199 result(s) for legal changes
Hungarian Banks Required To Prove Fairness Of FX Contracts
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- business
From now on banks will be required to prove that their procedures in forex lending have been straightforward, under a law which took effect last Saturday. Lawsuits initiated by borrowers against their banks before the supreme court passed its decision of legal unity have been suspended.
Hungary’s Justice Minister Hopes Top Court’s Right To Budget Issues Will Be Restored
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Justice Minister László Trócsányi said he would look into possibility of changing the law to restore the Constitutional Court’s power to rule on budget and tax related issues. In an interview with weekly Heti Válasz, he expressed the hope that the regulation stripping the top court of this power would be “withdrawn sooner or later”.
Hungarian Prosecutor Proposes Changing Law On Health-Care Gratuity Payments
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The public prosecutor has proposed changing the law in connection with gratuity payments in the health-care sector. The junior doctors’ association asked for the changes because the legal definition of “passive bribery” raised in connection with doctors accepting gratuity payments is unclear, spokesman for the prosecutor, Géza Fazekas, said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that current situation ...
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Xpat Opinion: Top 5 Fallacies In The ‘Free But Not Fair’ Story In Hungary
- 3 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If you’ve been following Hungary, especially the election campaign, then you have no doubt heard this line from critics and the opposition: The parliamentary elections “will be free, but they won’t be fair.”
The Budapest M4 Metro: A Study In Inefficiency And Waste
- 1 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Originally conceived in 1972 as a means for transporting commuters between Budafok (south-west Budapest) and downtown Pest, the decision to build the Budapest M4 metro was made in May 1991 during the first Demszky administration. Nol.hu writes that the project was started without permits, without the consent of owners, without the necessary management, and without moneymoney. With the exception ...
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
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.
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.
Hungarian Banks Required To Prove Fairness Of FX Contracts
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- business
From now on banks will be required to prove that their procedures in forex lending have been straightforward, under a law which took effect last Saturday. Lawsuits initiated by borrowers against their banks before the supreme court passed its decision of legal unity have been suspended.
Hungary’s Justice Minister Hopes Top Court’s Right To Budget Issues Will Be Restored
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Justice Minister László Trócsányi said he would look into possibility of changing the law to restore the Constitutional Court’s power to rule on budget and tax related issues. In an interview with weekly Heti Válasz, he expressed the hope that the regulation stripping the top court of this power would be “withdrawn sooner or later”.
Hungarian Prosecutor Proposes Changing Law On Health-Care Gratuity Payments
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The public prosecutor has proposed changing the law in connection with gratuity payments in the health-care sector. The junior doctors’ association asked for the changes because the legal definition of “passive bribery” raised in connection with doctors accepting gratuity payments is unclear, spokesman for the prosecutor, Géza Fazekas, said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that current situation ...
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Xpat Opinion: Top 5 Fallacies In The ‘Free But Not Fair’ Story In Hungary
- 3 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If you’ve been following Hungary, especially the election campaign, then you have no doubt heard this line from critics and the opposition: The parliamentary elections “will be free, but they won’t be fair.”
The Budapest M4 Metro: A Study In Inefficiency And Waste
- 1 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Originally conceived in 1972 as a means for transporting commuters between Budafok (south-west Budapest) and downtown Pest, the decision to build the Budapest M4 metro was made in May 1991 during the first Demszky administration. Nol.hu writes that the project was started without permits, without the consent of owners, without the necessary management, and without moneymoney. With the exception ...
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
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.
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.