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Hungary’s Opposition Reacts To Local Election Date
- 24 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Zoltán Gőgös, deputy chair of the Socialist Party, called on the opposition to find a joint candidate in each district against nominees of the ruling parties possibly in the next two weeks. Gőgös said he trusted that the Socialists will do well at the upcoming election despite ruling Fidesz’s “efforts before any election to make it difficult for the opposition”.
RTL Klub CEO: We'll Stay In Hungary And Fight
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The following story, by Florence La Bruyère, is from the July 18 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal. "If you are just back from a long trek to Nepal and havent watched the evening news on RTL Klub for a month, be prepared for a shock. Where Hungarys largest commercial channel previously concentrated on crime stories and light news, its evening news is now twice as long as it used to ...
Hungary’s Metropolitan Court Rejects Referendum On WWII Memorial
- 21 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Metropolitan Court has rejected in a final ruling a local referendum initiated by the Socialists on the construction of a contested memorial to the victims of Hungary’s 1944 German occupation in central Budapest, a lawmaker of the party said on Saturday. The ruling disallows any further possibility of legal remedy and has thwarted stopping the construction of the memorial in the 5th ...
Banned Midwife Agnes Geréb Faces Retrial In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Geréb’s house arrest was terminated by the Capital Court of Appeals in February but she remains forbidden to leave Budapest. The last time Geréb appealed her sentence, a court lengthened her minimum period of incarceration to two-thirds of her two-year sentence and doubled her ban for practising as a midwife to ten years.
Leftist MEPs To Ask EC’S Support For Review Of Hungary’s Election Laws
- 15 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are asking the European Commission to examine Hungary’s election law and turn to international courts in wake of a recent critical report by the OSCE, the party’s spokesman told MTI.
Hungary’s Finance Minister Varga: Bank Tax May Be Redesigned
- 8 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The government is mulling a rethink of Hungary’s sectoral tax on banks, Mihály Varga, the economy minister, told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió. “I don’t exclude the possibility of revising or rethinking the banking tax, since banks are going to be assuming a heavy burden to compensate clients, but now is not the time for this.”
István Tarlós To Run Again For Budapest Mayor
- 4 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has nominated Budapest mayor István Tarlós to run again for the post in the autumn municipal elections. Lajos Kósa, Fidesz’s deputy chairman, told a press conference after a session of the party’s national board that a key expectation of the mayor was his ability to cooperate on European Union financed developments.
“No Talk” Of EDP Against Hungary, Says Varga
- 3 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Economy Minister Mihály Varga said commenting on a critical report published by the European Commission that there was “absolutely no talk” about launching an excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against Hungary. In response to the EC’s criticism of the tax system, including sectoral taxes, Varga said: “Hungary has clearly stated that it has transformed its tax system, there is now a different ...
Hungary’s Fidesz Seeks To Close Ad Tax Loopholes
- 1 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The law on the ad tax must be amended in order to close any loopholes and ensure nobody avoids paying the tax, according to ruling Fidesz party lawmaker László L Simon’s proposed law amendment, which will “prevent profit-making multinational media companies from avoiding tax by using their losses as excuse.”
Hungary’s Opposition Reacts To Local Election Date
- 24 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Zoltán Gőgös, deputy chair of the Socialist Party, called on the opposition to find a joint candidate in each district against nominees of the ruling parties possibly in the next two weeks. Gőgös said he trusted that the Socialists will do well at the upcoming election despite ruling Fidesz’s “efforts before any election to make it difficult for the opposition”.
RTL Klub CEO: We'll Stay In Hungary And Fight
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The following story, by Florence La Bruyère, is from the July 18 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal. "If you are just back from a long trek to Nepal and havent watched the evening news on RTL Klub for a month, be prepared for a shock. Where Hungarys largest commercial channel previously concentrated on crime stories and light news, its evening news is now twice as long as it used to ...
Hungary’s Metropolitan Court Rejects Referendum On WWII Memorial
- 21 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Metropolitan Court has rejected in a final ruling a local referendum initiated by the Socialists on the construction of a contested memorial to the victims of Hungary’s 1944 German occupation in central Budapest, a lawmaker of the party said on Saturday. The ruling disallows any further possibility of legal remedy and has thwarted stopping the construction of the memorial in the 5th ...
Banned Midwife Agnes Geréb Faces Retrial In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Geréb’s house arrest was terminated by the Capital Court of Appeals in February but she remains forbidden to leave Budapest. The last time Geréb appealed her sentence, a court lengthened her minimum period of incarceration to two-thirds of her two-year sentence and doubled her ban for practising as a midwife to ten years.
Leftist MEPs To Ask EC’S Support For Review Of Hungary’s Election Laws
- 15 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are asking the European Commission to examine Hungary’s election law and turn to international courts in wake of a recent critical report by the OSCE, the party’s spokesman told MTI.
Hungary’s Finance Minister Varga: Bank Tax May Be Redesigned
- 8 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The government is mulling a rethink of Hungary’s sectoral tax on banks, Mihály Varga, the economy minister, told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió. “I don’t exclude the possibility of revising or rethinking the banking tax, since banks are going to be assuming a heavy burden to compensate clients, but now is not the time for this.”
István Tarlós To Run Again For Budapest Mayor
- 4 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has nominated Budapest mayor István Tarlós to run again for the post in the autumn municipal elections. Lajos Kósa, Fidesz’s deputy chairman, told a press conference after a session of the party’s national board that a key expectation of the mayor was his ability to cooperate on European Union financed developments.
“No Talk” Of EDP Against Hungary, Says Varga
- 3 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Economy Minister Mihály Varga said commenting on a critical report published by the European Commission that there was “absolutely no talk” about launching an excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against Hungary. In response to the EC’s criticism of the tax system, including sectoral taxes, Varga said: “Hungary has clearly stated that it has transformed its tax system, there is now a different ...
Hungary’s Fidesz Seeks To Close Ad Tax Loopholes
- 1 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The law on the ad tax must be amended in order to close any loopholes and ensure nobody avoids paying the tax, according to ruling Fidesz party lawmaker László L Simon’s proposed law amendment, which will “prevent profit-making multinational media companies from avoiding tax by using their losses as excuse.”