2,003 result(s) for record year
Hungary Scores Well In EU Budget Deficit Ranking
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
In the 28 EU member states the ratio of government deficit to GDP decreased from 4.4% in 2011 to 3.9% in 2012, while government debt increased from 82.3% to 85.1%, reported Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union.
Xpat Opinion: Tourism, Employment: Hungary’s Recovery Trends
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
While the government shutdown in the United States and a risk of default send shivers through the global economy, recent figures in Hungary continue to encourage cautious optimism, building on positive indicators I reported last month. Indeed, the government has drawn up budgets for 2014 based on a GDP growth estimate of 2 percent. That is 0.6% lower than what Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Restaurant Week In Budapest, Hungary
- 17 Oct 2013 10:50 AM
- food & drink
Food fans in Budapest, and in the Hungarian countryside, have the chance to dine-out for the special price of HUF 3,300 (service fee included) during the forthcoming 'National Restaurant Week' between 14 – 20 October. The success of this event is guaranteed based on both the high number of guests, 12,500+, taking part last spring, and the number of high quality restaurants taking part this time. ...
Invitation: Crystal Fighters (UK/ES) Concert, A38 Ship, 13 November
- 16 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"We make fast dance music with Basque instruments, synthesizers and our voices..." states about itself very-very simply one of the most wanted European club-bands, which comes with a special set to the Ship within its huge tour for which to get tickets you need to hurry up but its truly worth the effort.
Xpat Opinion: Baja By-Election: Fidesz Wins, Amidst Mutual Recriminations In Hungary
- 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily says the close call can be interpreted as a success for, as well as a threat to Fidesz in 2014, while a liberal commentator thinks the difference in votes is less important than the unprecedented “show of force” on the ground by Fidesz activists. A pro-government daily, on the other hand, accuses the united opposition of threats and unlawful behaviour in the campaign.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Message To Europe: 'The Crisis Is Not A Problem But A Possibility'
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister was in London yesterday meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron and speaking at Chatham House. It was quite a day. The bi-lateral meeting was exciting, but I won’t dwell on that here. Instead, I’d like to call the reader’s attention to the speech.
Details Of Talks Between Hungary’s MOL’s CEO & Sanader
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Hernadi has revealed details of the contacts between MOL and INA. The publisher of Heti Valasz will publish a book-size interview with Hernadi and Hernadi made a testimony for Croatian prosecutors in Budapest in February 2011. The text of his testimony is in Zagreb but it has not been used. Below we carry excerpts from both documents.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Hungary Scores Well In EU Budget Deficit Ranking
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
In the 28 EU member states the ratio of government deficit to GDP decreased from 4.4% in 2011 to 3.9% in 2012, while government debt increased from 82.3% to 85.1%, reported Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union.
Xpat Opinion: Tourism, Employment: Hungary’s Recovery Trends
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
While the government shutdown in the United States and a risk of default send shivers through the global economy, recent figures in Hungary continue to encourage cautious optimism, building on positive indicators I reported last month. Indeed, the government has drawn up budgets for 2014 based on a GDP growth estimate of 2 percent. That is 0.6% lower than what Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Restaurant Week In Budapest, Hungary
- 17 Oct 2013 10:50 AM
- food & drink
Food fans in Budapest, and in the Hungarian countryside, have the chance to dine-out for the special price of HUF 3,300 (service fee included) during the forthcoming 'National Restaurant Week' between 14 – 20 October. The success of this event is guaranteed based on both the high number of guests, 12,500+, taking part last spring, and the number of high quality restaurants taking part this time. ...
Invitation: Crystal Fighters (UK/ES) Concert, A38 Ship, 13 November
- 16 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"We make fast dance music with Basque instruments, synthesizers and our voices..." states about itself very-very simply one of the most wanted European club-bands, which comes with a special set to the Ship within its huge tour for which to get tickets you need to hurry up but its truly worth the effort.
Xpat Opinion: Baja By-Election: Fidesz Wins, Amidst Mutual Recriminations In Hungary
- 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily says the close call can be interpreted as a success for, as well as a threat to Fidesz in 2014, while a liberal commentator thinks the difference in votes is less important than the unprecedented “show of force” on the ground by Fidesz activists. A pro-government daily, on the other hand, accuses the united opposition of threats and unlawful behaviour in the campaign.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Message To Europe: 'The Crisis Is Not A Problem But A Possibility'
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister was in London yesterday meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron and speaking at Chatham House. It was quite a day. The bi-lateral meeting was exciting, but I won’t dwell on that here. Instead, I’d like to call the reader’s attention to the speech.
Details Of Talks Between Hungary’s MOL’s CEO & Sanader
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Hernadi has revealed details of the contacts between MOL and INA. The publisher of Heti Valasz will publish a book-size interview with Hernadi and Hernadi made a testimony for Croatian prosecutors in Budapest in February 2011. The text of his testimony is in Zagreb but it has not been used. Below we carry excerpts from both documents.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...