3,246 result(s) for opinion
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left-Wing Weeklies Fear An Uphill Campaign
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-leaning weeklies think it will be extremely difficult for the Socialists and their allies to match the governing right wing. They accuse Fidesz of smart but unfair campaign methods.
Servier Announces Egis Share Buy-Up In Hungary
- 25 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
France’s Servier pharmaceutical group, the majority owner of Egis, yesterday announced a public offer for all outstanding shares in the Hungarian drugmaker. Servier will pay Ft 28,000 for all of the 49.1% of Egis shares that it does not already own.
Driver Sentenced In Hungary Could Serve Time In Ireland
- 25 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The Irish driver who was sentenced in Hungary for killing two children in a crash could serve his prison term in Ireland under a European Union decree, Hungarian Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Merges Central Bank & Financial Supervisory Authority
- 24 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ference Kumin: A few days ago, the Parliament passed a law on the merger of the Central Bank and the agency with oversight authority for the financial services sector, the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority. In order to be able to do that, the Parliament modified the country’s Fundamental Law.
Xpat Opinion: Merkel’s Germany A Source Of Stability And Growth For The Eurozone And Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On 22 September, the ruling party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU and its sister party the CSU, won the biggest victory in German federal elections since 1957. Everywhere else in the Eurozone, voters have punished governments, typically throwing the incumbents out of power. But in Germany, voters rewarded Chancellor Merkel handsomely for her managing of the euro and sovereign debt crises.
Xpat Opinion: Vienna Burgtheater Declines Invitation To Budapest
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Magyar Nemzet carries a bitter comment on an open letter by the Vienna theatre director who declined an invitation from the Budapest National Theatre, saying that he did not intend to risk the “good name” of his theatre.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Benefits From FED Stimulus
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Népszabadság thinks the government may take a sigh of relief after the Federal Reserve Board decided not to cut back on its quantitative easing programme, but doubts if the ensuing favourable investors’ climate will last until next year’s elections.
Cigarette Sales Declining Dramatically In Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- shopping
Statistics released recently by NAV, the Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration, show that sales of cigarette are significantly falling, Népszabadság reported last Friday. According to the NAV figures published by this national newspaper, 623 million cigarettes were sold in July, around 40% fewer than in June 2013 when new regulations on tobacco retail came into effect.
Budget 2014: Inflation Projected At 2.4% And Budget Deficit At 2.9% In Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
The Ministry for National Economy drafted next year’s budget with a deficit of 2.9 percent and an inflation rate of 2.4 percent, Minister Mihály Varga stated on Sunday. The Minister also disclosed that the Ministry calculated the 2014 Budget without revenues from the advertisement tax and the below 3 percent deficit target will be attainable even without that. “I anticipate only slight ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left-Wing Weeklies Fear An Uphill Campaign
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-leaning weeklies think it will be extremely difficult for the Socialists and their allies to match the governing right wing. They accuse Fidesz of smart but unfair campaign methods.
Servier Announces Egis Share Buy-Up In Hungary
- 25 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
France’s Servier pharmaceutical group, the majority owner of Egis, yesterday announced a public offer for all outstanding shares in the Hungarian drugmaker. Servier will pay Ft 28,000 for all of the 49.1% of Egis shares that it does not already own.
Driver Sentenced In Hungary Could Serve Time In Ireland
- 25 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The Irish driver who was sentenced in Hungary for killing two children in a crash could serve his prison term in Ireland under a European Union decree, Hungarian Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Merges Central Bank & Financial Supervisory Authority
- 24 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ference Kumin: A few days ago, the Parliament passed a law on the merger of the Central Bank and the agency with oversight authority for the financial services sector, the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority. In order to be able to do that, the Parliament modified the country’s Fundamental Law.
Xpat Opinion: Merkel’s Germany A Source Of Stability And Growth For The Eurozone And Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On 22 September, the ruling party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU and its sister party the CSU, won the biggest victory in German federal elections since 1957. Everywhere else in the Eurozone, voters have punished governments, typically throwing the incumbents out of power. But in Germany, voters rewarded Chancellor Merkel handsomely for her managing of the euro and sovereign debt crises.
Xpat Opinion: Vienna Burgtheater Declines Invitation To Budapest
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Magyar Nemzet carries a bitter comment on an open letter by the Vienna theatre director who declined an invitation from the Budapest National Theatre, saying that he did not intend to risk the “good name” of his theatre.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Benefits From FED Stimulus
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Népszabadság thinks the government may take a sigh of relief after the Federal Reserve Board decided not to cut back on its quantitative easing programme, but doubts if the ensuing favourable investors’ climate will last until next year’s elections.
Cigarette Sales Declining Dramatically In Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- shopping
Statistics released recently by NAV, the Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration, show that sales of cigarette are significantly falling, Népszabadság reported last Friday. According to the NAV figures published by this national newspaper, 623 million cigarettes were sold in July, around 40% fewer than in June 2013 when new regulations on tobacco retail came into effect.
Budget 2014: Inflation Projected At 2.4% And Budget Deficit At 2.9% In Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
The Ministry for National Economy drafted next year’s budget with a deficit of 2.9 percent and an inflation rate of 2.4 percent, Minister Mihály Varga stated on Sunday. The Minister also disclosed that the Ministry calculated the 2014 Budget without revenues from the advertisement tax and the below 3 percent deficit target will be attainable even without that. “I anticipate only slight ...