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New Statutes Might Reduce Market Share Of Foreign-Owned Food Retailers
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government is about to use legal measures to reduce the market share of foreign-owned retail chain stores in Hungary. The proposed measures - which amalgamate related ideas of the past five years - might even shoo off some foreign retailers from Hungary altogether.
NAV Learns Of VAT Graft At Grains Companies
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national tax and customs office (NAV) has learnt of a case of large-scale graft by a chain of Hungarian and Slovak grains traders in Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), in southern Slovakia.
Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Publishes Investigation Material
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s tax and customs office (NAV) has released the results of an investigation following allegations last November of VAT graft by a former NAV employee, András Horváth. NAV said the investigation, which together with its annex comes to 1,200 pages, established that the whistleblower had wrongly claimed that the tax office had failed to take action against tax cheats.
Internet Tax Is Just One Of The Political Scandals Hitting Hungary
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By putting his Internet tax plans on the back burner, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also hushed his own internal opposition. Not that he can sit back: he has been making enemies ever since he launched his “freedom fights” in 2010.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Thousands Protest In Budapest Against Corruption, Govt Policies
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands gathered in front of Parliament on Monday evening to protest against corruption and the government’s policies. Speakers at the protest urged unity and construction of a new political system in which “tricksters are punished rather than the poor”, a new regime in which “nobody is left by the road”.
Hungary’s NAV To Crack Down On Illegal Tobacco
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The tax authority NAV announced a campaign against the illegal trade in cigarettes in co-operation with JTI Hungary, Philip Morris Magyarország and the Association of Tobacco Industry Investors, at a press conference in Budapest yesterday. The campaign lasts until the end of November.
10,000 Join Anti-Government Protest In Budapest
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An estimated 10,000 people demonstrated on Kossuth tér in Budapest and in other cities around the country against corruption and government policies Monday evening in what was styled a Day of Public Outrage.
Xpat Opinion: Escalation In Hungarian-US Diplomatic Skirmishes
- 17 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As the Hungarian government reveals an aide memoire by the US Embassy’s document on corruption, a conservative columnist accuses the US of trying to pressure the Hungarian government in defense of American business interest. Left-wing commentators accuse the Hungarian government of closing its eyes over institutional corruption.
New Statutes Might Reduce Market Share Of Foreign-Owned Food Retailers
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government is about to use legal measures to reduce the market share of foreign-owned retail chain stores in Hungary. The proposed measures - which amalgamate related ideas of the past five years - might even shoo off some foreign retailers from Hungary altogether.
NAV Learns Of VAT Graft At Grains Companies
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national tax and customs office (NAV) has learnt of a case of large-scale graft by a chain of Hungarian and Slovak grains traders in Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), in southern Slovakia.
Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Publishes Investigation Material
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s tax and customs office (NAV) has released the results of an investigation following allegations last November of VAT graft by a former NAV employee, András Horváth. NAV said the investigation, which together with its annex comes to 1,200 pages, established that the whistleblower had wrongly claimed that the tax office had failed to take action against tax cheats.
Internet Tax Is Just One Of The Political Scandals Hitting Hungary
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By putting his Internet tax plans on the back burner, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also hushed his own internal opposition. Not that he can sit back: he has been making enemies ever since he launched his “freedom fights” in 2010.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
Thousands Protest In Budapest Against Corruption, Govt Policies
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands gathered in front of Parliament on Monday evening to protest against corruption and the government’s policies. Speakers at the protest urged unity and construction of a new political system in which “tricksters are punished rather than the poor”, a new regime in which “nobody is left by the road”.
Hungary’s NAV To Crack Down On Illegal Tobacco
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The tax authority NAV announced a campaign against the illegal trade in cigarettes in co-operation with JTI Hungary, Philip Morris Magyarország and the Association of Tobacco Industry Investors, at a press conference in Budapest yesterday. The campaign lasts until the end of November.
10,000 Join Anti-Government Protest In Budapest
- 18 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An estimated 10,000 people demonstrated on Kossuth tér in Budapest and in other cities around the country against corruption and government policies Monday evening in what was styled a Day of Public Outrage.
Xpat Opinion: Escalation In Hungarian-US Diplomatic Skirmishes
- 17 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As the Hungarian government reveals an aide memoire by the US Embassy’s document on corruption, a conservative columnist accuses the US of trying to pressure the Hungarian government in defense of American business interest. Left-wing commentators accuse the Hungarian government of closing its eyes over institutional corruption.















