202 result(s) for legal changes
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.
Fidesz Official Calls For Changing In Hungary’s Laws On Assembly
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s laws on public assembly should be changed, but not because of recent anti-government demonstrations, Fidesz lawmaker Gergely Gulyás said. Gulyás told daily Népszabadság that changes would ban different demonstrations held at the same location and limit their lengths.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
New Statutes Might Reduce Market Share Of Foreign-Owned Food Retailers
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government is about to use legal measures to reduce the market share of foreign-owned retail chain stores in Hungary. The proposed measures - which amalgamate related ideas of the past five years - might even shoo off some foreign retailers from Hungary altogether.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Hungary Discusses Child Rights With The United Nations
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Child Rights Hungarian officials informed the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation in Hungary of the Convention in Geneva on 9 and 10 September.
Strasbourg Court Did Not Take Into Consideration The Content Of Changes In Legal Regulation By Hungary
- 12 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to the State Secretariat for Church, National Minority and Civil Society Relations of the Ministry of Human Resources, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, adopted on 9th September, fits into the series of attacks carried out against Hungary by certain international interest groups.
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.
Fidesz Official Calls For Changing In Hungary’s Laws On Assembly
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s laws on public assembly should be changed, but not because of recent anti-government demonstrations, Fidesz lawmaker Gergely Gulyás said. Gulyás told daily Népszabadság that changes would ban different demonstrations held at the same location and limit their lengths.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
New Statutes Might Reduce Market Share Of Foreign-Owned Food Retailers
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government is about to use legal measures to reduce the market share of foreign-owned retail chain stores in Hungary. The proposed measures - which amalgamate related ideas of the past five years - might even shoo off some foreign retailers from Hungary altogether.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Hungary Discusses Child Rights With The United Nations
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Child Rights Hungarian officials informed the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation in Hungary of the Convention in Geneva on 9 and 10 September.
Strasbourg Court Did Not Take Into Consideration The Content Of Changes In Legal Regulation By Hungary
- 12 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to the State Secretariat for Church, National Minority and Civil Society Relations of the Ministry of Human Resources, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, adopted on 9th September, fits into the series of attacks carried out against Hungary by certain international interest groups.