152 result(s) for utilities
Next Round Of Utility Price Cuts To Be Announced On Friday
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The next round of electricity, gas and district heating price cuts – including the date and the size of the cuts – will be announced on Friday, after the season-opening meeting of the parliamentary group of Fidesz-KDNP, Fidesz lawmaker Szilárd Németh said.
Hungary’s Fidesz Rejects Socialist Criticism Over Employment Situation
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist claim that Hungary has now fewer employed than before the crisis is “not true”, the ruling Fidesz party said. Currently 235,000 more Hungarians have jobs than earlier, it added.
Széll Kálmán Tér In Budapest To Be Renovated
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest will carry out a Ft 4.8 billion renovation of Széll Kálmán tér, the former Moszkva tér, the city council decided yesterday. Council unanimously approved a proposal on a public procurement tender for the work.
Hungary’s Nov Inflation 0.9%
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s annual inflation was 0.9% in November, the same rate as in October, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. The figure came broadly in line with analysts’ expectations.
Most Families Better Off With Utilities Cut In Hungary, Says Think Tank
- 29 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The financial position of 62% of families turned for the better after the government-mandated utilities price cut, a fresh poll by think tank Századvég said. Ninety-nine percent of those polled was aware of the reduction scheme, 78% agreed with the cuts while 21% opposed them.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left-Wing Weeklies Fear An Uphill Campaign
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-leaning weeklies think it will be extremely difficult for the Socialists and their allies to match the governing right wing. They accuse Fidesz of smart but unfair campaign methods.
Hungary Defies EU Over Energy Distribution Rules
- 28 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary expects “a big debate” with the European Union over its plans to transform energy distribution in the household sector into a "non-profit activity", the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said today (22 August). In Brussels, the European Commission declined to comment, saying it learnt of the plans from the press.
Congestion Charge In Budapest By 2015?
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
On Tuesday this week Budapest Mayor Tarlós announced that motorists will have to pay to enter Budapest by 2015. Speaking on Hungarian HírTV he justified the action by blaming the Socialists, claiming they signed an undertaking to this effect when negotiating EU subsidies for the forthcoming M4 metro line - which is due for completion in 2014 at earliest.
Next Round Of Utility Price Cuts To Be Announced On Friday
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The next round of electricity, gas and district heating price cuts – including the date and the size of the cuts – will be announced on Friday, after the season-opening meeting of the parliamentary group of Fidesz-KDNP, Fidesz lawmaker Szilárd Németh said.
Hungary’s Fidesz Rejects Socialist Criticism Over Employment Situation
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist claim that Hungary has now fewer employed than before the crisis is “not true”, the ruling Fidesz party said. Currently 235,000 more Hungarians have jobs than earlier, it added.
Széll Kálmán Tér In Budapest To Be Renovated
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest will carry out a Ft 4.8 billion renovation of Széll Kálmán tér, the former Moszkva tér, the city council decided yesterday. Council unanimously approved a proposal on a public procurement tender for the work.
Hungary’s Nov Inflation 0.9%
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s annual inflation was 0.9% in November, the same rate as in October, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. The figure came broadly in line with analysts’ expectations.
Most Families Better Off With Utilities Cut In Hungary, Says Think Tank
- 29 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The financial position of 62% of families turned for the better after the government-mandated utilities price cut, a fresh poll by think tank Századvég said. Ninety-nine percent of those polled was aware of the reduction scheme, 78% agreed with the cuts while 21% opposed them.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left-Wing Weeklies Fear An Uphill Campaign
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-leaning weeklies think it will be extremely difficult for the Socialists and their allies to match the governing right wing. They accuse Fidesz of smart but unfair campaign methods.
Hungary Defies EU Over Energy Distribution Rules
- 28 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary expects “a big debate” with the European Union over its plans to transform energy distribution in the household sector into a "non-profit activity", the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said today (22 August). In Brussels, the European Commission declined to comment, saying it learnt of the plans from the press.
Congestion Charge In Budapest By 2015?
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
On Tuesday this week Budapest Mayor Tarlós announced that motorists will have to pay to enter Budapest by 2015. Speaking on Hungarian HírTV he justified the action by blaming the Socialists, claiming they signed an undertaking to this effect when negotiating EU subsidies for the forthcoming M4 metro line - which is due for completion in 2014 at earliest.