592 result(s) for pension
Facebook Group Protests In Budapest Against “Looting” Private Pension Funds
- 26 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in front of the economy ministry to protest against a government proposal concerning private pension funds, on Tuesday. Zoltán Büki, member of the Facebook group which organised the demo, said that “the government is now eyeing the property of 60,000 people” and insisted that the cabinet has “irrevocably gone down to the level of petty thieves sneaking into homes at night ...
Private Pension Funds To Be Eliminated In Hungary By 2015
- 25 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reuters has reported that Hungary’s mandatory private pension funds could be eliminated by the end of this year if a new government measure that requires a highly active membership is passed. The Hungarian government has already been tapping the private schemes since 2010 for 360 billion forints (0.96 billion pounds) a year to cut the state budget deficit.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Hungarian Emigrants In Major European Cities 4/4 - London
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the fourth, closing part of the series we look at Hungarians who live in London. Living in the city on the banks of the Thames River, I really have the impression that, outside of Budapest, London is the biggest Hungarian city.
1000 Foreigners Use Same Address To Vote In Hungarian Elections
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Roughly a thousand foreigners have given the address of a 40-bed motel in Budapest’s 19th district as their permanent place of residence in the run-up to Sunday’s municipal elections, according to left-wing daily Népszabadság. The majority are Romanian citizens but a number of Slovaks have also registered the Viktória Pension as their permanent place of Hungarian residence.
Hungarian Ministry Responds To Demonstrators
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s government is preserving the value of pensions and making sure decent jobs are available, the Economy Ministry said late on Tuesday in response to a demonstration outside its main building. The ministry said the pension system is sustainable, reacting to supporters of union alliance MSZSZ, who protested for early retirement and against a wage-freeze for public servants.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: No Austerity Planned
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is no place in the government’s economic policymaking for austerity, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, told a local paper in an interview. “We are preparing for an era in which people earn more, retirees preserve the value of their pensions, the burdens of parenthood are eased, schools will be better and our hospitals are going to work well,” he told Vas Népe. “We’re at the gates of a great ...
Draft Programme To Help Needy Govt Approved By Hungarian Govt
- 23 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has approved a 29 billion forint draft (EUR 93m) programme to help the needy which has been forwarded to the European Commission, daily Magyar Hírlap said. Fully 85% of the programme is planned to be funded by the European Union.
No Hungarian Pension Without Residence
- 19 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Under an agreement with Ukraine, neither Hungarian nor Ukrainian citizens will be entitled to a Hungarian pension unless they reside in the country, the Human Resources Ministry said, responding to opposition worries that people who have been granted fast-track Hungarian citizenship might abuse Hungary’s welfare services.
Facebook Group Protests In Budapest Against “Looting” Private Pension Funds
- 26 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in front of the economy ministry to protest against a government proposal concerning private pension funds, on Tuesday. Zoltán Büki, member of the Facebook group which organised the demo, said that “the government is now eyeing the property of 60,000 people” and insisted that the cabinet has “irrevocably gone down to the level of petty thieves sneaking into homes at night ...
Private Pension Funds To Be Eliminated In Hungary By 2015
- 25 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Reuters has reported that Hungary’s mandatory private pension funds could be eliminated by the end of this year if a new government measure that requires a highly active membership is passed. The Hungarian government has already been tapping the private schemes since 2010 for 360 billion forints (0.96 billion pounds) a year to cut the state budget deficit.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Hungarian Emigrants In Major European Cities 4/4 - London
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the fourth, closing part of the series we look at Hungarians who live in London. Living in the city on the banks of the Thames River, I really have the impression that, outside of Budapest, London is the biggest Hungarian city.
1000 Foreigners Use Same Address To Vote In Hungarian Elections
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Roughly a thousand foreigners have given the address of a 40-bed motel in Budapest’s 19th district as their permanent place of residence in the run-up to Sunday’s municipal elections, according to left-wing daily Népszabadság. The majority are Romanian citizens but a number of Slovaks have also registered the Viktória Pension as their permanent place of Hungarian residence.
Hungarian Ministry Responds To Demonstrators
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s government is preserving the value of pensions and making sure decent jobs are available, the Economy Ministry said late on Tuesday in response to a demonstration outside its main building. The ministry said the pension system is sustainable, reacting to supporters of union alliance MSZSZ, who protested for early retirement and against a wage-freeze for public servants.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: No Austerity Planned
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is no place in the government’s economic policymaking for austerity, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, told a local paper in an interview. “We are preparing for an era in which people earn more, retirees preserve the value of their pensions, the burdens of parenthood are eased, schools will be better and our hospitals are going to work well,” he told Vas Népe. “We’re at the gates of a great ...
Draft Programme To Help Needy Govt Approved By Hungarian Govt
- 23 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has approved a 29 billion forint draft (EUR 93m) programme to help the needy which has been forwarded to the European Commission, daily Magyar Hírlap said. Fully 85% of the programme is planned to be funded by the European Union.
No Hungarian Pension Without Residence
- 19 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Under an agreement with Ukraine, neither Hungarian nor Ukrainian citizens will be entitled to a Hungarian pension unless they reside in the country, the Human Resources Ministry said, responding to opposition worries that people who have been granted fast-track Hungarian citizenship might abuse Hungary’s welfare services.