940 result(s) for investments
Xpat Opinion: Leaders Avoid Losses, But May Pay At The Polls
- 15 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- business
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: When Quaestor investment house went bust, so did a lot of hard−working people. The government and Győr’s football team were unscathed, but many ordinary citizens were not.
Opposition Demands Names In Quaestor Case
- 2 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the chief public prosecutor and the central bank governor to name politicians who invested funds in the bankrupt brokerage firm Quaestor. DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy - pictured - insisted that politicians of ruling Fidesz and government members may have eased Quaestor into investments and received a commission in return.
Lawmakers Pass Law To Freeze Assets At Scandal-Ridden Firms
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers approved a bill which will allow the assets of companies and their executives linked to the recent brokerage scandals to be frozen. The measure will affect company groups, their top executives, members of their supervisory boards as well as some auditors. The bill submitted last week by Antal Rogán, head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Fidesz party, and Péter Harrach of the ...
Referendum Questions Rejected
- 31 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The National Election Committee (NVB) has rejected various referendum questions submitted by a civil organisation. At an anti-government demonstration on March 15, the organisers announced it would put forward 19 questions covering corruption, the economy, educational and social goals, eliminating the state’s tobacco monopoly, opening up secret files on key state investments and abolishing toll ...
If Viktor Orbán Can Survive Broker Scandal, He Can Survive Anything
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged on Wednesday that he himself ordered ministries to withdraw their money from brokerage firms. If the decision was based on inside information then the Prime Minister acknowledged committing a serious economic crime.
Pénzügykutató Expects Hungary’s GDP Growth To Fall To 2.4% This Year
- 26 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Pénzügykutató expects Hungary’s GDP growth rate to fall to 2.4% this year as investments slow, the economic research company said in a forecast. The projection is well under the government’s latest forecast for growth of 2.8% - 2.9%. Hungary’s GDP rose by 3.6% last year.
Hungarian Parties Want Answers About Quaestor
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Foreign Ministry should immediately make public its analyses that prompted it to withdraw its investments from Quaestor, to prove that officials did not have access to insider information, the Socialist Party declared. Together said the prosecutor general and the State Audit Office should investigate why Quaestor handled the ministry’s accounts and why Quaestor won the right to operate the ...
PM, Jobbik Comment On Anti-Govt Referendum Questions In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party welcomed referendum questions flagged by civil groups at anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party called the leftist initiative “nothing but hot air”. The 19 referendum questions to be put to the National Election Office for approval are in the areas of anticorruption, economic, educational and social ...
Successful Nordic Joint Meeting At The Danish Embassy In Hungary
- 2 Mar 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Tuesday the 24th of February, The Danish Embassy hosted a joint Nordic meeting and discussion on investments and doing business in Hungary, with Mr. Róbert Ésik, the president of the newly established Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency.
Xpat Opinion: Leaders Avoid Losses, But May Pay At The Polls
- 15 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- business
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: When Quaestor investment house went bust, so did a lot of hard−working people. The government and Győr’s football team were unscathed, but many ordinary citizens were not.
Opposition Demands Names In Quaestor Case
- 2 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the chief public prosecutor and the central bank governor to name politicians who invested funds in the bankrupt brokerage firm Quaestor. DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy - pictured - insisted that politicians of ruling Fidesz and government members may have eased Quaestor into investments and received a commission in return.
Lawmakers Pass Law To Freeze Assets At Scandal-Ridden Firms
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers approved a bill which will allow the assets of companies and their executives linked to the recent brokerage scandals to be frozen. The measure will affect company groups, their top executives, members of their supervisory boards as well as some auditors. The bill submitted last week by Antal Rogán, head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Fidesz party, and Péter Harrach of the ...
Referendum Questions Rejected
- 31 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The National Election Committee (NVB) has rejected various referendum questions submitted by a civil organisation. At an anti-government demonstration on March 15, the organisers announced it would put forward 19 questions covering corruption, the economy, educational and social goals, eliminating the state’s tobacco monopoly, opening up secret files on key state investments and abolishing toll ...
If Viktor Orbán Can Survive Broker Scandal, He Can Survive Anything
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged on Wednesday that he himself ordered ministries to withdraw their money from brokerage firms. If the decision was based on inside information then the Prime Minister acknowledged committing a serious economic crime.
Pénzügykutató Expects Hungary’s GDP Growth To Fall To 2.4% This Year
- 26 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Pénzügykutató expects Hungary’s GDP growth rate to fall to 2.4% this year as investments slow, the economic research company said in a forecast. The projection is well under the government’s latest forecast for growth of 2.8% - 2.9%. Hungary’s GDP rose by 3.6% last year.
Hungarian Parties Want Answers About Quaestor
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Foreign Ministry should immediately make public its analyses that prompted it to withdraw its investments from Quaestor, to prove that officials did not have access to insider information, the Socialist Party declared. Together said the prosecutor general and the State Audit Office should investigate why Quaestor handled the ministry’s accounts and why Quaestor won the right to operate the ...
PM, Jobbik Comment On Anti-Govt Referendum Questions In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party welcomed referendum questions flagged by civil groups at anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party called the leftist initiative “nothing but hot air”. The 19 referendum questions to be put to the National Election Office for approval are in the areas of anticorruption, economic, educational and social ...
Successful Nordic Joint Meeting At The Danish Embassy In Hungary
- 2 Mar 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Tuesday the 24th of February, The Danish Embassy hosted a joint Nordic meeting and discussion on investments and doing business in Hungary, with Mr. Róbert Ésik, the president of the newly established Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency.