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Xpat Opinion: Viktor Szigetvári’s Mistaken Notions About Current Hungarian Politics
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Heti Válasz discovered me. As it is clear from the article, the journalists of the magazine know who I am, but only as someone who formerly contributed to Galamus and who appeared a few times on Klubrádió. Both were years ago. For example, the last regular article I wrote for Galamus was in May 2011.
Lawmakers Can Modify Forex Loan Contracts, Hungary’s Constitutional Court Rules
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- property
Existing contracts for foreign-currency mortgages may be modified by legislation, Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled. Its decision came after the government asked the court to weigh the constitutionality of several conditions in the forex loan contracts. Among the government’s concerns was that borrowers had not been warned of the risks that a falling exchange rate would have on their monthly ...
Hungarian Fidesz Campaign Spending Above Legal Cap, Says Transparency
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Campaign spending by the ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties and their backers has topped the legal limit, a Transparency International (TI) official said. Parties are legally allowed to spend a maximum of 1 billion forints (EUR 3.2m) to finance their campaigns for the April 6 general election, TI’s legal director, Miklós Ligeti, told a press conference.
Bucharest Bans Hungarian Extremists
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romania announced today it has banned Hungary’s Gabor Vona, leader of the extremist Hungarian party Jobbik, from entering the country. Several other Hungarians will also be banned when a full list of names is issued this week. The decision follows a call by the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, for the Romanian parliament to act after Hungarians participated in a demonstration in Romania on ...
3/5ths Of Hungarians Sceptical About EU Trends
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fully 61% of Hungarians believe the European Union is heading in a bad direction, a recent Ipsos survey shows. The average in the ten nations involved in the online survey was seven percentage points higher.
Alleged Election Forgery Must Be Examined, Says Hungary’s Unity
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is legally obliged to examine suspicious signatures in connection with the campaign to field candidates in the April 6 election, politicians of the leftist Unity alliance said. Senior Socialist lawmaker József Tóbiás told a press conference that the interior ministry had the authority to examine complaints based on signature samples attached to data kept in a central database, in ...
New Civil Code Comes Into Force On 15 March 2014 In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2014 10:50 AM
- business
Changes to Hungary’s civil code come into effect on 15 March 2014, the day Hungarians mark the start of the ill-fated Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The new civil code requires all Hungarian limited liability companies have at least HUF 3 million capital equity in order to legally operate.
Hungary’s Land Law Will Stand EU Test, Says Minister
- 13 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The land law protects Hungarian interests and will stand up to the scrutiny of the European Union, the rural development minister told MTI in an interview, adding “the European Commission is not infallible”. Sándor Fazekas referred to a Tuesday article in Austrian newspaper Kurier which cites a letter saying that the commission regards the Hungarian land law as contravening EU law, and that is ...
Statement Of Hungary's PM Of The Visegrád Countries On Ukraine
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Countries are deeply concerned about the recent violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the fact that the Russian parliament has authorized military action on Ukrainian soil against the wishes of the Ukrainian Government. This represents a serious escalation. We condemn all action threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and ...
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Szigetvári’s Mistaken Notions About Current Hungarian Politics
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Heti Válasz discovered me. As it is clear from the article, the journalists of the magazine know who I am, but only as someone who formerly contributed to Galamus and who appeared a few times on Klubrádió. Both were years ago. For example, the last regular article I wrote for Galamus was in May 2011.
Lawmakers Can Modify Forex Loan Contracts, Hungary’s Constitutional Court Rules
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- property
Existing contracts for foreign-currency mortgages may be modified by legislation, Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled. Its decision came after the government asked the court to weigh the constitutionality of several conditions in the forex loan contracts. Among the government’s concerns was that borrowers had not been warned of the risks that a falling exchange rate would have on their monthly ...
Hungarian Fidesz Campaign Spending Above Legal Cap, Says Transparency
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Campaign spending by the ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties and their backers has topped the legal limit, a Transparency International (TI) official said. Parties are legally allowed to spend a maximum of 1 billion forints (EUR 3.2m) to finance their campaigns for the April 6 general election, TI’s legal director, Miklós Ligeti, told a press conference.
Bucharest Bans Hungarian Extremists
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romania announced today it has banned Hungary’s Gabor Vona, leader of the extremist Hungarian party Jobbik, from entering the country. Several other Hungarians will also be banned when a full list of names is issued this week. The decision follows a call by the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, for the Romanian parliament to act after Hungarians participated in a demonstration in Romania on ...
3/5ths Of Hungarians Sceptical About EU Trends
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fully 61% of Hungarians believe the European Union is heading in a bad direction, a recent Ipsos survey shows. The average in the ten nations involved in the online survey was seven percentage points higher.
Alleged Election Forgery Must Be Examined, Says Hungary’s Unity
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is legally obliged to examine suspicious signatures in connection with the campaign to field candidates in the April 6 election, politicians of the leftist Unity alliance said. Senior Socialist lawmaker József Tóbiás told a press conference that the interior ministry had the authority to examine complaints based on signature samples attached to data kept in a central database, in ...
New Civil Code Comes Into Force On 15 March 2014 In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2014 10:50 AM
- business
Changes to Hungary’s civil code come into effect on 15 March 2014, the day Hungarians mark the start of the ill-fated Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The new civil code requires all Hungarian limited liability companies have at least HUF 3 million capital equity in order to legally operate.
Hungary’s Land Law Will Stand EU Test, Says Minister
- 13 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The land law protects Hungarian interests and will stand up to the scrutiny of the European Union, the rural development minister told MTI in an interview, adding “the European Commission is not infallible”. Sándor Fazekas referred to a Tuesday article in Austrian newspaper Kurier which cites a letter saying that the commission regards the Hungarian land law as contravening EU law, and that is ...
Statement Of Hungary's PM Of The Visegrád Countries On Ukraine
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Countries are deeply concerned about the recent violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the fact that the Russian parliament has authorized military action on Ukrainian soil against the wishes of the Ukrainian Government. This represents a serious escalation. We condemn all action threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and ...