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New Cigarette Packages In Hungary From Next May
- 20 Oct 2015 11:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary is planning to ban brand logos from cigarette packaging from next May, in favour of a uniform look for all brands, featuring only text, Prime Minister’s Office state secretary Balázs Sonkodi told news website Index. This exceeds the requirements of the EU’s Tobacco Product Directive, which stipulates that 65% of the two largest faces of cigarette packages must be covered by warnings.
23 October Holiday: Hungary Remembers Revolution
- 20 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
2012 marks the 56th anniversary of the '56 Revolution, a key event in the history of Hungary. On the national holiday this year, PM Orbán will give a speech in front of Parliament, and there will be events throughout the day for those wishing to peacefully commemorate the Revolution. This year the Terror House Museum is joining in the commemorative events and will stage special history ...
KSH Confirms 6.2% Industrial Output Growth For Aug
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s industrial output grew by an annual 6.2% in August, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said in a second reading of data, confirming its first estimate. The index adjusted for the number of workdays also increased by 6.2%. In a month-onmonth comparison, industrial output fell by 2%, according to seasonally and workday-adjusted data. In the first eight months of 2015, industrial output ...
Tesco Expected To Continue Operations In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2015 2:40 AM
- shopping
Supermarket chain Tesco has concluded its portfolio reshaping and it can be expected that Tesco will continue its operations in central Europe. Earlier in September press reports speculated that Tesco could pull out of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the coming months.
IMF Revised Upward Hungary’s Economic Growth Estimate
- 7 Oct 2015 9:50 AM
- business
Scheduled to coincide with its regular annual meeting organized this year in Lima, Peru, the International Monetary Fund published the latest World Economic Outlook, a study on global growth prospects. In comparison to estimates published in March 2015, the organization once again upwardly revised the economic growth forecast for 2015, raising it by 0.3 percentage points to 3.0 percent of GDP, ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán As A European Power Player?
- 5 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A moderate and a pro-government analyst think that PM Orbán has become an important reference point in European politics due to the migration crisis. A left-wing columnist thinks that PM Orbán has only earned an evil reputation and he is seen as a symbol of inhumane anti-immigrant policies.
Anti-Refugee Online Commenters Meet Actual Refugees In Hungary
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ongoing refugee crisis in Budapest has brought with it the inevitable wave of anti-refugee commentary and trolling in various Facebook groups and on the comment pages of local news media covering the situation.
Video: Hungarian View On Migrant Situation In Hungary
- 29 Sep 2015 10:20 AM
- video
Gergely Dudas, the editor-in-chief of popular online news site, Index, says the number of hits on his site has increased dramatically as the number of migrants entering Europe rises. Record numbers visited the site after Hungary made a controversial decision to build a fence on its border with Serbia to stem the flow of people entering the country. A further barrier across its frontier with ...
Expansion Of Hungarian Retail Sector Continued For The 25th Consecutive Month
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
In July 2015, the volume of retail sales was up by 6.8 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, and thus the positive retail sales trend has been in place for the 25th month in a row.
New Cigarette Packages In Hungary From Next May
- 20 Oct 2015 11:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary is planning to ban brand logos from cigarette packaging from next May, in favour of a uniform look for all brands, featuring only text, Prime Minister’s Office state secretary Balázs Sonkodi told news website Index. This exceeds the requirements of the EU’s Tobacco Product Directive, which stipulates that 65% of the two largest faces of cigarette packages must be covered by warnings.
23 October Holiday: Hungary Remembers Revolution
- 20 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
2012 marks the 56th anniversary of the '56 Revolution, a key event in the history of Hungary. On the national holiday this year, PM Orbán will give a speech in front of Parliament, and there will be events throughout the day for those wishing to peacefully commemorate the Revolution. This year the Terror House Museum is joining in the commemorative events and will stage special history ...
KSH Confirms 6.2% Industrial Output Growth For Aug
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s industrial output grew by an annual 6.2% in August, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said in a second reading of data, confirming its first estimate. The index adjusted for the number of workdays also increased by 6.2%. In a month-onmonth comparison, industrial output fell by 2%, according to seasonally and workday-adjusted data. In the first eight months of 2015, industrial output ...
Tesco Expected To Continue Operations In Hungary
- 8 Oct 2015 2:40 AM
- shopping
Supermarket chain Tesco has concluded its portfolio reshaping and it can be expected that Tesco will continue its operations in central Europe. Earlier in September press reports speculated that Tesco could pull out of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the coming months.
IMF Revised Upward Hungary’s Economic Growth Estimate
- 7 Oct 2015 9:50 AM
- business
Scheduled to coincide with its regular annual meeting organized this year in Lima, Peru, the International Monetary Fund published the latest World Economic Outlook, a study on global growth prospects. In comparison to estimates published in March 2015, the organization once again upwardly revised the economic growth forecast for 2015, raising it by 0.3 percentage points to 3.0 percent of GDP, ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán As A European Power Player?
- 5 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A moderate and a pro-government analyst think that PM Orbán has become an important reference point in European politics due to the migration crisis. A left-wing columnist thinks that PM Orbán has only earned an evil reputation and he is seen as a symbol of inhumane anti-immigrant policies.
Anti-Refugee Online Commenters Meet Actual Refugees In Hungary
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ongoing refugee crisis in Budapest has brought with it the inevitable wave of anti-refugee commentary and trolling in various Facebook groups and on the comment pages of local news media covering the situation.
Video: Hungarian View On Migrant Situation In Hungary
- 29 Sep 2015 10:20 AM
- video
Gergely Dudas, the editor-in-chief of popular online news site, Index, says the number of hits on his site has increased dramatically as the number of migrants entering Europe rises. Record numbers visited the site after Hungary made a controversial decision to build a fence on its border with Serbia to stem the flow of people entering the country. A further barrier across its frontier with ...
Expansion Of Hungarian Retail Sector Continued For The 25th Consecutive Month
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
In July 2015, the volume of retail sales was up by 6.8 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, and thus the positive retail sales trend has been in place for the 25th month in a row.