542 result(s) for law amendment
Hungary’s Fidesz Wants More Transparent Campaign Financing
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The governing Fidesz party has initiated legislation that would hold party leaders financially accountable for campaign spending and amassed debt. The amendment tabled by Gergely Gulyás, a Fidesz lawmaker, on Friday, would help break with a practice going back two decades where nobody was responsible for party budgets, he told a press conference.
Eleven Hungarian Cities Seek Casino Licences
- 23 Nov 2013 4:00 AM
- entertainment
Eleven Hungarian cities want licences to open casinos, business daily Világgazdaság said. Currently just two casinos operate in Budapest and one in Sopron, near Hungary’s border with Austria, and the government had planned to award only nine new casino licences, the paper said.
Hungary’s Tax Package For 2014 Includes New Tax On Banks And Sugary Drinks
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
While 250 000 new families are happy with the extended family tax credits and small businesses are satisfied with the support they will receive, banks are not dancing with joy at the introduction of new tax laws for 2014. The Hungarian government submitted next year’s tax package to the Parliament last week, which includes just a few drastic, but several minor changes.
Hungary’s Deputy PM Semjén: Catholic Institutions To Receive Same Financing As Public Ones
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Following an amendment to Hungary's agreement with the Vatican, signed in Budapest on Monday, institutions run by the Catholic Church will receive the same financing from the central budget as public ones. The amendment, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Alberto Bottari de Castello, contains stipulations concerning Catholic higher education, as well as ...
Xpat Opinion: How Is The Internet In Hungary Any Less Free This Year?
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- tech
The 2013 edition of Freedom on the Net, an assessment of internet and digital media published by Freedom House, ranked internet in Hungary as “free,” but to the astonishment of many, it also downgraded Hungary’s score. Why?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Homeless Law Criticised
- 7 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Following the passing by Parliament of a new regulation allowing local councils to ban sleeping rough in certain streets and areas, a liberal commentator accuses the government of criminalizing homelessness. A centrist columnist finds the new rules unenforceable.
Phantom Art Groups Gained Hundreds Of Millions From Tax Allowance In Hungary
- 7 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Not only sports federations or teams can be granted by the tax allowance system (TAO): a law-amendment allowed companies to support ’spectacular team sports’ from their charges instead of paying it to the state. According to the regulations, performing-art organisations can be granted as well and as Atlatszo.hu’s investigation has shown several companies are seem to be granted with hundreds of ...
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of The Homeless In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Perhaps I haven’t spent enough time on the plight of the homeless in Hungary. The United Nations estimates the number of homeless people in Hungary at 30-35,000, of whom about 8,000 are in Budapest. Some of them live in homeless shelters; others, afraid of being robbed, refuse to go there. In any case, there are only about 5,500 places, which is not enough. Some of those counted as homeless ...
Xpat Opinion: Human Rights Watch: Getting It Wrong…Again
- 22 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The recent Human Rights Watch dispatch, Hungary: Constitutional Changes Fall Short, shows that sometimes it’s just not worth the effort. Some writers simply have another agenda. They approach the topic with such prejudice that they are incapable of handling facts that don’t fit their narrative.
Hungary’s Fidesz Wants More Transparent Campaign Financing
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The governing Fidesz party has initiated legislation that would hold party leaders financially accountable for campaign spending and amassed debt. The amendment tabled by Gergely Gulyás, a Fidesz lawmaker, on Friday, would help break with a practice going back two decades where nobody was responsible for party budgets, he told a press conference.
Eleven Hungarian Cities Seek Casino Licences
- 23 Nov 2013 4:00 AM
- entertainment
Eleven Hungarian cities want licences to open casinos, business daily Világgazdaság said. Currently just two casinos operate in Budapest and one in Sopron, near Hungary’s border with Austria, and the government had planned to award only nine new casino licences, the paper said.
Hungary’s Tax Package For 2014 Includes New Tax On Banks And Sugary Drinks
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
While 250 000 new families are happy with the extended family tax credits and small businesses are satisfied with the support they will receive, banks are not dancing with joy at the introduction of new tax laws for 2014. The Hungarian government submitted next year’s tax package to the Parliament last week, which includes just a few drastic, but several minor changes.
Hungary’s Deputy PM Semjén: Catholic Institutions To Receive Same Financing As Public Ones
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Following an amendment to Hungary's agreement with the Vatican, signed in Budapest on Monday, institutions run by the Catholic Church will receive the same financing from the central budget as public ones. The amendment, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Alberto Bottari de Castello, contains stipulations concerning Catholic higher education, as well as ...
Xpat Opinion: How Is The Internet In Hungary Any Less Free This Year?
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- tech
The 2013 edition of Freedom on the Net, an assessment of internet and digital media published by Freedom House, ranked internet in Hungary as “free,” but to the astonishment of many, it also downgraded Hungary’s score. Why?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Homeless Law Criticised
- 7 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Following the passing by Parliament of a new regulation allowing local councils to ban sleeping rough in certain streets and areas, a liberal commentator accuses the government of criminalizing homelessness. A centrist columnist finds the new rules unenforceable.
Phantom Art Groups Gained Hundreds Of Millions From Tax Allowance In Hungary
- 7 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Not only sports federations or teams can be granted by the tax allowance system (TAO): a law-amendment allowed companies to support ’spectacular team sports’ from their charges instead of paying it to the state. According to the regulations, performing-art organisations can be granted as well and as Atlatszo.hu’s investigation has shown several companies are seem to be granted with hundreds of ...
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of The Homeless In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Perhaps I haven’t spent enough time on the plight of the homeless in Hungary. The United Nations estimates the number of homeless people in Hungary at 30-35,000, of whom about 8,000 are in Budapest. Some of them live in homeless shelters; others, afraid of being robbed, refuse to go there. In any case, there are only about 5,500 places, which is not enough. Some of those counted as homeless ...
Xpat Opinion: Human Rights Watch: Getting It Wrong…Again
- 22 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The recent Human Rights Watch dispatch, Hungary: Constitutional Changes Fall Short, shows that sometimes it’s just not worth the effort. Some writers simply have another agenda. They approach the topic with such prejudice that they are incapable of handling facts that don’t fit their narrative.