199 result(s) for legal changes
Relations Between US & Hungary Have Improved
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of US-Hungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time.
Congress Hearing On US-Hungary Ties
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of USHungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time. Several contributors to the hearing held at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, said bilateral relations had improved in the past six ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Hungary’s State-Owned Hospitals Haven’t Paid Suppliers For 4 Months
- 21 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Mounting arrears to suppliers on the part of state-owned hospitals has left at least one service provider little choice but to shut down all laboratory services except those critical to saving life. Another company is seriously disappointed politically in the Fidesz government’s neglect of Hungary’s public health care system despite promising to introduce important reforms in 2010.
European Commission & Budapest Disagree On Interpretation Of Land Laws
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is trying to point out the faults in regulations governing the sale of arable land in the European Union-15 to try to escape the legal proceedings initiated against it because of its own restrictive ownership laws.
In Focus: Combating Money Laundering & Financing Of Terrorism
- 6 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Regulation related to the combating of money laundering and the financing of terrorism has been a Hungarian financial policy priority for more than 15 years. One of the key factors of an efficient anti-money laundering policy is the up-to-date knowledge of experts at participating authorities and financial services providers.
Diplomat: German Firms Re-Invest 50% Of Profits In Hungary
- 2 Feb 2015 4:00 AM
- business
German companies reinvest over 50% of the profits on their operations in Hungary, German ambassador Lieselore Cyrus said in an interview published in business daily Napi Gazdaság. The ambassador noted that the 6,000 German firms active in Hungary have invested some 20 billion euros in Hungary in the past 25 years and have created 300,000 jobs.
Hungary’s Top Court Rejects Request To Annul Parts Of Retail Loan Contracts Law
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected a request to annul some parts of legislation on retail loan contracts. The Metropolitan Appeals Court had submitted the request in connection with court cases involving four banks. The request was made based on the argument that the legislation violated the principles of the division of power and legal security.
Lenders Weigh Court Defence Of Unilateral Changes To Forint Loan Contracts
- 7 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- business
OTP Bank and Erste Bank are considering legal recourse regarding the settlement of compensation for unilateral changes to forint loan contracts, and K and H Bank already plans to file a case, the lenders said. The press department of Budapest’s Municipal Court said no cases had been filed so far.
Relations Between US & Hungary Have Improved
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of US-Hungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time.
Congress Hearing On US-Hungary Ties
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of USHungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time. Several contributors to the hearing held at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, said bilateral relations had improved in the past six ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Hungary’s State-Owned Hospitals Haven’t Paid Suppliers For 4 Months
- 21 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Mounting arrears to suppliers on the part of state-owned hospitals has left at least one service provider little choice but to shut down all laboratory services except those critical to saving life. Another company is seriously disappointed politically in the Fidesz government’s neglect of Hungary’s public health care system despite promising to introduce important reforms in 2010.
European Commission & Budapest Disagree On Interpretation Of Land Laws
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is trying to point out the faults in regulations governing the sale of arable land in the European Union-15 to try to escape the legal proceedings initiated against it because of its own restrictive ownership laws.
In Focus: Combating Money Laundering & Financing Of Terrorism
- 6 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Regulation related to the combating of money laundering and the financing of terrorism has been a Hungarian financial policy priority for more than 15 years. One of the key factors of an efficient anti-money laundering policy is the up-to-date knowledge of experts at participating authorities and financial services providers.
Diplomat: German Firms Re-Invest 50% Of Profits In Hungary
- 2 Feb 2015 4:00 AM
- business
German companies reinvest over 50% of the profits on their operations in Hungary, German ambassador Lieselore Cyrus said in an interview published in business daily Napi Gazdaság. The ambassador noted that the 6,000 German firms active in Hungary have invested some 20 billion euros in Hungary in the past 25 years and have created 300,000 jobs.
Hungary’s Top Court Rejects Request To Annul Parts Of Retail Loan Contracts Law
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected a request to annul some parts of legislation on retail loan contracts. The Metropolitan Appeals Court had submitted the request in connection with court cases involving four banks. The request was made based on the argument that the legislation violated the principles of the division of power and legal security.
Lenders Weigh Court Defence Of Unilateral Changes To Forint Loan Contracts
- 7 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- business
OTP Bank and Erste Bank are considering legal recourse regarding the settlement of compensation for unilateral changes to forint loan contracts, and K and H Bank already plans to file a case, the lenders said. The press department of Budapest’s Municipal Court said no cases had been filed so far.