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Xpat Opinion: Matolcsy’s First Rate Cut In Hungary
- 29 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Commentators across the political spectrum discuss the National Bank’s decision to go ahead with regular interest rate cuts and comment on the move of former National Bank President András Simor to the ERBD as a Vice-President.
Budapest Named 'Best Value For A City Break'
- 28 Mar 2013 7:00 AM
- travel
Hungary’s capital has just been named as this year’s best value city break destination, in the new City Costs Barometer released by the UK Post Office 'Travel Money' guide. The reports’s key findings show that Budapest has overtaken last year’s best bargain, Riga, to emerge as the cheapest of 25 city break destinations for meals, drinks, sightseeing, city travel and hotel accommodation.
Habitat For Humanity Hungary Requests Your 1%
- 27 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Every year, from February to late May, hundreds of NGOs compete for Hungarian tax payers’ 1%. Tax payers did not designate their 1%s in the value of HUF 3.77 billion. This amount could be great help for non-profits in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: The War Around Utility Tariffs In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The planned legislation on a 10% reduction in all utility prices for households is described as a popular but risky move by business analysts, while partisan commentators criticise or praise it according to their political affiliations.
Xpat Opinion: Vintage & Second-Hand Stores In Budapest
- 22 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
Vintage and second-hand stores are appropriate for any age group: for the young, their low prices and often fascinating choices; for older shoppers, nostalgia. They usually conceal a treasure of old, even antique clothes and accessories. Such shops give you that ‘treasure- hunt’ feeling providing you don’t mind rummaging through piles of clothes!
Xpat Opinion: Far Right Journalist Forced To Return Government Award
- 22 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centrist blog argues that the award granted to an openly racist journalist reveals the problems with the highly centralised government Prime Minister Orbán has created, as Zoltan Balog, the Minister for Human Resources has to supervise too many areas.
Socialists Campaign To Cut VAT On Food In Hungary
- 21 Mar 2013 7:30 AM
- shopping
The Socialists will start a petition drive to have the VAT on basic foodstuffs lowered from 27% to 5%, party president Attila Mesterházy told reporters last Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting of the party executive, he said the drive is necessary because Fidesz did not support the Socialist proposal in Parliament.
Car Dealers Fight For Survival As Market Shrinks In Hungary
- 20 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Declining car sales have devastated car dealerships in Hungary in recent years, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The average age of passenger cars in Hungary is 12.5 years, far above the EU average, Nepszabadsag adds.
Invitation: Restaurant Week In Budapest, 18 - 24 March
- 18 Mar 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
During the National Restaurant Week from 18th to 24th March, guests both in Budapest and the countryside are going to have the chance to dine for the comeback price of HUF 3,300 (service fee included). The success of Restaurant Week is proven by the high number of guests taking part last autumn: more than 11,000 guests.
Xpat Opinion: Matolcsy’s First Rate Cut In Hungary
- 29 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Commentators across the political spectrum discuss the National Bank’s decision to go ahead with regular interest rate cuts and comment on the move of former National Bank President András Simor to the ERBD as a Vice-President.
Budapest Named 'Best Value For A City Break'
- 28 Mar 2013 7:00 AM
- travel
Hungary’s capital has just been named as this year’s best value city break destination, in the new City Costs Barometer released by the UK Post Office 'Travel Money' guide. The reports’s key findings show that Budapest has overtaken last year’s best bargain, Riga, to emerge as the cheapest of 25 city break destinations for meals, drinks, sightseeing, city travel and hotel accommodation.
Habitat For Humanity Hungary Requests Your 1%
- 27 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Every year, from February to late May, hundreds of NGOs compete for Hungarian tax payers’ 1%. Tax payers did not designate their 1%s in the value of HUF 3.77 billion. This amount could be great help for non-profits in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: The War Around Utility Tariffs In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The planned legislation on a 10% reduction in all utility prices for households is described as a popular but risky move by business analysts, while partisan commentators criticise or praise it according to their political affiliations.
Xpat Opinion: Vintage & Second-Hand Stores In Budapest
- 22 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
Vintage and second-hand stores are appropriate for any age group: for the young, their low prices and often fascinating choices; for older shoppers, nostalgia. They usually conceal a treasure of old, even antique clothes and accessories. Such shops give you that ‘treasure- hunt’ feeling providing you don’t mind rummaging through piles of clothes!
Xpat Opinion: Far Right Journalist Forced To Return Government Award
- 22 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centrist blog argues that the award granted to an openly racist journalist reveals the problems with the highly centralised government Prime Minister Orbán has created, as Zoltan Balog, the Minister for Human Resources has to supervise too many areas.
Socialists Campaign To Cut VAT On Food In Hungary
- 21 Mar 2013 7:30 AM
- shopping
The Socialists will start a petition drive to have the VAT on basic foodstuffs lowered from 27% to 5%, party president Attila Mesterházy told reporters last Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting of the party executive, he said the drive is necessary because Fidesz did not support the Socialist proposal in Parliament.
Car Dealers Fight For Survival As Market Shrinks In Hungary
- 20 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Declining car sales have devastated car dealerships in Hungary in recent years, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The average age of passenger cars in Hungary is 12.5 years, far above the EU average, Nepszabadsag adds.
Invitation: Restaurant Week In Budapest, 18 - 24 March
- 18 Mar 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
During the National Restaurant Week from 18th to 24th March, guests both in Budapest and the countryside are going to have the chance to dine for the comeback price of HUF 3,300 (service fee included). The success of Restaurant Week is proven by the high number of guests taking part last autumn: more than 11,000 guests.