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Charges Raised Against Nigerian Drug Mule In Hungary
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Charges have been raised against a 41 year-old Nigerian man who tried to smuggle 101 cocaine capsules in his stomach from Holland to Hungary, the Budapest chief prosecutor said. The suspect living in Budapest’s 15th district was offered 4,000 euros by a Suriname-born Dutch acquaintance for smuggling the total 1,000 grams of drugs to Hungary. He was supposed to deliver the capsules to a Hungarian ...
EP Adopts Resolution On Hungary Without Article 7 Call
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Hungary, as a follow-up to the EP Resolution of June 2015, but excluded from the final text a motion to prepare the procedure set forth in Article 7 of the EU’s treaty which would eject Hungary from the European Union. The resolution was proposed for adoption by the EP’s Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Radical Leftist ...
Budapest To Spend ‘Necessary Amount’ Of A Rising Revenue Share On Public Transport
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The share of the Budapest municipality in revenues will increase at the expense of the capital’s 23 districts but it will have to spend “the necessary amount” rather than a specified ratio of its dues on providing public transport services under a bill of amendment submitted by the government to parliament. The proposal is in the same bill as a proposed cut of the VAT on home construction, which ...
Hungarian Govt Proposes Reduced Banking Tax From Jan 1
- 12 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The government has proposed lowering the banking tax as of January 2016 from 0.31% to 0.24%, the economy ministry said. The reduction was proposed based on informal signals from the European Commission and an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the ministry said. The tax’s lower bracket would remain the same, 0.15% up to 50 billion forints.
Budapest Fifth District Selling More Properties
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Fidesz majority on Fifth District council voted on Thursday to sell 12 downtown properties at below market price to the present tenants. Three of the transactions are sales to OTP bank and another involves Pick Szeged, both companies owned by Sándor Csányi. A three-level unit on Deák tér for which Together councillor Péter Juhász made an offer above the council’s proposed sales price, will be ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: EU Policies ‘Ritual Suicide’
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It has become clear over the past year that Europe is incapable of giving the right responses to its challenges, since its policies have been “the policies of ritual suicide”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in his annual hearing before parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Europe’s policies over the course of the year have been “eye-catching but harmful”, endangering the security and ...
Hungary’s European Commissioner Protested Against Registration Of European Citizens ’ Initiative
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics, Hungary’s European commissioner, has lodged a written protest against the European Commission’s decision to adopt a European Citizens’ Initiative concerning human rights in Hungary which seeks to trigger the so-called nuclear option of Article 7. On November 24 the commission registered the initiative to launch procedures against Hungary for alleged violations of the EU’s ...
Hungary’s PM: West On The Wane
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The era of western dominance in the global economy and the military as well as the “export of democracy” is over, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a meeting of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest. The West is continually losing its influence and “we are right in the middle” of a global reshuffle of power, economy and politics, Orbán said. The focus of the global economy is shifting to ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Gives Green Light To Citizens’ Initiative Against Hungary
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary.
Charges Raised Against Nigerian Drug Mule In Hungary
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Charges have been raised against a 41 year-old Nigerian man who tried to smuggle 101 cocaine capsules in his stomach from Holland to Hungary, the Budapest chief prosecutor said. The suspect living in Budapest’s 15th district was offered 4,000 euros by a Suriname-born Dutch acquaintance for smuggling the total 1,000 grams of drugs to Hungary. He was supposed to deliver the capsules to a Hungarian ...
EP Adopts Resolution On Hungary Without Article 7 Call
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Hungary, as a follow-up to the EP Resolution of June 2015, but excluded from the final text a motion to prepare the procedure set forth in Article 7 of the EU’s treaty which would eject Hungary from the European Union. The resolution was proposed for adoption by the EP’s Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Radical Leftist ...
Budapest To Spend ‘Necessary Amount’ Of A Rising Revenue Share On Public Transport
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The share of the Budapest municipality in revenues will increase at the expense of the capital’s 23 districts but it will have to spend “the necessary amount” rather than a specified ratio of its dues on providing public transport services under a bill of amendment submitted by the government to parliament. The proposal is in the same bill as a proposed cut of the VAT on home construction, which ...
Hungarian Govt Proposes Reduced Banking Tax From Jan 1
- 12 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The government has proposed lowering the banking tax as of January 2016 from 0.31% to 0.24%, the economy ministry said. The reduction was proposed based on informal signals from the European Commission and an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the ministry said. The tax’s lower bracket would remain the same, 0.15% up to 50 billion forints.
Budapest Fifth District Selling More Properties
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Fidesz majority on Fifth District council voted on Thursday to sell 12 downtown properties at below market price to the present tenants. Three of the transactions are sales to OTP bank and another involves Pick Szeged, both companies owned by Sándor Csányi. A three-level unit on Deák tér for which Together councillor Péter Juhász made an offer above the council’s proposed sales price, will be ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: EU Policies ‘Ritual Suicide’
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It has become clear over the past year that Europe is incapable of giving the right responses to its challenges, since its policies have been “the policies of ritual suicide”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in his annual hearing before parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Europe’s policies over the course of the year have been “eye-catching but harmful”, endangering the security and ...
Hungary’s European Commissioner Protested Against Registration Of European Citizens ’ Initiative
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics, Hungary’s European commissioner, has lodged a written protest against the European Commission’s decision to adopt a European Citizens’ Initiative concerning human rights in Hungary which seeks to trigger the so-called nuclear option of Article 7. On November 24 the commission registered the initiative to launch procedures against Hungary for alleged violations of the EU’s ...
Hungary’s PM: West On The Wane
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The era of western dominance in the global economy and the military as well as the “export of democracy” is over, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a meeting of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest. The West is continually losing its influence and “we are right in the middle” of a global reshuffle of power, economy and politics, Orbán said. The focus of the global economy is shifting to ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Gives Green Light To Citizens’ Initiative Against Hungary
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary.