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Memorial Of Bulgarian Market Gardeners Unveiled In Budapest
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A memorial dedicated to Bulgarian market gardeners was inaugurated in Budapest on Monday. In the late 19th and early 20th century, tens of thousands of Bulgarian market gardeners appeared in Hungary to introduce new vegetables and revolutionise gardening with the application of new irrigation technologies. They played a key role in Hungarian vegetable growing for over a century.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Strikes Back
- 28 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As former PM Gyurcsány denies having leaked his famous “lie-speech”, left-wing columnists suggest that the publication of the tapes and even the riots which followed could have been orchestrated by Fidesz politicians. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, contend that Gyurcsány’s involvement in the leak is beyond doubt.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Accuses Fidesz Of Orchestrating Riots
- 25 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány claimed Monday evening that Fidesz had prepared the riots that started in September, 2006 following the leak of his “lies” speech made at Balaton szöd that summer.
NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation Awards Grant To CEU Business School Budapest
- 19 Feb 2014 8:30 AM
- specials
Central European University's (CEU) Business School announced today that the institution received a grant from the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation. CEU is the first institution throughout Central and Eastern Europe region to receive a grant from the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation. The three-year grant will annually fund three MBA or Master's of Finance students who hail from countries with ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialist Party's Vice Chairman’s Undeclared Assets Case Still In Focus
- 17 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business weekly suggests that the mishandling of public funds in the 18th district of Budapest (in the pre-2010 period) must have given ample opportunity for Socialist luminaries to enrich themselves. A liberal commentator thinks that accusing Fidesz of having an even bigger appetite since then is no answer to the present case in which a leading Socialist politician was caught red handed.
Xpat Opinion: Repercussions Of The Simon Scandal In Hungary
- 10 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators are less than convinced about the explanations offered by the MSZP about the undeclared assets of a leading Socialist. Left-wing pundits, however, are calling for similar investigations of right-wing politicians’ wealth as well as more transparent campaign regulations.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Leading Socialist MP’s Secret Bank Account Unearthed
- 7 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators call on the MSZP to disown its corrupt politicians, after a pro-government daily unveiled a secret bank account with hundreds of millions of undeclared funds possessed by Socialist Vice Chairman Gábor Simon. The leading left-wing daily adds that the scandal further diminishes the chances of the left at the election in April.
Hungary's OTP Acquires BPC In Croatia
- 4 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- business
OTP has signed an agreement to buy Banco Popolare’s Croatian subsidiary (BPC) for HRK107 million, (Ft 4.4 billion) the bank announced on Friday. BPC’s market share is only 0.6% overall, but is over 2% for consumer loans. The bank has 54,000 clients, 30 branches and 30 ATMs.
Hungarian Govt Seeks To Make Public Utilities Non-Profit
- 28 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government aims at building a public utilities sector in which all profits are spent on improving the sector’s services, state secretary for economy Zoltán Cséfalvay said on Monday. Cséfalvay, who is also the head of the national OECD council, spoke at a press conference at which OECD’s Hungary report was presented, and said that competition in Europe’s energy market was too low, and the ...
Memorial Of Bulgarian Market Gardeners Unveiled In Budapest
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A memorial dedicated to Bulgarian market gardeners was inaugurated in Budapest on Monday. In the late 19th and early 20th century, tens of thousands of Bulgarian market gardeners appeared in Hungary to introduce new vegetables and revolutionise gardening with the application of new irrigation technologies. They played a key role in Hungarian vegetable growing for over a century.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Strikes Back
- 28 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As former PM Gyurcsány denies having leaked his famous “lie-speech”, left-wing columnists suggest that the publication of the tapes and even the riots which followed could have been orchestrated by Fidesz politicians. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, contend that Gyurcsány’s involvement in the leak is beyond doubt.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Accuses Fidesz Of Orchestrating Riots
- 25 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány claimed Monday evening that Fidesz had prepared the riots that started in September, 2006 following the leak of his “lies” speech made at Balaton szöd that summer.
NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation Awards Grant To CEU Business School Budapest
- 19 Feb 2014 8:30 AM
- specials
Central European University's (CEU) Business School announced today that the institution received a grant from the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation. CEU is the first institution throughout Central and Eastern Europe region to receive a grant from the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation. The three-year grant will annually fund three MBA or Master's of Finance students who hail from countries with ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialist Party's Vice Chairman’s Undeclared Assets Case Still In Focus
- 17 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business weekly suggests that the mishandling of public funds in the 18th district of Budapest (in the pre-2010 period) must have given ample opportunity for Socialist luminaries to enrich themselves. A liberal commentator thinks that accusing Fidesz of having an even bigger appetite since then is no answer to the present case in which a leading Socialist politician was caught red handed.
Xpat Opinion: Repercussions Of The Simon Scandal In Hungary
- 10 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators are less than convinced about the explanations offered by the MSZP about the undeclared assets of a leading Socialist. Left-wing pundits, however, are calling for similar investigations of right-wing politicians’ wealth as well as more transparent campaign regulations.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Leading Socialist MP’s Secret Bank Account Unearthed
- 7 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators call on the MSZP to disown its corrupt politicians, after a pro-government daily unveiled a secret bank account with hundreds of millions of undeclared funds possessed by Socialist Vice Chairman Gábor Simon. The leading left-wing daily adds that the scandal further diminishes the chances of the left at the election in April.
Hungary's OTP Acquires BPC In Croatia
- 4 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- business
OTP has signed an agreement to buy Banco Popolare’s Croatian subsidiary (BPC) for HRK107 million, (Ft 4.4 billion) the bank announced on Friday. BPC’s market share is only 0.6% overall, but is over 2% for consumer loans. The bank has 54,000 clients, 30 branches and 30 ATMs.
Hungarian Govt Seeks To Make Public Utilities Non-Profit
- 28 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government aims at building a public utilities sector in which all profits are spent on improving the sector’s services, state secretary for economy Zoltán Cséfalvay said on Monday. Cséfalvay, who is also the head of the national OECD council, spoke at a press conference at which OECD’s Hungary report was presented, and said that competition in Europe’s energy market was too low, and the ...