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Hungary’s New Government Faces Growth Challenges - Analysts
- 10 Apr 2014 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s re-elected Fidesz government faces structural and growth challenges and will need to patch up its frayed relations with business and banks to boost the economy, London-based emerging markets economists said on Monday.
Hungary’s Liberals To Stay Away From EP Elections
- 10 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP) will not run in the European parliamentary elections, the party’s leader, Gábor Fodor, said on Wednesday.
Video Article: Metro Line 4 Opens In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2014 11:40 AM
- getting around
Budapest's fourth metro line, linking Kelenföld and the Keleti railway stations, opened to the public last Friday. A formal ceremony was held in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós at the Kelenföld terminus. The metro line’s 15 vehicles, each with four wagons, will be controlled automatically, but monitoring will be present during the test phase to ...
Hungary’s Parliamentary Committee Calls Ukraine Situation “Dramatic”
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee met on Tuesday to hear representatives of the police and the secret services, as well as foreign affairs officials over recent developments in Ukraine. After the session, Socialist head of the committee Zsolt Molnár said that the situation in Ukraine had turned dramatic.
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.
TASZ Asks Health Secretariat Why Abortion Pill Not Permitted In Hungary
- 21 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) said on Thursday that it would ask the health state secretary’s office why abortion pills are not available in Hungary despite having passed safety tests by the National Institute for Quality and Organisational Development in Healthcare and Medicines (GYEMSZI).
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
Lawmakers Can Modify Forex Loan Contracts, Hungary’s Constitutional Court Rules
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- property
Existing contracts for foreign-currency mortgages may be modified by legislation, Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled. Its decision came after the government asked the court to weigh the constitutionality of several conditions in the forex loan contracts. Among the government’s concerns was that borrowers had not been warned of the risks that a falling exchange rate would have on their monthly ...
Cutting Base Rate Further Would Entail More Risks Than Benefits In Hungary
- 15 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Although the Monetary Council has theoretical room to further cut the base rate, given the global environment and investor sentiment, another rate cut could now increase risks exponentially, rate-setter Gyula Pleschinger said in an interview to commercial Gazdasági Rádió on Friday.
Hungary’s New Government Faces Growth Challenges - Analysts
- 10 Apr 2014 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s re-elected Fidesz government faces structural and growth challenges and will need to patch up its frayed relations with business and banks to boost the economy, London-based emerging markets economists said on Monday.
Hungary’s Liberals To Stay Away From EP Elections
- 10 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP) will not run in the European parliamentary elections, the party’s leader, Gábor Fodor, said on Wednesday.
Video Article: Metro Line 4 Opens In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2014 11:40 AM
- getting around
Budapest's fourth metro line, linking Kelenföld and the Keleti railway stations, opened to the public last Friday. A formal ceremony was held in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós at the Kelenföld terminus. The metro line’s 15 vehicles, each with four wagons, will be controlled automatically, but monitoring will be present during the test phase to ...
Hungary’s Parliamentary Committee Calls Ukraine Situation “Dramatic”
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee met on Tuesday to hear representatives of the police and the secret services, as well as foreign affairs officials over recent developments in Ukraine. After the session, Socialist head of the committee Zsolt Molnár said that the situation in Ukraine had turned dramatic.
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.
TASZ Asks Health Secretariat Why Abortion Pill Not Permitted In Hungary
- 21 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) said on Thursday that it would ask the health state secretary’s office why abortion pills are not available in Hungary despite having passed safety tests by the National Institute for Quality and Organisational Development in Healthcare and Medicines (GYEMSZI).
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
Lawmakers Can Modify Forex Loan Contracts, Hungary’s Constitutional Court Rules
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- property
Existing contracts for foreign-currency mortgages may be modified by legislation, Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled. Its decision came after the government asked the court to weigh the constitutionality of several conditions in the forex loan contracts. Among the government’s concerns was that borrowers had not been warned of the risks that a falling exchange rate would have on their monthly ...
Cutting Base Rate Further Would Entail More Risks Than Benefits In Hungary
- 15 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Although the Monetary Council has theoretical room to further cut the base rate, given the global environment and investor sentiment, another rate cut could now increase risks exponentially, rate-setter Gyula Pleschinger said in an interview to commercial Gazdasági Rádió on Friday.