the French pharmaceutical company, told a press conference. B a s e d on Hungarian research, one of the molecules would be used to treat aggressive blood cancer and the other colon-rectal cancer, Servier Hungária’s cheif executive ...
French Court Sentences Hungarian Soccer Fan To Six Months In Prison
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One of five Hungarians detained after a Euro 2016 soccer match involving the national eleven in Marseille last weekend has been sentenced to six months in prison on a charge of violence against an official, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. Two of the fans were detained for the possession of pyrotechnics and banned devices and another two for rowdiness, Szijjártó told a press conference held ...
Xpat Opinion: The Ethos Of Hungarian Football
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The current Hungarian political landscape is a wasteland. Almost nothing is happening. Half of the government seems to be in France, and the rest of the country talks of nothing else but the Hungarian national team’s surprisingly good showing at the European Championship.
Gross Wages Rise 6.4% In April
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The average gross wage in Hungary was 264,471 forints (EUR 845) in April, up by 6.4% from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Net wage growth outpaced the increase, rising by 8.0% to 175,874 forints, because of a one percentage point cut in the personal income tax rate, to 15%, from January.
Viber Out Free For Hungarians For A Week
- 21 Jun 2016 9:01 AM
- tech
Mobile phone application Viber is offering its Hungarian users free phone calls in one hundred countries worldwide for a week between June 20 and 27 via its service Viber Out. Viber has 2.7 million registered users in Hungary.
Hungary Fines Half A Million Motorists For Driving Without Vignette
- 21 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
NUSZ, the company that operates Hungary’s motorway toll system, fined 516,000 motorists a total 4.5 billion forints (EUR 14.4m) for driving without a vignette last year, business daily Világgazdaság said on Monday. About two-thirds of the drivers were Hungarian and the rest were foreigners, NUSZ spokesman Lajos Kibédi-Varga told the paper.
Xpat Opinion: Conspiracy Theories In Hungary
- 20 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Five years ago Political Capital, a Hungarian think tank, published a survey on Hungarian attitude toward conspiracy theories. The result of that study showed that it was mostly Jobbik voters who had a strong predilection for believing in theories suggesting that secret forces are responsible for the state of our world.
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
Hungarians Footie Mad
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Thousands of soccer fans gathered to celebrate Hungary’s team after a Euro 2016 match with Portugal, in central Budapest on Wednesday night. Traffic in some of the main venues, including Grand Boulevard and Margaret Bridge was blocked, with large groups of fans occupying the road. A number of public transport services were also stopped. The match, played in Lyon, ended in a draw of 3:3, and put ...
New Cancer Therapies Reach Clinical Trial Phase, Says Servier Hungária
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Two molecules that promise a new type of therapy for cancer patients are scheduled to reach the clinical trial phase this year, Servier Hungária, the Hungarian unit of the French pharmaceutical company, told a press conference. B a s e d on Hungarian research, one of the molecules would be used to treat aggressive blood cancer and the other colon-rectal cancer, Servier Hungária’s cheif executive ...
French Court Sentences Hungarian Soccer Fan To Six Months In Prison
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One of five Hungarians detained after a Euro 2016 soccer match involving the national eleven in Marseille last weekend has been sentenced to six months in prison on a charge of violence against an official, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. Two of the fans were detained for the possession of pyrotechnics and banned devices and another two for rowdiness, Szijjártó told a press conference held ...
Xpat Opinion: The Ethos Of Hungarian Football
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The current Hungarian political landscape is a wasteland. Almost nothing is happening. Half of the government seems to be in France, and the rest of the country talks of nothing else but the Hungarian national team’s surprisingly good showing at the European Championship.
Gross Wages Rise 6.4% In April
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The average gross wage in Hungary was 264,471 forints (EUR 845) in April, up by 6.4% from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Net wage growth outpaced the increase, rising by 8.0% to 175,874 forints, because of a one percentage point cut in the personal income tax rate, to 15%, from January.
Viber Out Free For Hungarians For A Week
- 21 Jun 2016 9:01 AM
- tech
Mobile phone application Viber is offering its Hungarian users free phone calls in one hundred countries worldwide for a week between June 20 and 27 via its service Viber Out. Viber has 2.7 million registered users in Hungary.
Hungary Fines Half A Million Motorists For Driving Without Vignette
- 21 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
NUSZ, the company that operates Hungary’s motorway toll system, fined 516,000 motorists a total 4.5 billion forints (EUR 14.4m) for driving without a vignette last year, business daily Világgazdaság said on Monday. About two-thirds of the drivers were Hungarian and the rest were foreigners, NUSZ spokesman Lajos Kibédi-Varga told the paper.
Xpat Opinion: Conspiracy Theories In Hungary
- 20 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Five years ago Political Capital, a Hungarian think tank, published a survey on Hungarian attitude toward conspiracy theories. The result of that study showed that it was mostly Jobbik voters who had a strong predilection for believing in theories suggesting that secret forces are responsible for the state of our world.