3,108 result(s) for january
Hungary’s Budget Posts EUR 400m Surplus In January
- 8 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s cash-flow-based budget, excluding local councils, showed a 123.4 billion (EUR 400m) forint surplus in January, the first reading of data released by the economy ministry on Tuesday shows. The 2017 budget act targets a full-year deficit of 1,166.4 billion forints.
Hódmezõvásárhely Boycotts Heineken
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- shopping
The city of Hódmezõvásárhely issued a decree on Friday calling on local residents and business owners to boycott all products of the Heineken brewery, due a dispute between the company and an ethnic Hungarian beer producer in Romania.
Index.hu: We Are Not Paid Agents Of Russia, We Do It Out Of Conviction
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of the best known Russian propaganda pages of Facebook, which is proof that Moscow has assistants on both the far-right and the far-left. What’s more, their reach extends even higher: one active proponents of the cause had been a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry ...
Govt Pays Out EUR 3.75m To Compensate Bird Flu-Hit Poultry Farmers
- 2 Feb 2017 7:56 AM
- current affairs
The government has so far paid 1.164 billion forints (EUR 3.75m) to 45 Hungarian poultry farmers as compensation for their losses caused by bird flu, daily Magyar Hírlap said on Wednesday. More than 3 million birds have been culled at 230 farms in Hungary since an outbreak of the epidemic three months ago, Hungary’s chief veterinarian said earlier.
Hungary PMI Rises To 56.5 In January
- 2 Feb 2017 7:34 AM
- business
Hungary’s seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 56.5 points in January from a revised 52.8 points in December 2016, the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (Halpim), which compiles the index, said.
Life Lessons From 'Monk Of The Gulag'
- 2 Feb 2017 12:45 AM
- community & culture
By Mary Murphy: While out on Friday night, a Hungarian friend mentioned that the Monk of the Gulag had died earlier this week (January 15th), aged 100. As I’d never heard of him, I asked her to tell me some more.
Bodies Of Victims Of Verona Bus Tragedy Are Expected To Return To Budapest On Friday
- 1 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“The bodies of the victims of the Verona bus tragedy are expected to be returned home to Budapest on Friday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference.
Xpatloop Interview: Frank Peterson, Musician 'Gregorian'
- 31 Jan 2017 11:00 AM
Frank Peterson, upon visiting the Escorial Royal Monastery, was walking in the medieval corridors listening to rock music on his Walkman. The monks religious chanting combined with the music on his earphones and inspired him to create a unique experiment: to mix the Gregorian chants with rock melodies.
Opinion: The Perils Of Being An Opposition Politician In Hungary
- 31 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t know whether I will be able to make a coherent story out of the mess the Orbán government most likely has purposefully created regarding the report of the European Commission’s European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on irregularities—fraud and possible corruption—in connection with the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line (M4). The report covered the period between 2006 and 2015.
Hungary’s Budget Posts EUR 400m Surplus In January
- 8 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s cash-flow-based budget, excluding local councils, showed a 123.4 billion (EUR 400m) forint surplus in January, the first reading of data released by the economy ministry on Tuesday shows. The 2017 budget act targets a full-year deficit of 1,166.4 billion forints.
Hódmezõvásárhely Boycotts Heineken
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- shopping
The city of Hódmezõvásárhely issued a decree on Friday calling on local residents and business owners to boycott all products of the Heineken brewery, due a dispute between the company and an ethnic Hungarian beer producer in Romania.
Index.hu: We Are Not Paid Agents Of Russia, We Do It Out Of Conviction
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of the best known Russian propaganda pages of Facebook, which is proof that Moscow has assistants on both the far-right and the far-left. What’s more, their reach extends even higher: one active proponents of the cause had been a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry ...
Govt Pays Out EUR 3.75m To Compensate Bird Flu-Hit Poultry Farmers
- 2 Feb 2017 7:56 AM
- current affairs
The government has so far paid 1.164 billion forints (EUR 3.75m) to 45 Hungarian poultry farmers as compensation for their losses caused by bird flu, daily Magyar Hírlap said on Wednesday. More than 3 million birds have been culled at 230 farms in Hungary since an outbreak of the epidemic three months ago, Hungary’s chief veterinarian said earlier.
Hungary PMI Rises To 56.5 In January
- 2 Feb 2017 7:34 AM
- business
Hungary’s seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 56.5 points in January from a revised 52.8 points in December 2016, the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (Halpim), which compiles the index, said.
Life Lessons From 'Monk Of The Gulag'
- 2 Feb 2017 12:45 AM
- community & culture
By Mary Murphy: While out on Friday night, a Hungarian friend mentioned that the Monk of the Gulag had died earlier this week (January 15th), aged 100. As I’d never heard of him, I asked her to tell me some more.
Bodies Of Victims Of Verona Bus Tragedy Are Expected To Return To Budapest On Friday
- 1 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“The bodies of the victims of the Verona bus tragedy are expected to be returned home to Budapest on Friday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference.
Xpatloop Interview: Frank Peterson, Musician 'Gregorian'
- 31 Jan 2017 11:00 AM
Frank Peterson, upon visiting the Escorial Royal Monastery, was walking in the medieval corridors listening to rock music on his Walkman. The monks religious chanting combined with the music on his earphones and inspired him to create a unique experiment: to mix the Gregorian chants with rock melodies.
Opinion: The Perils Of Being An Opposition Politician In Hungary
- 31 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t know whether I will be able to make a coherent story out of the mess the Orbán government most likely has purposefully created regarding the report of the European Commission’s European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on irregularities—fraud and possible corruption—in connection with the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line (M4). The report covered the period between 2006 and 2015.