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Hungary’s PM Orbán: EU In Need Of Success
- 28 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If the European Union has more accomplishments than disagreements within the bloc then it has a future, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. If, however, the community is unable to move past its disputes, the EU will require a rethink, the prime minister said in an interview to the Thursday issue of daily Magyar Idők.
Rothschild Offers Upbeat Study On Hungarian Paks Nuclear Power Plant
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant is not being carried out in a way that violates EU competition rules and is an investment that will recover its costs without state subsidy, according to a study by the Rothschild Group, released yesterday by the Prime Minister’s Office. Government commissioner for the expansion project Attila Aszódi said the financial consultant’s analysis will be ...
Szijjártó: Hungary Opened Up To South At Right Time
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference. Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Flow To Hungary Halted
- 26 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’- some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance.
Lázár Calls For Action Plan To Deal With VW Diesel Scandal Fallout
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is incumbent on the government to draw up an action plan to strengthen the economy in the wake of the VW diesel scandal, government office chief János Lázár told a government press briefing. Cooperation is needed with the Audi plant in Győr, in western Hungary, he said, adding that lay-offs were not expected but the company group’s contribution to Hungary’s economic growth could be expected to ...
Xpat Opinion: Thousands Of Undocumented Migrants Leave Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
An agreement with Germany and Austria has allowed Hungary to transfer asylum seekers to the Austrian border. Weeklies and dailies ponder the implications of the crisis and the prospect of its resolution. On Friday, groups of migrants from Keleti railway station and from several refugee camps left for Austria on foot after the Budapest-Vienna train line was shut down because of the presence of ...
Lázár Briefs MPs On Hungarian Intelligence Activities
- 25 Jun 2015 1:35 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief singled out a number of neighbouring countries in which “anti-Hungarian” activities are taking place. Briefing parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday, János Lázár gave an annual assessment of the work of the Information Office under his supervision. Due to Ukrainian obstruction, providing support for the ethnic Hungarian community in western Ukraine posed ...
Xpat Opinion: New US Ambassador Arrives In Budapest
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the Right and Left believe that US-Hungarian diplomatic relations are unlikely to improve significantly once the new US Ambassador Colleen Bell takes up her duties in Budapest.
McDonald’s In Hungary Gets Fined
- 9 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has fined McDonald’s HUF 15 million because of a misleading chicken product advertisement between the period of 1 January 2013 and 12 February 2013.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: EU In Need Of Success
- 28 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If the European Union has more accomplishments than disagreements within the bloc then it has a future, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. If, however, the community is unable to move past its disputes, the EU will require a rethink, the prime minister said in an interview to the Thursday issue of daily Magyar Idők.
Rothschild Offers Upbeat Study On Hungarian Paks Nuclear Power Plant
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant is not being carried out in a way that violates EU competition rules and is an investment that will recover its costs without state subsidy, according to a study by the Rothschild Group, released yesterday by the Prime Minister’s Office. Government commissioner for the expansion project Attila Aszódi said the financial consultant’s analysis will be ...
Szijjártó: Hungary Opened Up To South At Right Time
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference. Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Flow To Hungary Halted
- 26 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’- some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance.
Lázár Calls For Action Plan To Deal With VW Diesel Scandal Fallout
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is incumbent on the government to draw up an action plan to strengthen the economy in the wake of the VW diesel scandal, government office chief János Lázár told a government press briefing. Cooperation is needed with the Audi plant in Győr, in western Hungary, he said, adding that lay-offs were not expected but the company group’s contribution to Hungary’s economic growth could be expected to ...
Xpat Opinion: Thousands Of Undocumented Migrants Leave Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
An agreement with Germany and Austria has allowed Hungary to transfer asylum seekers to the Austrian border. Weeklies and dailies ponder the implications of the crisis and the prospect of its resolution. On Friday, groups of migrants from Keleti railway station and from several refugee camps left for Austria on foot after the Budapest-Vienna train line was shut down because of the presence of ...
Lázár Briefs MPs On Hungarian Intelligence Activities
- 25 Jun 2015 1:35 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief singled out a number of neighbouring countries in which “anti-Hungarian” activities are taking place. Briefing parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday, János Lázár gave an annual assessment of the work of the Information Office under his supervision. Due to Ukrainian obstruction, providing support for the ethnic Hungarian community in western Ukraine posed ...
Xpat Opinion: New US Ambassador Arrives In Budapest
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the Right and Left believe that US-Hungarian diplomatic relations are unlikely to improve significantly once the new US Ambassador Colleen Bell takes up her duties in Budapest.
McDonald’s In Hungary Gets Fined
- 9 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has fined McDonald’s HUF 15 million because of a misleading chicken product advertisement between the period of 1 January 2013 and 12 February 2013.