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E-PM Attacks Hungary’s New Development Minister Over Alleged “Shady” Company Registrations
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition E-PM party has filed a complaint against Development Minister Miklós Seszták on suspicion of causing damage to the state budget. E-PM said, citing press reports, that Seszták as an attorney in 2000 had collaborated in the setup and later termination of hundreds of “phantom companies”, causing damage to the central budget.
Hungary’s Jobbik Protests Government Plans To Elect University Chancellors
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it would turn to the Constitutional Court in protest against the government’s planned amendment of the higher education law. Jobbik spokeswoman Duró Dóra told a press conference that the party firmly rejects the proposed system of chancellors appointed by the government, under which ruling Fidesz wants to “put its own party secretaries at the helm of ...
Budapest General Assembly Approves City Park Building Regulations
- 30 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- getting around
The Budapest City Council’s general assembly on Monday approved the building regulations for the City Park which includes a project to establish a museum quarter. The Liget Budapest project based on a government programme will involve setting up museums for fine arts, architecture, ethnography, music and photography by making use of the museum buildings already in the area and building five new ...
RTL Treating Hungary As ”Colony” Says Lázár
- 21 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The management of commercial channel RTL believes they stand above the law and need not pay tax, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in connection with the channel’s reaction to the introduction of the ad tax in an interview published in Friday’s business daily Napi Gazdaság.
Hungary’s Trade Chief Holds Talks With UK Govt Officials
- 13 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s trade chief Peter Szijjártó held talks in London on Thursday with British officials. Michael Fallon, minister of state for business, agreed with Szijjártó that energy policy was a national competence and should stay that way.
Pre -1989 Communist Documents In Hungary To Be Transferred To National Archives
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The Institute of Political History (PTI) will have to transfer its 1944-1989 archives to the National Archives as the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has rejected the institute’s appeal against the transfer, according to press reports.
Tax On Advertising In Hungary: Party-Group Governance Versus Fidesz Economic Satellite?
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The parliament representative of Fidesz presented a non-government bill on levying a tax on media enterprises. The bill echoed with high sounds and apparently, a fault-line was generated within the governing party as well in connection with the bill. Policy Agenda has examined what the leadership of the governing party may want to achieve by this and what alternative solutions may exist.
Hungary Submits Response To Brussels’ Recommendations
- 5 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has responded to country-specific economic policy recommendations by the European Commission, rejecting EC criticism regarding the tax system and the government-initiated utilities price cuts, the National Economy Ministry said on Wednesday.
Hungary’s MEP Kovács Rejects Espionage Charges
- 4 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács on Monday repeatedly said that he had not worked for any domestic or foreign secret services and had not got any assignment or remuneration from any of them. Giving a press conference in Budapest, he called it evident that as a member of the joint committee of the EP and the Russian Parliament he had met Russian citizens, officials and diplomats.
E-PM Attacks Hungary’s New Development Minister Over Alleged “Shady” Company Registrations
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition E-PM party has filed a complaint against Development Minister Miklós Seszták on suspicion of causing damage to the state budget. E-PM said, citing press reports, that Seszták as an attorney in 2000 had collaborated in the setup and later termination of hundreds of “phantom companies”, causing damage to the central budget.
Hungary’s Jobbik Protests Government Plans To Elect University Chancellors
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it would turn to the Constitutional Court in protest against the government’s planned amendment of the higher education law. Jobbik spokeswoman Duró Dóra told a press conference that the party firmly rejects the proposed system of chancellors appointed by the government, under which ruling Fidesz wants to “put its own party secretaries at the helm of ...
Budapest General Assembly Approves City Park Building Regulations
- 30 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- getting around
The Budapest City Council’s general assembly on Monday approved the building regulations for the City Park which includes a project to establish a museum quarter. The Liget Budapest project based on a government programme will involve setting up museums for fine arts, architecture, ethnography, music and photography by making use of the museum buildings already in the area and building five new ...
RTL Treating Hungary As ”Colony” Says Lázár
- 21 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The management of commercial channel RTL believes they stand above the law and need not pay tax, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in connection with the channel’s reaction to the introduction of the ad tax in an interview published in Friday’s business daily Napi Gazdaság.
Hungary’s Trade Chief Holds Talks With UK Govt Officials
- 13 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s trade chief Peter Szijjártó held talks in London on Thursday with British officials. Michael Fallon, minister of state for business, agreed with Szijjártó that energy policy was a national competence and should stay that way.
Pre -1989 Communist Documents In Hungary To Be Transferred To National Archives
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The Institute of Political History (PTI) will have to transfer its 1944-1989 archives to the National Archives as the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has rejected the institute’s appeal against the transfer, according to press reports.
Tax On Advertising In Hungary: Party-Group Governance Versus Fidesz Economic Satellite?
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The parliament representative of Fidesz presented a non-government bill on levying a tax on media enterprises. The bill echoed with high sounds and apparently, a fault-line was generated within the governing party as well in connection with the bill. Policy Agenda has examined what the leadership of the governing party may want to achieve by this and what alternative solutions may exist.
Hungary Submits Response To Brussels’ Recommendations
- 5 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has responded to country-specific economic policy recommendations by the European Commission, rejecting EC criticism regarding the tax system and the government-initiated utilities price cuts, the National Economy Ministry said on Wednesday.
Hungary’s MEP Kovács Rejects Espionage Charges
- 4 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács on Monday repeatedly said that he had not worked for any domestic or foreign secret services and had not got any assignment or remuneration from any of them. Giving a press conference in Budapest, he called it evident that as a member of the joint committee of the EP and the Russian Parliament he had met Russian citizens, officials and diplomats.