2,221 result(s) for hungary election
Varga: Govt To Mull Single-Digit Income Tax In 2017
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The question whether to introduce a single-digit income tax will be broached next year, the economy minister said in an interview to business daily Világgazdaság. Mihály Varga said that reducing the tax from the current 15% would lead to revenue losses amounting to 600 billion forints (EUR 1.9bn). But if the rate of growth stays on its current trajectory and the government succeeds in ...
Xpat Opinion: Medián Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A while back Medián conducted a survey on anti-Semitism in Hungary. It just made its findings public. The document is almost forty pages long, full of tables and graphs, and defies being summarized in a few paragraphs. Here I will concentrate on a couple of areas of the study I personally found interesting and/or significant.
Jobbik Dep Leader: Preparing For Governing More Important Than Individual Interests
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik should give priority to preparations for governing rather than keeping individual interests in view, deputy leader Tamás Sneider said, responding to press reports about the replacement of three fellow deputy leaders. It was announced on Wednesday that party leader Gábor Vona decided to replace three of his deputies, Előd Novák, István Apáti and István Szávay.
Szijjártó: Freedom House Report Is Nonsense
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called the latest report on democratic rights by Freedom House nonsense in a statement to the press in Budapest.
Opposition Hails Govt Climbdown As ‘Victory’
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist lawmaker István Nyakó said that the government decision to revoke the law on Sunday shopping restrictions was “a small victory for the opposition Socialists and a big one for the electorate”. For the second time, the ruling parties have been forced to “back off”, Nyakó said, referring to demonstrations that resulted in the withdrawal of plans to introduce an internet tax in the past.
Xpat Opinion: The Balance Of Two Years In Government
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal analyst thinks Hungary has deviated from its strategic goal of catching up with the most advanced countries, while a pro-government pundit sees the past two years as a succession of positive developments in the economy.
In Élet és Irodalom, economist Éva Várhegyi claims that despite the transfer of substantial EU funds to Hungary every year, the distance in terms of per capita GDP ...
Report: Government Could Scrap Sunday Closings Law
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government may be considering scrapping the year-old law that prevents retailers from opening on Sundays, as the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly asked a handful of the country’s larger retailers what they thought of the possibility of reinstating Sunday openings in the past few days, daily Népszabadság reported.
Xpat Opinion: Pundits Strike Back After Schulz Attacks Hungarian Referendum
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators ridicule European Parliament President Martin Schulz for denouncing the planned Hungarian referendum on migrant quotas, and attack the Mayor of Szeged, whom he praised.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parties Lose Ground In Slovakia
- 10 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian newspapers try to make sense of the chaotic political situation after the elections in Slovakia, and ponder what it means for relations between the two countries.
Varga: Govt To Mull Single-Digit Income Tax In 2017
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The question whether to introduce a single-digit income tax will be broached next year, the economy minister said in an interview to business daily Világgazdaság. Mihály Varga said that reducing the tax from the current 15% would lead to revenue losses amounting to 600 billion forints (EUR 1.9bn). But if the rate of growth stays on its current trajectory and the government succeeds in ...
Xpat Opinion: Medián Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A while back Medián conducted a survey on anti-Semitism in Hungary. It just made its findings public. The document is almost forty pages long, full of tables and graphs, and defies being summarized in a few paragraphs. Here I will concentrate on a couple of areas of the study I personally found interesting and/or significant.
Jobbik Dep Leader: Preparing For Governing More Important Than Individual Interests
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik should give priority to preparations for governing rather than keeping individual interests in view, deputy leader Tamás Sneider said, responding to press reports about the replacement of three fellow deputy leaders. It was announced on Wednesday that party leader Gábor Vona decided to replace three of his deputies, Előd Novák, István Apáti and István Szávay.
Szijjártó: Freedom House Report Is Nonsense
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called the latest report on democratic rights by Freedom House nonsense in a statement to the press in Budapest.
Opposition Hails Govt Climbdown As ‘Victory’
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist lawmaker István Nyakó said that the government decision to revoke the law on Sunday shopping restrictions was “a small victory for the opposition Socialists and a big one for the electorate”. For the second time, the ruling parties have been forced to “back off”, Nyakó said, referring to demonstrations that resulted in the withdrawal of plans to introduce an internet tax in the past.
Xpat Opinion: The Balance Of Two Years In Government
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal analyst thinks Hungary has deviated from its strategic goal of catching up with the most advanced countries, while a pro-government pundit sees the past two years as a succession of positive developments in the economy.
In Élet és Irodalom, economist Éva Várhegyi claims that despite the transfer of substantial EU funds to Hungary every year, the distance in terms of per capita GDP ...
Report: Government Could Scrap Sunday Closings Law
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government may be considering scrapping the year-old law that prevents retailers from opening on Sundays, as the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly asked a handful of the country’s larger retailers what they thought of the possibility of reinstating Sunday openings in the past few days, daily Népszabadság reported.
Xpat Opinion: Pundits Strike Back After Schulz Attacks Hungarian Referendum
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators ridicule European Parliament President Martin Schulz for denouncing the planned Hungarian referendum on migrant quotas, and attack the Mayor of Szeged, whom he praised.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parties Lose Ground In Slovakia
- 10 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian newspapers try to make sense of the chaotic political situation after the elections in Slovakia, and ponder what it means for relations between the two countries.