765 result(s) for sustainable
EU Threatens To Withhold Funds From Hungary Over Budget Indiscipline
- 28 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- business
"The European Commission (EC) yesterday proposed to withhold the transfer of some €495 million of cohesion funds to Hungary from 2013, if the government does not demonstrate the capacity to keep the budget deficit below 3% of GDP in a sustainable manner, EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn and Regions Commissioner Johannes Hahn announced last week.
EC Proposes Suspending Euro 495m Funds To Hungary
- 23 Feb 2012 10:50 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has proposed to suspend EUR 495 184 000 of Cohesion Fund commitments taking effect on 1 January 2013, representing 0.5 % of GDP and 29% of the country's cohesion fund allocations for 2013. This unprecedented step follows the Commission's repeated warnings to Hungary urging it to step up its efforts to end the country's excessive government deficit, and its subsequent ...
Guided Tour In English, Yona Friedman Exhibition, Ludwig Museum Budapest, 28 January
- 25 Jan 2012 8:04 AM
- entertainment
"The architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, Yona Friedman is one of the outstanding and exceptionally versatile figures of the urban architectural discourse that developed in the second half of the twentieth century. He drew cities on colossal trusses rising up, floating above metropolises, rivers or marshes, bridges connecting four continents, multi-storeyed urban gardens, residential ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Opinion: A Short View For A Country That I Live For More Than Five Years - Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Living day to day life in Szekesfehervar with my wife and 2 kids and belonging to a so called “middle class society”, not having any particular trouble regarding financial situation, but of course listening every day from our friends what they tell us about their loans and debts it pressed me to write this short view about this country and my experience in these years from what I observed in ...
XpatLoop Interview: Dr. László Láng, CEO At The International Business School
- 24 Jun 2011 12:00 PM
Dr. László Láng is the Vice-Chancellor & CEO at the International Business School, Budapest. In this role he has restructured and revitalized, both in financial and academic terms, a private higher education institution. IBS has both Hungarian and British accreditation, a student body of 1,200, a faculty of over 140, and total revenues of €5 million/year.
Hungary Wants Strong Euro
- 20 Dec 2010 8:16 AM
- business
Ironically Hungary was to adopt the European common currency, the Euro, in 1999. Nevertheless experts said that the 2014 (another one of the uncertain dates) new deadline calls for an extremely strong Euro.
Danube River To Be Severely Impacted By Plans To Increase Navigation
- 17 Dec 2010 4:00 AM
- getting around
"European Commission will publish plans to increase navigation on the Danube River, as part of their EU Strategy for the Danube Region. However this decision could result in significant negative impacts on the river’s unique environment without bringing the expected economic benefit to the region, WWF warns.
Liberty Bridge Brings International Award To Budapest
- 15 Dec 2010 8:00 AM
- getting around
"Budapest citizens have a new reason to be proud, this iconic bridge as helped win a major prize for the Hungarian capital. On receiving the award, Mayor of District XVIII Budapest and the person in charge of Budapest cityscape and urban development said, “We are proud of this project not only because it provides the city with an additional jewel, but also because it is a true 21st century ...
EU Threatens To Withhold Funds From Hungary Over Budget Indiscipline
- 28 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- business
"The European Commission (EC) yesterday proposed to withhold the transfer of some €495 million of cohesion funds to Hungary from 2013, if the government does not demonstrate the capacity to keep the budget deficit below 3% of GDP in a sustainable manner, EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn and Regions Commissioner Johannes Hahn announced last week.
EC Proposes Suspending Euro 495m Funds To Hungary
- 23 Feb 2012 10:50 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has proposed to suspend EUR 495 184 000 of Cohesion Fund commitments taking effect on 1 January 2013, representing 0.5 % of GDP and 29% of the country's cohesion fund allocations for 2013. This unprecedented step follows the Commission's repeated warnings to Hungary urging it to step up its efforts to end the country's excessive government deficit, and its subsequent ...
Guided Tour In English, Yona Friedman Exhibition, Ludwig Museum Budapest, 28 January
- 25 Jan 2012 8:04 AM
- entertainment
"The architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, Yona Friedman is one of the outstanding and exceptionally versatile figures of the urban architectural discourse that developed in the second half of the twentieth century. He drew cities on colossal trusses rising up, floating above metropolises, rivers or marshes, bridges connecting four continents, multi-storeyed urban gardens, residential ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Opinion: A Short View For A Country That I Live For More Than Five Years - Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Living day to day life in Szekesfehervar with my wife and 2 kids and belonging to a so called “middle class society”, not having any particular trouble regarding financial situation, but of course listening every day from our friends what they tell us about their loans and debts it pressed me to write this short view about this country and my experience in these years from what I observed in ...
XpatLoop Interview: Dr. László Láng, CEO At The International Business School
- 24 Jun 2011 12:00 PM
Dr. László Láng is the Vice-Chancellor & CEO at the International Business School, Budapest. In this role he has restructured and revitalized, both in financial and academic terms, a private higher education institution. IBS has both Hungarian and British accreditation, a student body of 1,200, a faculty of over 140, and total revenues of €5 million/year.
Hungary Wants Strong Euro
- 20 Dec 2010 8:16 AM
- business
Ironically Hungary was to adopt the European common currency, the Euro, in 1999. Nevertheless experts said that the 2014 (another one of the uncertain dates) new deadline calls for an extremely strong Euro.
Danube River To Be Severely Impacted By Plans To Increase Navigation
- 17 Dec 2010 4:00 AM
- getting around
"European Commission will publish plans to increase navigation on the Danube River, as part of their EU Strategy for the Danube Region. However this decision could result in significant negative impacts on the river’s unique environment without bringing the expected economic benefit to the region, WWF warns.
Liberty Bridge Brings International Award To Budapest
- 15 Dec 2010 8:00 AM
- getting around
"Budapest citizens have a new reason to be proud, this iconic bridge as helped win a major prize for the Hungarian capital. On receiving the award, Mayor of District XVIII Budapest and the person in charge of Budapest cityscape and urban development said, “We are proud of this project not only because it provides the city with an additional jewel, but also because it is a true 21st century ...