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Hungarian Retailers Poised To Acquire Foreign Rivals
- 21 May 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hungarian retail chains CBA and Coop are in the final laps of buying sector peer Match and Profi units from Belgium’s Louis Delhaize group, which is pulling out of Hungary, Napi Gazdaság reported citing market sources. State development bank MFB is to provide a loan for the deal. Coop has sufficient collateral but CBA Kereskedelmi, which coordinates the franchise network, has needed time to ...
Budapest Airport Landings Down
- 16 May 2012 9:02 AM
- travel
The number of landings at the Ferenc Liszt Airport will be about 82,000 this year, down from 110,000 a year earlier, operator Budapest Airport spokesman Mihály Hardy said. This is about how many landings there were a decade ago, he said. Most of the airport’s revenues come from landing fees.
St. Petersburg Ends Hungarian Property Developer TriGránit Contract
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The mayor of Saint Petersburg has cancelled a 2011 contract between the city and Hungarian property developer TriGránit on building a cultural centre in the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. The city does not intend to pay compensation for the cancelled project of about $600 million, the daily added.
New President Of Hungary János Áder To Reorganise Presidential Office
- 11 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ader plans to abolish the triple division of office managers responsible for social relations, foreign affairs and legal matters, restoring a single manager in charge of the presidential office as it was during the term of former president Laszlo Solyom.
Penny Market And Metro Fall Victim To Plaza Ban Regulation In Hungary
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
Authorities have turned down requests for exemptions to the ban on big new shopping facilities from retail chains Penny Market and Metro, Origo reports. A regulation passed in November bans the construction of commercial properties larger than 300m2 until the end of 2014.
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Didn't Give Up On Chinese Hungarian Alliance
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As I'm looking through my files it seems as if almost nothing has happened in Chinese-Hungarian relations in the last six months or so. It was in mid-November 2011 that Tamás Fellegi made his last trip to China where he negotiated with Chinese businessmen and bank presidents. After that not much could be heard about major Chinese investments in Hungary. The only things I can recall are the ...
Weisz, Craig To Feature In New Hungarian-American Film On Communist-Era
- 26 Apr 2012 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Actors Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have agreed to play in an American-Hungarian co-production on the history of the ÁVH, the dreaded state security office of the Rákosi dictatorship, Magyar Hírlap reports. It is not known who will direct the movie. The story will begin in 1945 and end on October 6, 1956 with the reburial of László Rajk and the arrest of state security lieutenant colonel ...
Áder Officially Nominated For President Of Hungary
- 24 Apr 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
All Fidesz and Christian Democrat MPs signed the form to nominate Fidesz MEP János Áder to the post of head of state, which was officially submitted yesterday. The lone exception was Regional Development Minister Sándor Fazekas, who is abroad. Other nominations are possible by 8 a.m. Friday, but none are expected. Parliament will elect the new president at 10 a.m. on May 2.
Hungarian Retailers Poised To Acquire Foreign Rivals
- 21 May 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hungarian retail chains CBA and Coop are in the final laps of buying sector peer Match and Profi units from Belgium’s Louis Delhaize group, which is pulling out of Hungary, Napi Gazdaság reported citing market sources. State development bank MFB is to provide a loan for the deal. Coop has sufficient collateral but CBA Kereskedelmi, which coordinates the franchise network, has needed time to ...
Budapest Airport Landings Down
- 16 May 2012 9:02 AM
- travel
The number of landings at the Ferenc Liszt Airport will be about 82,000 this year, down from 110,000 a year earlier, operator Budapest Airport spokesman Mihály Hardy said. This is about how many landings there were a decade ago, he said. Most of the airport’s revenues come from landing fees.
St. Petersburg Ends Hungarian Property Developer TriGránit Contract
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The mayor of Saint Petersburg has cancelled a 2011 contract between the city and Hungarian property developer TriGránit on building a cultural centre in the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. The city does not intend to pay compensation for the cancelled project of about $600 million, the daily added.
New President Of Hungary János Áder To Reorganise Presidential Office
- 11 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ader plans to abolish the triple division of office managers responsible for social relations, foreign affairs and legal matters, restoring a single manager in charge of the presidential office as it was during the term of former president Laszlo Solyom.
Penny Market And Metro Fall Victim To Plaza Ban Regulation In Hungary
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
Authorities have turned down requests for exemptions to the ban on big new shopping facilities from retail chains Penny Market and Metro, Origo reports. A regulation passed in November bans the construction of commercial properties larger than 300m2 until the end of 2014.
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Didn't Give Up On Chinese Hungarian Alliance
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As I'm looking through my files it seems as if almost nothing has happened in Chinese-Hungarian relations in the last six months or so. It was in mid-November 2011 that Tamás Fellegi made his last trip to China where he negotiated with Chinese businessmen and bank presidents. After that not much could be heard about major Chinese investments in Hungary. The only things I can recall are the ...
Weisz, Craig To Feature In New Hungarian-American Film On Communist-Era
- 26 Apr 2012 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Actors Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have agreed to play in an American-Hungarian co-production on the history of the ÁVH, the dreaded state security office of the Rákosi dictatorship, Magyar Hírlap reports. It is not known who will direct the movie. The story will begin in 1945 and end on October 6, 1956 with the reburial of László Rajk and the arrest of state security lieutenant colonel ...
Áder Officially Nominated For President Of Hungary
- 24 Apr 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
All Fidesz and Christian Democrat MPs signed the form to nominate Fidesz MEP János Áder to the post of head of state, which was officially submitted yesterday. The lone exception was Regional Development Minister Sándor Fazekas, who is abroad. Other nominations are possible by 8 a.m. Friday, but none are expected. Parliament will elect the new president at 10 a.m. on May 2.