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Hungary's PM Orbán Did Not Tell MPs About Internet Tax
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaker László Kövér admitted in a corridor of Parliament on Monday that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not inform governing party MPs about the internet tax before the plan was made public, nor was there any preliminary consultation on the matter.
Six Arrested In Internet Tax Demonstration In Budapest
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Six people were taken into custody by police for trespassing at the Fidesz party headquarters after an antigovernment demonstration on Sunday. Police questioned them in connection with vandalising the headquarters of the ruling Fidesz party near Heroes’ Square following a mass demonstration against the government’s new internet tax plans.
Hungary’s DK Welcomes Protests As “Resistance To Orbán Regime”
- 28 Oct 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said although Sunday’s mass protest in Budapest targeted the government’s internet tax plans, the demonstration had turned into a protest against the “Orbán regime”.
Hungarian Govt Supports HUF 700 Cap On Internet Tax
- 28 Oct 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The government supports a proposal put forward by the ruling Fidesz party on capping the tax to be levied on internet traffic at 700 forints or 2.3 euros a month, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said. The tax would not be payable by subscribers but by telecoms, Varga said in parliament on Monday.
EC Spox: Hungary’s Internet Tax “Bad Direction”
- 28 Oct 2014 3:00 AM
- tech
Hungary is behind the EU average concerning digital penetration and levying a tax on internet use would point to “a bad direction” and would further hold back online data traffic, the spokesman of outgoing EC commissioner for digital agenda Neelie Kroes said on Tuesday.
Video: Another Demo Against Internet Tax Set For Tonight
- 28 Oct 2014 2:00 AM
- current affairs
By late last night, more than 44,000 people had already confirmed plans on Facebook to participate in a demonstration at 6 p.m. at József Nádor tér tonight – in what is to be the week's second demonstration against the government's proposed internet tax.
Hungarian Protesters Demand Withdrawal Of Proposed Internet Tax
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Budapest on Sunday evening to protest against the government’s plan to impose a tax on internet use. Balázs Gulyás, founder of a Hungarian Facebook page “100,000 against the internet tax”, called on the government to withdraw the bill.
10,000 Protest Against Internet Tax In Budapest
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A peaceful gathering of 10,000 assembled on downtown József nádor tér to protest against the internet tax, then turned violent after the crowd marched along Andrássy út to Heroes Square on Sunday night.
Demonstrators Attack Fidesz HQ In Budapest
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of police were called in as up to 2,000 people, many of them concealing their faces behind masks, threw used computer equipment and climbed onto the balconies of the Fidesz headquarters when the protest against the internet tax ended shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday night.
Hungary's PM Orbán Did Not Tell MPs About Internet Tax
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaker László Kövér admitted in a corridor of Parliament on Monday that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not inform governing party MPs about the internet tax before the plan was made public, nor was there any preliminary consultation on the matter.
Six Arrested In Internet Tax Demonstration In Budapest
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Six people were taken into custody by police for trespassing at the Fidesz party headquarters after an antigovernment demonstration on Sunday. Police questioned them in connection with vandalising the headquarters of the ruling Fidesz party near Heroes’ Square following a mass demonstration against the government’s new internet tax plans.
Hungary’s DK Welcomes Protests As “Resistance To Orbán Regime”
- 28 Oct 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said although Sunday’s mass protest in Budapest targeted the government’s internet tax plans, the demonstration had turned into a protest against the “Orbán regime”.
Hungarian Govt Supports HUF 700 Cap On Internet Tax
- 28 Oct 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The government supports a proposal put forward by the ruling Fidesz party on capping the tax to be levied on internet traffic at 700 forints or 2.3 euros a month, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said. The tax would not be payable by subscribers but by telecoms, Varga said in parliament on Monday.
EC Spox: Hungary’s Internet Tax “Bad Direction”
- 28 Oct 2014 3:00 AM
- tech
Hungary is behind the EU average concerning digital penetration and levying a tax on internet use would point to “a bad direction” and would further hold back online data traffic, the spokesman of outgoing EC commissioner for digital agenda Neelie Kroes said on Tuesday.
Video: Another Demo Against Internet Tax Set For Tonight
- 28 Oct 2014 2:00 AM
- current affairs
By late last night, more than 44,000 people had already confirmed plans on Facebook to participate in a demonstration at 6 p.m. at József Nádor tér tonight – in what is to be the week's second demonstration against the government's proposed internet tax.
Hungarian Protesters Demand Withdrawal Of Proposed Internet Tax
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Budapest on Sunday evening to protest against the government’s plan to impose a tax on internet use. Balázs Gulyás, founder of a Hungarian Facebook page “100,000 against the internet tax”, called on the government to withdraw the bill.
10,000 Protest Against Internet Tax In Budapest
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A peaceful gathering of 10,000 assembled on downtown József nádor tér to protest against the internet tax, then turned violent after the crowd marched along Andrássy út to Heroes Square on Sunday night.
Demonstrators Attack Fidesz HQ In Budapest
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of police were called in as up to 2,000 people, many of them concealing their faces behind masks, threw used computer equipment and climbed onto the balconies of the Fidesz headquarters when the protest against the internet tax ended shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday night.