1,723 result(s) for local government
Bank Tax In Hungary To Stay At Least To 2016
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is no hope that the government will phase out its special bank tax before 2016, Bank Association president Levente Kovács told a Tuesday conference.
Slovakia And Hungary At Loggerheads Over Tokaj Wine
- 12 May 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Even Hungary's last-ditch Hungarian efforts have failed to prevent Slovakia from using the Tokaj name. The Slovak Tokaj wine is here to stay. But that's not the end of the world - let us excel them in quality, a wine writer says.
There Should Be More Women Among Members Of Hungarian Parliament - A Commentary
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Exactly 19 of the 199 members of Hungary's new parliament are women. That comes to 9.5 percent, a ratio that speaks for itself. Looking for an adjective to describe the situation I thought of ridiculous, untenable and infuriating but finally settled for humiliating as the word that best describes what I feel when thinking of this 9.5 percent ratio.
Fidesz Launches Online Petition In Support Of Hungarian Interests
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz has launched an online petition with the aim of defending in Brussels the policies of protecting Hungarian farmland from speculators, making pálinka distillation tax free and protecting false acacia. Rural development minister Sándor Fazekas and director for Fidesz social relations Zsolt Nyitrai told a news conference on Thursday that the new government was prepared to fight the ...
Gov’t Seizes Budapest Gellérthegy Citadel
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Citadel atop Gellért Hill will be sealed off from tourists for at least 15 days, as the government works to seize the property from tenants that it says have no right to be there.
Top Court Rejects Complaint Over Margaret Island In Budapest
- 16 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court has rejected a constitutional complaint lodged by a Budapest district council concerning authority over Margaret Island, according to the ruling posted on the court’s website on Tuesday.
EU Is Against Hungary’s Tax-Free Status Of Home-Made Pálinka
- 15 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has decided that the distilling of pálinka shall be subject to taxation even under the quantity of 50 litres per year. Following the decision, the Government will initiate consultations with the European Commission with the aim of ensuring that the tradition of distilling pálinka lives on in Hungary in accordance with the EU regulatory framework.
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?
Hungarian Government Green-Lights Contraversial Memorial To “Victims Of German Invasion”
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Protesters in Budapest demolish scaffolds in protest of prime minister Viktor Orban’s decision to proceed with construction of controversial memorial to victims of 1994 German invasion of Hungary.
Bank Tax In Hungary To Stay At Least To 2016
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is no hope that the government will phase out its special bank tax before 2016, Bank Association president Levente Kovács told a Tuesday conference.
Slovakia And Hungary At Loggerheads Over Tokaj Wine
- 12 May 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Even Hungary's last-ditch Hungarian efforts have failed to prevent Slovakia from using the Tokaj name. The Slovak Tokaj wine is here to stay. But that's not the end of the world - let us excel them in quality, a wine writer says.
There Should Be More Women Among Members Of Hungarian Parliament - A Commentary
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Exactly 19 of the 199 members of Hungary's new parliament are women. That comes to 9.5 percent, a ratio that speaks for itself. Looking for an adjective to describe the situation I thought of ridiculous, untenable and infuriating but finally settled for humiliating as the word that best describes what I feel when thinking of this 9.5 percent ratio.
Fidesz Launches Online Petition In Support Of Hungarian Interests
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz has launched an online petition with the aim of defending in Brussels the policies of protecting Hungarian farmland from speculators, making pálinka distillation tax free and protecting false acacia. Rural development minister Sándor Fazekas and director for Fidesz social relations Zsolt Nyitrai told a news conference on Thursday that the new government was prepared to fight the ...
Gov’t Seizes Budapest Gellérthegy Citadel
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Citadel atop Gellért Hill will be sealed off from tourists for at least 15 days, as the government works to seize the property from tenants that it says have no right to be there.
Top Court Rejects Complaint Over Margaret Island In Budapest
- 16 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court has rejected a constitutional complaint lodged by a Budapest district council concerning authority over Margaret Island, according to the ruling posted on the court’s website on Tuesday.
EU Is Against Hungary’s Tax-Free Status Of Home-Made Pálinka
- 15 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has decided that the distilling of pálinka shall be subject to taxation even under the quantity of 50 litres per year. Following the decision, the Government will initiate consultations with the European Commission with the aim of ensuring that the tradition of distilling pálinka lives on in Hungary in accordance with the EU regulatory framework.
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?
Hungarian Government Green-Lights Contraversial Memorial To “Victims Of German Invasion”
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Protesters in Budapest demolish scaffolds in protest of prime minister Viktor Orban’s decision to proceed with construction of controversial memorial to victims of 1994 German invasion of Hungary.