114 result(s) for money talks
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian-IMF/EU Negotiations: News Blackout? Not Really
- 20 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday, July 17, Thanos Arvanitis, head of the IMF delegation, and Barbara Kauffman, head of the EU Commission’s delegation, accompanied by Iryna Ivashchenko, the IMF’s Budapest representative, paid a visit to Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of the long-awaited negotiations for a stand-by loan for the financially hard-pressed Hungary.
Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Pays A Visit To Budapest
- 3 May 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and China signed seven agreements. The agreements were signed on Tuesday in the Parliament Building in the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chinese Deputy Premier Li Keqiang.
Hungary Prepares For Adulthood In The European Union
- 29 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"In January 2011 Hungary will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Its six-month term will be an interesting period for Hungary and the EU alike. Hungary will coordinate the Council’s vast bureaucratic and decision-making apparatus while not being able to rely on any significant wealth of accumulated knowledge about some of its workings due to the novelty of the Lisbon ...
North Korea Asks Hungary, Czech Republic To Clean Debt Slate
- 23 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- business
"North Korea asked Hungary to write-off more than 90% of its outstanding debt, the Financial Times reported, citing the Economy Ministry as the source. The revelation follows a report from last week that Pyongyang had asked the Czech Republic to write-off 95% of its 186 million koruna (USD 10 m) debt. The FT said the requests are "the latest indication of the secretive totalitarian regime’s ...
Hungary PM Orbán Sees Single Deficit Cut Deadline For EU Members, Distances From IMF
- 27 Jul 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s "freeing itself from the IMF" is one step forward towards the nation’s self-determination, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. When the country’s stand-by arrangement with the Fund expires in October, Hungary will have no business with the lender, he added. Orbán stressed that the salary of the central bank’s chief is a sovereign issue and neither the EU, nor the IMF has a say in it.
Hungary To Seek Precautionary Deal With IMF - Szapáry
- 1 Jul 2010 1:20 AM
- business
"Hungary is seeking to sign a new, precautionary loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said György Szapáry, a key advisor to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in an interview with fn.hu on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian-IMF/EU Negotiations: News Blackout? Not Really
- 20 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday, July 17, Thanos Arvanitis, head of the IMF delegation, and Barbara Kauffman, head of the EU Commission’s delegation, accompanied by Iryna Ivashchenko, the IMF’s Budapest representative, paid a visit to Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of the long-awaited negotiations for a stand-by loan for the financially hard-pressed Hungary.
Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Pays A Visit To Budapest
- 3 May 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and China signed seven agreements. The agreements were signed on Tuesday in the Parliament Building in the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chinese Deputy Premier Li Keqiang.
Hungary Prepares For Adulthood In The European Union
- 29 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"In January 2011 Hungary will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Its six-month term will be an interesting period for Hungary and the EU alike. Hungary will coordinate the Council’s vast bureaucratic and decision-making apparatus while not being able to rely on any significant wealth of accumulated knowledge about some of its workings due to the novelty of the Lisbon ...
North Korea Asks Hungary, Czech Republic To Clean Debt Slate
- 23 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- business
"North Korea asked Hungary to write-off more than 90% of its outstanding debt, the Financial Times reported, citing the Economy Ministry as the source. The revelation follows a report from last week that Pyongyang had asked the Czech Republic to write-off 95% of its 186 million koruna (USD 10 m) debt. The FT said the requests are "the latest indication of the secretive totalitarian regime’s ...
Hungary PM Orbán Sees Single Deficit Cut Deadline For EU Members, Distances From IMF
- 27 Jul 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s "freeing itself from the IMF" is one step forward towards the nation’s self-determination, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. When the country’s stand-by arrangement with the Fund expires in October, Hungary will have no business with the lender, he added. Orbán stressed that the salary of the central bank’s chief is a sovereign issue and neither the EU, nor the IMF has a say in it.
Hungary To Seek Precautionary Deal With IMF - Szapáry
- 1 Jul 2010 1:20 AM
- business
"Hungary is seeking to sign a new, precautionary loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said György Szapáry, a key advisor to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in an interview with fn.hu on Wednesday.