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Agnes Weninger, Former Editor-in-Chief, Best Of Budapest & Hungary
- 6 Jul 2017 12:00 PM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Socialists: Fidesz Cheated With 2010 Billboard Campaign
- 6 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to the opposition Socialists, the Fidesz party paid well below the market rate for outdoor advertising during the 2010 general election campaign. The current ruling party bought space on 4,700 billboards nationwide and spent 98 million forints (EUR 318,000) when the real cost should have been 1 billion forints calculated at current rates, Socialist press chief István Nyakó told a press ...
Hungary Jobless Rate Falls To 4.4 Pc
- 28 Jun 2017 2:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s rolling average three-month jobless rate fell to 4.4 percent in March-May from 4.6 percent in the previous period, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. The rate which covers unemployment among 15-74 year-olds was lower than 5.5 percent in the same period a year earlier. In absolute terms, there were 203,100 unemployed in Hungary in March-May, 5,900 less than in ...
LMP Billboards Ten Times The Rate Of Jobbik
- 21 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a difference in cost of over ten times between the amount that LMP and Jobbik paid for their billboards. LMP had to pay Ft 80,000 per billboard as against Jobbik’s Ft 6,500.
Varga: Stopping Illegal Migration ‘Cannot Be Question Of Money’
- 19 Jun 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
It has been clear since the onset of Europe’s migration crisis that tackling the problem of illegal migration “cannot be a question of money”, the economy minister said in an interview published by daily Magyar Idők. Hungary has already spent over one hundred billion forints on curbing illegal migration and the 2018 budget also allocates sufficient funding to cover the costs of managing the ...
Inauguration Of Samsung SDI’s Electric Car Battery Plant In Hungary
- 1 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- business
Reindustrialisation in Hungary will shift up a gear in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration of Samsung SDI’s electric car battery plant in the town of Göd, north of Budapest, on Monday. Hungary’s auto industry employed over 160,000 in the first quarter of the year, Orbán said, arguing that this had allowed Hungary to become a hub for car production in central Europe.
PM Orbán: S Korea ‘Role Model’
- 30 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that although it had become clear since Hungary’s change in regime that a market economy did not always guarantee quality, if something is made in South Korea “we could always be sure that we are dealing with an excellent product.”
Hungary's Jobless Rate 4.6%
- 29 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s rolling average three-month jobless rate was 4.6% in February-April, slightly up from 4.5% in the previous period, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The Feb-Apr rate was down from 5.8% in the same period a year earlier. The rate covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74.
Local Opinion: Parliament Adjusts Advertisement Tax Rate
- 18 May 2017 9:40 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist interprets the new advertisement tax rules as discriminatory. He accuses the government of intending to silence media outlets critical of the current regime.
Agnes Weninger, Former Editor-in-Chief, Best Of Budapest & Hungary
- 6 Jul 2017 12:00 PM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Socialists: Fidesz Cheated With 2010 Billboard Campaign
- 6 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to the opposition Socialists, the Fidesz party paid well below the market rate for outdoor advertising during the 2010 general election campaign. The current ruling party bought space on 4,700 billboards nationwide and spent 98 million forints (EUR 318,000) when the real cost should have been 1 billion forints calculated at current rates, Socialist press chief István Nyakó told a press ...
Hungary Jobless Rate Falls To 4.4 Pc
- 28 Jun 2017 2:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s rolling average three-month jobless rate fell to 4.4 percent in March-May from 4.6 percent in the previous period, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. The rate which covers unemployment among 15-74 year-olds was lower than 5.5 percent in the same period a year earlier. In absolute terms, there were 203,100 unemployed in Hungary in March-May, 5,900 less than in ...
LMP Billboards Ten Times The Rate Of Jobbik
- 21 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a difference in cost of over ten times between the amount that LMP and Jobbik paid for their billboards. LMP had to pay Ft 80,000 per billboard as against Jobbik’s Ft 6,500.
Varga: Stopping Illegal Migration ‘Cannot Be Question Of Money’
- 19 Jun 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
It has been clear since the onset of Europe’s migration crisis that tackling the problem of illegal migration “cannot be a question of money”, the economy minister said in an interview published by daily Magyar Idők. Hungary has already spent over one hundred billion forints on curbing illegal migration and the 2018 budget also allocates sufficient funding to cover the costs of managing the ...
Inauguration Of Samsung SDI’s Electric Car Battery Plant In Hungary
- 1 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- business
Reindustrialisation in Hungary will shift up a gear in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration of Samsung SDI’s electric car battery plant in the town of Göd, north of Budapest, on Monday. Hungary’s auto industry employed over 160,000 in the first quarter of the year, Orbán said, arguing that this had allowed Hungary to become a hub for car production in central Europe.
PM Orbán: S Korea ‘Role Model’
- 30 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that although it had become clear since Hungary’s change in regime that a market economy did not always guarantee quality, if something is made in South Korea “we could always be sure that we are dealing with an excellent product.”
Hungary's Jobless Rate 4.6%
- 29 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s rolling average three-month jobless rate was 4.6% in February-April, slightly up from 4.5% in the previous period, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The Feb-Apr rate was down from 5.8% in the same period a year earlier. The rate covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74.
Local Opinion: Parliament Adjusts Advertisement Tax Rate
- 18 May 2017 9:40 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist interprets the new advertisement tax rules as discriminatory. He accuses the government of intending to silence media outlets critical of the current regime.














