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Wizz Air: More Flights From Budapest To Moscow
- 4 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
Wizz Air the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe*, announced today a significant increase of flight frequencies** on its service between Budapest and Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow. The route which is currently operated with five flights a week and with a daily return flight from late October, will be served with four additional return flights during the busy Christmas ...
“Get Home Safe!” Traffic Safety Programme For Motorways In Hungary
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
The total value of the New Széchenyi Plan package of developments targeted at the prevention of road accidents causing personal injury is over HUF 55 billion. The investments to be implemented on the expressway system in the first round, from a budget of over HUF 13.5bn, may be completed by the end of next year. The project launching event of the State Motorway Management Co. Ltd. was held at the ...
Xpat Opinion: Tourism, Employment: Hungary’s Recovery Trends
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
While the government shutdown in the United States and a risk of default send shivers through the global economy, recent figures in Hungary continue to encourage cautious optimism, building on positive indicators I reported last month. Indeed, the government has drawn up budgets for 2014 based on a GDP growth estimate of 2 percent. That is 0.6% lower than what Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...
Having Children Makes Life Easier & Cheaper In Hungary
- 17 Oct 2013 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Despite the reduced overheads, life in Hungary is more expensive now than it was three years ago, when we factor in food, transport, and energy prices. Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) figures show that since 2010, when the government decided to support families with children, income among households with kids rose more than the rate of inflation, while childless households are left ...
Gault&Millau Hungary 2014 – Presentation Of The New Guide
- 11 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
”Hungarian gastronomic culture has reached its final stages, if it is not past all chances of improvement.” This statement was issued in the 2007 Culinary Charta, signed by over a hundred public figures of all sorts of ideological beliefs within a week. The statement also declared that: ”if any negative trend can be reversed, it must be reversed”. And that „the signatories will lobby for quality”.
IMF May Also Be Mistaken Regarding Performance Of Hungarian Economy
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
he forecast published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the World Economic Outlook signals that the IMF’s evaluation of the performance of the Hungarian economy is incorrect.
Xpat Opinion: New Hungarian “Language Strategies”
- 28 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It’s time to talk again about one of my hobby horses, foreign language teaching in Hungary. Faithful readers of this blog will undoubtedly recall how often we talked about the shortcomings of the system. Everybody has horror stories about learning a foreign language in Hungary. Although there are some schools that excel in teaching foreign languages, most students leave grade 12 without a working ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Next Year's Budget Is Based On Inaccurate Planning
- 27 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
Compared to the previous quarter of 2013 predictions the latest statistics show no positive turn, Policy Agenda contends. Thus, regarding the preparation of the 2014 budget we must note that the continuing economic policy, and the positive evaluation of the latest statistical figures in the governmental communication can hardly establish an improving economic development. We think that only a ...
No New Austerity And No Higher Taxes Next Year In Hungary
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 2014 budget will be tight, but there will be no new austerity measures or tax hikes in the document, Economy Minister Mihály Varga declared yesterday. VAT on meat will be lowered next year, he said, without specifying what the new level will be. VAT is currently 27% on meat.
Wizz Air: More Flights From Budapest To Moscow
- 4 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
Wizz Air the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe*, announced today a significant increase of flight frequencies** on its service between Budapest and Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow. The route which is currently operated with five flights a week and with a daily return flight from late October, will be served with four additional return flights during the busy Christmas ...
“Get Home Safe!” Traffic Safety Programme For Motorways In Hungary
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
The total value of the New Széchenyi Plan package of developments targeted at the prevention of road accidents causing personal injury is over HUF 55 billion. The investments to be implemented on the expressway system in the first round, from a budget of over HUF 13.5bn, may be completed by the end of next year. The project launching event of the State Motorway Management Co. Ltd. was held at the ...
Xpat Opinion: Tourism, Employment: Hungary’s Recovery Trends
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
While the government shutdown in the United States and a risk of default send shivers through the global economy, recent figures in Hungary continue to encourage cautious optimism, building on positive indicators I reported last month. Indeed, the government has drawn up budgets for 2014 based on a GDP growth estimate of 2 percent. That is 0.6% lower than what Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...
Having Children Makes Life Easier & Cheaper In Hungary
- 17 Oct 2013 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Despite the reduced overheads, life in Hungary is more expensive now than it was three years ago, when we factor in food, transport, and energy prices. Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) figures show that since 2010, when the government decided to support families with children, income among households with kids rose more than the rate of inflation, while childless households are left ...
Gault&Millau Hungary 2014 – Presentation Of The New Guide
- 11 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
”Hungarian gastronomic culture has reached its final stages, if it is not past all chances of improvement.” This statement was issued in the 2007 Culinary Charta, signed by over a hundred public figures of all sorts of ideological beliefs within a week. The statement also declared that: ”if any negative trend can be reversed, it must be reversed”. And that „the signatories will lobby for quality”.
IMF May Also Be Mistaken Regarding Performance Of Hungarian Economy
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
he forecast published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the World Economic Outlook signals that the IMF’s evaluation of the performance of the Hungarian economy is incorrect.
Xpat Opinion: New Hungarian “Language Strategies”
- 28 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It’s time to talk again about one of my hobby horses, foreign language teaching in Hungary. Faithful readers of this blog will undoubtedly recall how often we talked about the shortcomings of the system. Everybody has horror stories about learning a foreign language in Hungary. Although there are some schools that excel in teaching foreign languages, most students leave grade 12 without a working ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Next Year's Budget Is Based On Inaccurate Planning
- 27 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
Compared to the previous quarter of 2013 predictions the latest statistics show no positive turn, Policy Agenda contends. Thus, regarding the preparation of the 2014 budget we must note that the continuing economic policy, and the positive evaluation of the latest statistical figures in the governmental communication can hardly establish an improving economic development. We think that only a ...
No New Austerity And No Higher Taxes Next Year In Hungary
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 2014 budget will be tight, but there will be no new austerity measures or tax hikes in the document, Economy Minister Mihály Varga declared yesterday. VAT on meat will be lowered next year, he said, without specifying what the new level will be. VAT is currently 27% on meat.