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Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Economic Sentiment Indicator: Highest In Europe
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Last Thursday, the European Commission’s Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate General released the December 2013 data for the EU’s Economic Sentiment Indicator. The Economic Sentiment Indicator, or ESI, is “a composite indicator made up of five sectoral confidence indicators” reflecting the level of confidence and optimism in each sector of the economy.
Balaton: Hungarian Hospitals Driven To The Brink Of Bankruptcy
- 11 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Association of Hungarian Hospitals and Clinics was founded in 2009 to ensure that public health facilities operated by local and county governments at the time were properly funded both on a local as well as a state level, and to advocate for health care reform. Dr. Peter Balaton is its general secretary.
Hungarian Tourism Turnover Steadily Increasing
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
In the Hungarian Parliament Building, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga presented the 25th Pro Turismo Honour Awards, the most highly regarded award of the Hungarian tourism sector, to tourism experts who act as role models for other professionals through high-quality work and services.
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Butcher’s Fabulous Art Collection
- 9 Dec 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Today’s theme, art, is not the common fare of this blog. But, fret not, the post will also deal with life in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. It will even touch on economics. Specifically, how the closed socialist regime in Hungary distorted the prices of art works and barred twentieth-century Hungarian artists from becoming known outside of the country.
Investment Volume In Hungary Rises 10%
- 2 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The volume of investments was up 9.8% year-on-year in the third quarter, the largest expansion in ten years, the Central Statistics Office announced on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Gov Says Hungary Could Become The Fastest Growing Economy In Central Europe
- 20 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary could become the fastest growing economy in Central Europe by the end of the year, if it succeeds in continuing in the fourth quarter the work it achieved in the third – said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday in Kaposvár, Hungary.
Hungary’s National Bank To Sign Ft 6bn Contract For PR
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The MNB has invited bids in a Ft 6 billion public procurement tender for communications in what will be the largest contract ever seen in Hungary’s PR sector, the Public Procurement Gazette reveals. The previous record was the Ft 2.5 billion communications contract for the state debt management company in 2011.
Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Economic Sentiment Indicator: Highest In Europe
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Last Thursday, the European Commission’s Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate General released the December 2013 data for the EU’s Economic Sentiment Indicator. The Economic Sentiment Indicator, or ESI, is “a composite indicator made up of five sectoral confidence indicators” reflecting the level of confidence and optimism in each sector of the economy.
Balaton: Hungarian Hospitals Driven To The Brink Of Bankruptcy
- 11 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Association of Hungarian Hospitals and Clinics was founded in 2009 to ensure that public health facilities operated by local and county governments at the time were properly funded both on a local as well as a state level, and to advocate for health care reform. Dr. Peter Balaton is its general secretary.
Hungarian Tourism Turnover Steadily Increasing
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
In the Hungarian Parliament Building, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga presented the 25th Pro Turismo Honour Awards, the most highly regarded award of the Hungarian tourism sector, to tourism experts who act as role models for other professionals through high-quality work and services.
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Butcher’s Fabulous Art Collection
- 9 Dec 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Today’s theme, art, is not the common fare of this blog. But, fret not, the post will also deal with life in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. It will even touch on economics. Specifically, how the closed socialist regime in Hungary distorted the prices of art works and barred twentieth-century Hungarian artists from becoming known outside of the country.
Investment Volume In Hungary Rises 10%
- 2 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The volume of investments was up 9.8% year-on-year in the third quarter, the largest expansion in ten years, the Central Statistics Office announced on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Gov Says Hungary Could Become The Fastest Growing Economy In Central Europe
- 20 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary could become the fastest growing economy in Central Europe by the end of the year, if it succeeds in continuing in the fourth quarter the work it achieved in the third – said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday in Kaposvár, Hungary.
Hungary’s National Bank To Sign Ft 6bn Contract For PR
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The MNB has invited bids in a Ft 6 billion public procurement tender for communications in what will be the largest contract ever seen in Hungary’s PR sector, the Public Procurement Gazette reveals. The previous record was the Ft 2.5 billion communications contract for the state debt management company in 2011.