303 result(s) for media outlet
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
Hungary’s Opposition Warns Against Ad Tax
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The proposed general 5% tax on advertising revenue will wipe out small media outlets, opposition parties warned yesterday. Socialist MP Ágnes Kunhalmi described the tax as a politically motivated tool for destroying independent media.
Xpat Opinion: Stop Using Taxes As A Weapon
- 20 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: It is generally understood that tax cuts are good for business, and can actually increase government revenue by encouraging private-sector activity, which in turn generates more taxable revenue.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Prominent Personalities Leave Hungary's HírTV
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Popular television presenter Andrea Kovács has handed in her notice to her employers at HírTV, news site Pestisracok reports. She told the website that she cannot follow the U-turn against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made by the channel’s owner Lajos Simicska on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Will Simicska Wage His Media War In Hungary On His Own?
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators wonder how far the feud between Prime Minister Orbán and his former friend and treasurer will go, and what impact it will have on the main right-wing media outlets which are ultimately owned by the latter.
Xpat Opinion: Simicska Bitterly Opposed To 5% Advertising Tax
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The dailies build long stories around one single sentence uttered by the owner of Magyar Nemzet and HírTV, according to which any increase in the ads tax to be paid by most media outlets will lead to “a total media war.” (According to estimates, this would mean an increase from the current 0.5% or 1% ad tax to around 5%)
Total Media War? – Senior Pro-Government Media Figures Resign
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian public discourse was rocked today by news of the resignment of the leaders of Hungary’s major right-wing media outlets “on grounds of moral conscience”. Their joint move is a reaction to the latest episode and culmination of a long-standing spite between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his former friend and close associate, businessman Lajos Simicska.
Lajos Simicska Declares War On Viktor Orban: “It’s Either Him Or Me!”
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hír24 interview with MAHIR media mogul Lajos Simicska
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
Hungary’s Opposition Warns Against Ad Tax
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The proposed general 5% tax on advertising revenue will wipe out small media outlets, opposition parties warned yesterday. Socialist MP Ágnes Kunhalmi described the tax as a politically motivated tool for destroying independent media.
Xpat Opinion: Stop Using Taxes As A Weapon
- 20 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: It is generally understood that tax cuts are good for business, and can actually increase government revenue by encouraging private-sector activity, which in turn generates more taxable revenue.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Prominent Personalities Leave Hungary's HírTV
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Popular television presenter Andrea Kovács has handed in her notice to her employers at HírTV, news site Pestisracok reports. She told the website that she cannot follow the U-turn against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made by the channel’s owner Lajos Simicska on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Will Simicska Wage His Media War In Hungary On His Own?
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators wonder how far the feud between Prime Minister Orbán and his former friend and treasurer will go, and what impact it will have on the main right-wing media outlets which are ultimately owned by the latter.
Xpat Opinion: Simicska Bitterly Opposed To 5% Advertising Tax
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The dailies build long stories around one single sentence uttered by the owner of Magyar Nemzet and HírTV, according to which any increase in the ads tax to be paid by most media outlets will lead to “a total media war.” (According to estimates, this would mean an increase from the current 0.5% or 1% ad tax to around 5%)
Total Media War? – Senior Pro-Government Media Figures Resign
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian public discourse was rocked today by news of the resignment of the leaders of Hungary’s major right-wing media outlets “on grounds of moral conscience”. Their joint move is a reaction to the latest episode and culmination of a long-standing spite between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his former friend and close associate, businessman Lajos Simicska.
Lajos Simicska Declares War On Viktor Orban: “It’s Either Him Or Me!”
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hír24 interview with MAHIR media mogul Lajos Simicska