698 result(s) for public sector
Union: Pisa Results Verify Teachers ’Criticisms Of Education Policy
- 16 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
The results published recently of the 2015 PISA survey came as a “shock” to the teaching community but they are a vindication of the criticisms highlighting the “serious problems” in public education in Hungary, head of the PSZ teaching union Piroska Galló said on Wednesday.
OECD Lowers 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.5 Pc
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The OECD lowered its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth next year to 2.5 percent in volume terms in a forecast published on Monday from the 3.1 percent in the previous Economic Outlook released in June 2016. The OECD however improved its 1.6 percent summer projection for Hungary’s growth this year to 1.7 percent in the autumn edition of the World Economic Outlook.
Fidesz Election Ploy Will Drive SMEs Out Of Business, Warn Critics
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“We are confronted by an election trick that could trigger a wave of significant wage increases that would cause real problems for those companies which employ people in the vicinity of minimum wage.” – András Vértes, president, GKI Economic Research Zrt.
Opinion: Hungary To Cut Corporate Tax Rate To Lowest In EU
- 24 Nov 2016 2:35 AM
- business
A conservative economist welcomes PM Orbán’s announcement that Hungarian corporate tax is to be cut to the lowest in the EU. A liberal economist, on the other hand, fears that the tax cut will create disparities in the economy.
New Laws Seen Limiting Retail Working Hours
- 3 Nov 2016 3:30 AM
- business
The Hungarian government is planning to make changes to the country’s regulatory environment affecting the working hours of retail workers, according to a report today in government-friendly daily Magyar Idők. Reports yesterday suggested stricter regulations for Sunday working hours are being considered.
Gyurcsány: Népszabadság Closure ‘Attack On Press Freedom’
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) leader Ferenc Gyurcsány said the closure of national daily Népszabadság may have been plotted as early as summer this year. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, and “his business circle” did a deal with Austrian businessman Heinrich Pecina, publisher Mediaworks’ former owner, to obtain the daily and 12 regional papers in the publisher’s portfolio as well, ...
US Ambassador Concerned About Media Diversity In Hungary
- 20 Oct 2016 1:45 AM
- current affairs
Colleen Bell affirmed that she will continue to speak out in support of a free press after the recent closure of Népszabadság. In an interview with Klubrádió, she said she does not know the reason for the closure but the wider context is worrisome.
Lázár To Propose Tighter Rules On Spending Public Funds
- 19 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Government office chief János Lázár on Tuesday said he would propose tightening the rules on spending public funds. The stricter rules will aim to make the evaluation of public tenders more transparent, Lázár told a weekly government press briefing.
DK Slams Hungarian Govt For ‘Curbing Transparency’
- 12 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By planning new rules for billboard advertising and limiting information on tax rebates, the government is clamping down further the public’s right to information, following “the liquidation of [the daily] Népszabadság”, the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) said.
Union: Pisa Results Verify Teachers ’Criticisms Of Education Policy
- 16 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
The results published recently of the 2015 PISA survey came as a “shock” to the teaching community but they are a vindication of the criticisms highlighting the “serious problems” in public education in Hungary, head of the PSZ teaching union Piroska Galló said on Wednesday.
OECD Lowers 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.5 Pc
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The OECD lowered its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth next year to 2.5 percent in volume terms in a forecast published on Monday from the 3.1 percent in the previous Economic Outlook released in June 2016. The OECD however improved its 1.6 percent summer projection for Hungary’s growth this year to 1.7 percent in the autumn edition of the World Economic Outlook.
Fidesz Election Ploy Will Drive SMEs Out Of Business, Warn Critics
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“We are confronted by an election trick that could trigger a wave of significant wage increases that would cause real problems for those companies which employ people in the vicinity of minimum wage.” – András Vértes, president, GKI Economic Research Zrt.
Opinion: Hungary To Cut Corporate Tax Rate To Lowest In EU
- 24 Nov 2016 2:35 AM
- business
A conservative economist welcomes PM Orbán’s announcement that Hungarian corporate tax is to be cut to the lowest in the EU. A liberal economist, on the other hand, fears that the tax cut will create disparities in the economy.
New Laws Seen Limiting Retail Working Hours
- 3 Nov 2016 3:30 AM
- business
The Hungarian government is planning to make changes to the country’s regulatory environment affecting the working hours of retail workers, according to a report today in government-friendly daily Magyar Idők. Reports yesterday suggested stricter regulations for Sunday working hours are being considered.
Gyurcsány: Népszabadság Closure ‘Attack On Press Freedom’
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) leader Ferenc Gyurcsány said the closure of national daily Népszabadság may have been plotted as early as summer this year. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, and “his business circle” did a deal with Austrian businessman Heinrich Pecina, publisher Mediaworks’ former owner, to obtain the daily and 12 regional papers in the publisher’s portfolio as well, ...
US Ambassador Concerned About Media Diversity In Hungary
- 20 Oct 2016 1:45 AM
- current affairs
Colleen Bell affirmed that she will continue to speak out in support of a free press after the recent closure of Népszabadság. In an interview with Klubrádió, she said she does not know the reason for the closure but the wider context is worrisome.
Lázár To Propose Tighter Rules On Spending Public Funds
- 19 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Government office chief János Lázár on Tuesday said he would propose tightening the rules on spending public funds. The stricter rules will aim to make the evaluation of public tenders more transparent, Lázár told a weekly government press briefing.
DK Slams Hungarian Govt For ‘Curbing Transparency’
- 12 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By planning new rules for billboard advertising and limiting information on tax rebates, the government is clamping down further the public’s right to information, following “the liquidation of [the daily] Népszabadság”, the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) said.