818 result(s) for loss
Hungarian Court Acquits All Suspects In Red Sludge Spill Case
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
All 15 suspects in connection with Hungary’s 2010 red sludge disaster were acquitted by a local court in Veszprem in a non-binding ruling. The court acquitted the defendants of charges of carelessness and causing a public hazard, harming the environment and violating rules of waste management. The court also established that the toxic spill had been caused by a “loss of stability” in the soil ...
Former Budapest Vicemayor Gets Suspended Prison Term For Embezzlement
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A court in south-eastern Hungary handed a two-year prison term, suspended for four years, to Miklós Hagyó, Budapest’s former Socialist deputy mayor, on charges of embezzlement. Five other defendants out of a total 15 in the case, initiated under suspicion of major corruption, have similarly been sentenced to suspended prison terms of various lengths.
Thousands Of Ads Displayed On Hungarian Piracy Sites
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- tech
Hungarian websites suspected of copyright infringement display a total of about 5,000 advertisements, the National Association Against Counterfeiting (HENT) told MTI citing a fresh study by the EU’s Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM).
Xpat Opinion: Top Court Rejects Referendum On Budapest’s Olympic Bid
- 25 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Liberal commentators portray Wednesday’s decision by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court to reject a referendum on Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic games, as politically motivated.On 444, Péter Erdélyi ridicules the Kúria’s explanation that the referendum could not be held before Hungary’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games is submitted.
Hungary’s Tax Authority NAV Closing Grain VAT Fraud Inquiry
- 20 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The tax authority NAV will soon complete its investigation into the estimated Ft 18 billion sunflower and rapeseed VAT fraud, in which foreign companies were involved, Magyar Idõk writes. Reports indicate that a group of criminals shipped nearly 400,000 tons of sunflower seeds and rapeseed between Hungary and Slovakia in 2009-12, mostly on paper only, in a tax avoidance scam. The Slovak state has ...
'REMAKE' Stand-Up In English, Hátsó Kapu Budapest, 25 January
- 13 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- entertainment
REMAKE is a stand-up performance aligning different performing genres dealing with impermanence, loss, transformation and death. It may appear to be grim and sinister at first glance, but it is an utterly positive event. It initiates not only to accept changes in our lives but to embrace and celebrate them. REMAKE steals artistic materials from Hitchcock to Dalai Lama, from John Lennon to David ...
Budapest Spas Close Strong Year
- 8 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Budapest spas and thermal baths recorded an outstanding year in 2015, with revenues rising 17% to Ft 10.2 billion and the number of visitors up 15% to 3.9 million, CEO László Szõke announced. He said Budapest Gyógyfürdõi és Hévizei made a Ft 2 billion operating profit in 2015, compared to the Ft 644 million loss for 2010. The baths operator saw a 80% rise in revenues since 2010 and 34% growth in ...
Xpat Opinion: 2015 – Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán’s Year
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In their assessment of last year’s developments, commentators focus on Prime Minister Orbán’s performance – for better or for worse. They recall that the Prime Minister was identified by more than one international outlet as the ‘man of the year’.
Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker Kövér: EU Weaker Than Ever
- 28 Dec 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has become weaker than ever in economic, military and political terms, Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér told daily Magyar Hírlap. Whereas Europe at the turn of the millennium was close to becoming a strong and independent community, it has since “proved a fiasco”: the euro has failed to become a global currency and it has not become a sovereign community in economic terms, he ...
Hungarian Court Acquits All Suspects In Red Sludge Spill Case
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
All 15 suspects in connection with Hungary’s 2010 red sludge disaster were acquitted by a local court in Veszprem in a non-binding ruling. The court acquitted the defendants of charges of carelessness and causing a public hazard, harming the environment and violating rules of waste management. The court also established that the toxic spill had been caused by a “loss of stability” in the soil ...
Former Budapest Vicemayor Gets Suspended Prison Term For Embezzlement
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A court in south-eastern Hungary handed a two-year prison term, suspended for four years, to Miklós Hagyó, Budapest’s former Socialist deputy mayor, on charges of embezzlement. Five other defendants out of a total 15 in the case, initiated under suspicion of major corruption, have similarly been sentenced to suspended prison terms of various lengths.
Thousands Of Ads Displayed On Hungarian Piracy Sites
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- tech
Hungarian websites suspected of copyright infringement display a total of about 5,000 advertisements, the National Association Against Counterfeiting (HENT) told MTI citing a fresh study by the EU’s Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM).
Xpat Opinion: Top Court Rejects Referendum On Budapest’s Olympic Bid
- 25 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Liberal commentators portray Wednesday’s decision by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court to reject a referendum on Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic games, as politically motivated.On 444, Péter Erdélyi ridicules the Kúria’s explanation that the referendum could not be held before Hungary’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games is submitted.
Hungary’s Tax Authority NAV Closing Grain VAT Fraud Inquiry
- 20 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The tax authority NAV will soon complete its investigation into the estimated Ft 18 billion sunflower and rapeseed VAT fraud, in which foreign companies were involved, Magyar Idõk writes. Reports indicate that a group of criminals shipped nearly 400,000 tons of sunflower seeds and rapeseed between Hungary and Slovakia in 2009-12, mostly on paper only, in a tax avoidance scam. The Slovak state has ...
'REMAKE' Stand-Up In English, Hátsó Kapu Budapest, 25 January
- 13 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- entertainment
REMAKE is a stand-up performance aligning different performing genres dealing with impermanence, loss, transformation and death. It may appear to be grim and sinister at first glance, but it is an utterly positive event. It initiates not only to accept changes in our lives but to embrace and celebrate them. REMAKE steals artistic materials from Hitchcock to Dalai Lama, from John Lennon to David ...
Budapest Spas Close Strong Year
- 8 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Budapest spas and thermal baths recorded an outstanding year in 2015, with revenues rising 17% to Ft 10.2 billion and the number of visitors up 15% to 3.9 million, CEO László Szõke announced. He said Budapest Gyógyfürdõi és Hévizei made a Ft 2 billion operating profit in 2015, compared to the Ft 644 million loss for 2010. The baths operator saw a 80% rise in revenues since 2010 and 34% growth in ...
Xpat Opinion: 2015 – Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán’s Year
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In their assessment of last year’s developments, commentators focus on Prime Minister Orbán’s performance – for better or for worse. They recall that the Prime Minister was identified by more than one international outlet as the ‘man of the year’.
Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker Kövér: EU Weaker Than Ever
- 28 Dec 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has become weaker than ever in economic, military and political terms, Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér told daily Magyar Hírlap. Whereas Europe at the turn of the millennium was close to becoming a strong and independent community, it has since “proved a fiasco”: the euro has failed to become a global currency and it has not become a sovereign community in economic terms, he ...