51 result(s) for pension hike
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Opinion: Pension Hikes From January
- 14 Dec 2016 7:25 AM
- current affairs
According to a conservative author’s calculations, the government has practically given back the so-called 13th month pension bonus abolished by the former Socialist-Liberal coalition.
Opinion: PM Orbán Announces Pension Hikes
- 3 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to increase pensions. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, accuses the government of vote hunting.
Socialist Leader Calls For Better Pension System
- 24 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pensioners should feel safe not vulnerable, and they should feel proud not poor, opposition Socialist Party leader Gyula Molnár said. The Socialists see issues around Hungary’s 2.7 million pensioners as cardinal, he told the conference on the sustainability of the pension system organised by the Friedrich Ebert and Táncsics Mihály foundations.
Minimum Wages To Significantly Increase
- 24 Nov 2016 2:40 AM
- business
Wages for unskilled workers will be raised by 15% and for skilled workers by 25% in 2017, according to Hungary's economy minister, Mihály Varga. He said that in 2018 the minimum wages will be increased by a further 8% and 12%, respectively.
Orbán: Labour - Based Economy Successful
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hailed Hungary’s labour-based economic model as a “success” in an interview to public radio. Orbán said the foundations of Hungary’s economy and financial system are stable enough to handle a significant increase in the minimum wage and a decrease in the corporate tax rate.
Lázár: Govt Sets Up Working Group On Migration Issues
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is setting up a working group under the leadership of the justice minister to consider issues connected with migration, János Lázár, the government office chief, told a regular government news briefing. The working group will comprise the heads of the justice ministry, the interior ministry and the prime minister’s office. Their job will be to prepare a report on legal regulations ...
Tóbiás: 2017 Pension Rise ‘Humiliating, Unfair’
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist Party leader József Tóbiás called the government’s planned 0.9% pension rise for next year “humiliating” and “unfair”. He said next year’s pension plan, which would increase pensions by an average of 1,000 forints (EUR 3.19), indicated that the government has “given up” on pensioners. Meanwhile, the government plans to raise the salaries of state-owned company executives and the central ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's 2016 Draft Budget Tabled In Parliament
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
As Mihály Varga Minister of National Economy submits the draft of the 2016 budget to Parliament, analysts from across the political spectrum assess it according to their own political tastes and leanings.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Opinion: Pension Hikes From January
- 14 Dec 2016 7:25 AM
- current affairs
According to a conservative author’s calculations, the government has practically given back the so-called 13th month pension bonus abolished by the former Socialist-Liberal coalition.
Opinion: PM Orbán Announces Pension Hikes
- 3 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to increase pensions. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, accuses the government of vote hunting.
Socialist Leader Calls For Better Pension System
- 24 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pensioners should feel safe not vulnerable, and they should feel proud not poor, opposition Socialist Party leader Gyula Molnár said. The Socialists see issues around Hungary’s 2.7 million pensioners as cardinal, he told the conference on the sustainability of the pension system organised by the Friedrich Ebert and Táncsics Mihály foundations.
Minimum Wages To Significantly Increase
- 24 Nov 2016 2:40 AM
- business
Wages for unskilled workers will be raised by 15% and for skilled workers by 25% in 2017, according to Hungary's economy minister, Mihály Varga. He said that in 2018 the minimum wages will be increased by a further 8% and 12%, respectively.
Orbán: Labour - Based Economy Successful
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hailed Hungary’s labour-based economic model as a “success” in an interview to public radio. Orbán said the foundations of Hungary’s economy and financial system are stable enough to handle a significant increase in the minimum wage and a decrease in the corporate tax rate.
Lázár: Govt Sets Up Working Group On Migration Issues
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is setting up a working group under the leadership of the justice minister to consider issues connected with migration, János Lázár, the government office chief, told a regular government news briefing. The working group will comprise the heads of the justice ministry, the interior ministry and the prime minister’s office. Their job will be to prepare a report on legal regulations ...
Tóbiás: 2017 Pension Rise ‘Humiliating, Unfair’
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist Party leader József Tóbiás called the government’s planned 0.9% pension rise for next year “humiliating” and “unfair”. He said next year’s pension plan, which would increase pensions by an average of 1,000 forints (EUR 3.19), indicated that the government has “given up” on pensioners. Meanwhile, the government plans to raise the salaries of state-owned company executives and the central ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's 2016 Draft Budget Tabled In Parliament
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
As Mihály Varga Minister of National Economy submits the draft of the 2016 budget to Parliament, analysts from across the political spectrum assess it according to their own political tastes and leanings.