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Croatian Toll Booths To Refuse Hungarian Forints
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
Only euros and Croatian kuna will be accepted by motorway toll booths in Croatia from June 1, the Rijeka daily Novi List reports, citing a decision by Croatian motorway company HAC made at the end of April. As a result no Hungarian forint can be used any more. Bank cards will be accepted.
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Hungarians “Should Decide On Immigration Issue”
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Experience shows that regulating immigration from Brussels has proven a failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters in Strasbourg. Decisions on whether a country wants to receive refugees should be made at national level, he said. Hungary wants its citizens to be allowed to decide whether or not there should be immigrants on Hungarian territory, the prime minister said before addressing ...
Sony Buys Hungarian Cannes Contender
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US distribution rights to the Hungarian film competing for the Palme d’Or, "Son of Saul". The distribution agreement was signed by the film’s international distributor, Films Distribution, at the Cannes Film Festival, film magazine Variety reported.
Museum Festival In Budapest, This Weekend
- 15 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
With the aim of creating a tradition, the Hungarian National Museum called into being 'Museums Majális' in 1996 to unite the world of Hungarian museums. Organically connected to International Museum Day (18th May), which has been organised annually for almost three decades by ICOM (International Council of Museums), this upcoming May weekend of 16 - 17 May is intended to draw attention to the ...
Cameras In Ózd, Hungary Record Public Work, Not Workers Themselves
- 14 May 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Cameras installed in Ózd in connection with fostered work are used for monitoring the work done by public workers rather than the workers themselves, the mayor of the city in north-east Hungary said. This type of video surveillance falls in line with guidelines set earlier by the data protection ombudsman, Dávid Janiczak said. The aim is to keep record of the work performed and the practice has ...
Lower Utilities Tax For Network Investments In Hungary Possible
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
A reduction in the utilities tax should be considered if internet service providers build new networks or upgrade their existing ones, state secretary for info-communications, Ákos Kara, said. Hungary is back on the path of economic growth, thus the government will weigh the possibility of reducing some tax burdens next year, Kara said.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Ad Tax Changes Would Hurt Hungarian Consumer Goods Market
- 12 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Retailers could be seriously hurt by changes to the advertisement tax, especially in the consumer goods segment, the National Association of Retailers (OKSZ) reported. The consumer goods market is extremely price sensitive and both retailers and suppliers have a vested interest in curbing price rises, the OKSZ said in a statement.
Croatian Toll Booths To Refuse Hungarian Forints
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
Only euros and Croatian kuna will be accepted by motorway toll booths in Croatia from June 1, the Rijeka daily Novi List reports, citing a decision by Croatian motorway company HAC made at the end of April. As a result no Hungarian forint can be used any more. Bank cards will be accepted.
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Hungarians “Should Decide On Immigration Issue”
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Experience shows that regulating immigration from Brussels has proven a failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters in Strasbourg. Decisions on whether a country wants to receive refugees should be made at national level, he said. Hungary wants its citizens to be allowed to decide whether or not there should be immigrants on Hungarian territory, the prime minister said before addressing ...
Sony Buys Hungarian Cannes Contender
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US distribution rights to the Hungarian film competing for the Palme d’Or, "Son of Saul". The distribution agreement was signed by the film’s international distributor, Films Distribution, at the Cannes Film Festival, film magazine Variety reported.
Museum Festival In Budapest, This Weekend
- 15 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
With the aim of creating a tradition, the Hungarian National Museum called into being 'Museums Majális' in 1996 to unite the world of Hungarian museums. Organically connected to International Museum Day (18th May), which has been organised annually for almost three decades by ICOM (International Council of Museums), this upcoming May weekend of 16 - 17 May is intended to draw attention to the ...
Cameras In Ózd, Hungary Record Public Work, Not Workers Themselves
- 14 May 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Cameras installed in Ózd in connection with fostered work are used for monitoring the work done by public workers rather than the workers themselves, the mayor of the city in north-east Hungary said. This type of video surveillance falls in line with guidelines set earlier by the data protection ombudsman, Dávid Janiczak said. The aim is to keep record of the work performed and the practice has ...
Lower Utilities Tax For Network Investments In Hungary Possible
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
A reduction in the utilities tax should be considered if internet service providers build new networks or upgrade their existing ones, state secretary for info-communications, Ákos Kara, said. Hungary is back on the path of economic growth, thus the government will weigh the possibility of reducing some tax burdens next year, Kara said.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Ad Tax Changes Would Hurt Hungarian Consumer Goods Market
- 12 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Retailers could be seriously hurt by changes to the advertisement tax, especially in the consumer goods segment, the National Association of Retailers (OKSZ) reported. The consumer goods market is extremely price sensitive and both retailers and suppliers have a vested interest in curbing price rises, the OKSZ said in a statement.