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Orbán Accepts Nomination For Hungary’s PM
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has asked Viktor Orbán, the prime minister candidate of the Fidesz-Christian Democrat party alliance, to set up Hungary’s next government. Speaking to reporters after the nomination, Orbán said it was “an exceptional honour” that Hungary’s voters had entrusted him to head Hungary’s government for the third time.
Áder, Orbán To Address Hungary’s Founding Parlt Session
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will open the founding session of the new 199-member parliament today at 10am. He will propose that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should retain his post. Orbán will also address the session. The parliamentary speaker will be elected in a secret vote and he will then take his oath. This will be followed by the election of five deputy speakers and ten notaries.
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Socialists In Hungary Advocate Cap On Food Vat
- 18 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Socialist members of the European Parliament will seek the introduction of a maximised value-added tax on certain products, including food, Tibor Szanyi, who heads the Socialist Party’s list of candidates for the upcoming EP elections, said in northern Hungary’s Gyöngyös on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Top 5 Fallacies In The ‘Free But Not Fair’ Story In Hungary
- 3 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If you’ve been following Hungary, especially the election campaign, then you have no doubt heard this line from critics and the opposition: The parliamentary elections “will be free, but they won’t be fair.”
Fact-Finding Examination In Simon-Welsz Case Initiated In Hungary
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In Hungary Parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday decided to initiate a fact-finding examination in the case of Tamás Welsz, a businessman associated with Gábor Simon, the disgraced former Socialist deputy chairman.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Parliament To Rewrite FX Loan Contracts
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- property
In their commentaries on the Constitutional Court’s verdict on forex loans, analysts from across the political spectrum agree that it is the government’s responsibility to help indebted families. It is, however, unclear how loans denominated in foreign currencies could be converted into Forint credits without severe economic consequences.
Training Centre For European Patent Judges Opens In Budapest
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A training centre for coordinating the training of prospective judges of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened in Budapest on Thursday. At the opening ceremony, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics called the launch “a milestone”.
Hungary’s Left Opposition Pledges Income Tax Changes Would Benefit Earners Below Huf 280,000
- 11 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
All people earning below 280,000 forints (EUR 900) a month before tax would “do well” out of changes to the multi-bracket income tax system proposed by the left-of-centre Unity opposition alliance, a senior alliance politician said on Monday.
Orbán Accepts Nomination For Hungary’s PM
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has asked Viktor Orbán, the prime minister candidate of the Fidesz-Christian Democrat party alliance, to set up Hungary’s next government. Speaking to reporters after the nomination, Orbán said it was “an exceptional honour” that Hungary’s voters had entrusted him to head Hungary’s government for the third time.
Áder, Orbán To Address Hungary’s Founding Parlt Session
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will open the founding session of the new 199-member parliament today at 10am. He will propose that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should retain his post. Orbán will also address the session. The parliamentary speaker will be elected in a secret vote and he will then take his oath. This will be followed by the election of five deputy speakers and ten notaries.
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Socialists In Hungary Advocate Cap On Food Vat
- 18 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Socialist members of the European Parliament will seek the introduction of a maximised value-added tax on certain products, including food, Tibor Szanyi, who heads the Socialist Party’s list of candidates for the upcoming EP elections, said in northern Hungary’s Gyöngyös on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Top 5 Fallacies In The ‘Free But Not Fair’ Story In Hungary
- 3 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If you’ve been following Hungary, especially the election campaign, then you have no doubt heard this line from critics and the opposition: The parliamentary elections “will be free, but they won’t be fair.”
Fact-Finding Examination In Simon-Welsz Case Initiated In Hungary
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In Hungary Parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday decided to initiate a fact-finding examination in the case of Tamás Welsz, a businessman associated with Gábor Simon, the disgraced former Socialist deputy chairman.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Parliament To Rewrite FX Loan Contracts
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- property
In their commentaries on the Constitutional Court’s verdict on forex loans, analysts from across the political spectrum agree that it is the government’s responsibility to help indebted families. It is, however, unclear how loans denominated in foreign currencies could be converted into Forint credits without severe economic consequences.
Training Centre For European Patent Judges Opens In Budapest
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A training centre for coordinating the training of prospective judges of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened in Budapest on Thursday. At the opening ceremony, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics called the launch “a milestone”.
Hungary’s Left Opposition Pledges Income Tax Changes Would Benefit Earners Below Huf 280,000
- 11 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
All people earning below 280,000 forints (EUR 900) a month before tax would “do well” out of changes to the multi-bracket income tax system proposed by the left-of-centre Unity opposition alliance, a senior alliance politician said on Monday.