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European Sports Leaders “Support Budapest 2024 Bid”
- 18 May 2015 9:01 AM
- sport
Secretary General of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) Bence Szabó has said that several European sports leaders have voiced their support for the possible bid by Budapest to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games. The MOB chief participated in the congress of the European Olympic Committee in Belek, Turkey.
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Hungary's OTP Challenges Quaestor Law
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
OTP bank plans to go to the Constitutional Court to question the law ordering banks to pay into a fund set up to compensate investors in failed financial group Quaestor, chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi said on Friday. OTP will have to pay Ft 57 billion to the fund, Népszabadság estimates.
Hungarian Govt Decisions “Transparent”
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is committed to transparent decision-making, the prime minister told journalists. Viktor Orbán was responding to a journalist’s question regarding remarks made by former ambassador to the United States in Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, who is reported as having written in a recently published book that the prime minister would regularly sit down with the national ...
Budapest Mayor Promises “Spectacular” Makeover From EU Funding
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is slated for some new spectacular developments financed from European Union funding by 2020, Mayor István Tarlós said. The city is set to complete significant tourism and public utilities projects from EU funds, Tarlós told public news channel M1.
Hungarian State Employees Fired, Rehired As Public Workers
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a widespread practice in several institutions of the Human Resources Ministry to dismiss employees and then rehire them as public workers, Világgazdaság reports. The problem is most prevalent at the Klebelsberg Centre, which, as the overseer of Hungary’s schools, is Hungary’s second largest public service employer.
New Danube Bridge Needed For Paks Upgrade In Hungary
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Talks with nearby localities involved in the Paks nuclear upgrade project have shown that there is a need for a new Danube bridge linked to the Paks project, the government spokesman said. Many people from the 41 towns and villages near Paks in central Hungary will be working at the nuclear plant and need the bridge to save them time on commuting, Zoltán Kovács told public news channel M1.
2016 Tax Changes In Hungary “Simplest Ever”
- 15 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The 2016 tax bill just submitted to parliament contains the shortest tax provisions ever and introduces no new taxes, state secretary András Tállai said. New elements of the tax measures include a scheme called “tax loan for growth”, which means that companies that manage to raise their pre-tax profits five-fold in a year can defer their tax payments, thereby gaining resources for further ...
Direct Flight “To Boost” Hungary Canada Cooperation
- 15 May 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
Two new direct flights between Budapest and Toronto are set to boost cooperation between Hungary and Canada, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told MTI. Attending a two-day foreign ministerial session of the NATO states in Antalya, Turkey, where he held talks with his Canadian counterpart Robert Nicholson, Szijjártó said one of the main topics of discussion was the direct flight connection soon to ...
European Sports Leaders “Support Budapest 2024 Bid”
- 18 May 2015 9:01 AM
- sport
Secretary General of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) Bence Szabó has said that several European sports leaders have voiced their support for the possible bid by Budapest to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games. The MOB chief participated in the congress of the European Olympic Committee in Belek, Turkey.
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Hungary's OTP Challenges Quaestor Law
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
OTP bank plans to go to the Constitutional Court to question the law ordering banks to pay into a fund set up to compensate investors in failed financial group Quaestor, chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi said on Friday. OTP will have to pay Ft 57 billion to the fund, Népszabadság estimates.
Hungarian Govt Decisions “Transparent”
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is committed to transparent decision-making, the prime minister told journalists. Viktor Orbán was responding to a journalist’s question regarding remarks made by former ambassador to the United States in Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, who is reported as having written in a recently published book that the prime minister would regularly sit down with the national ...
Budapest Mayor Promises “Spectacular” Makeover From EU Funding
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is slated for some new spectacular developments financed from European Union funding by 2020, Mayor István Tarlós said. The city is set to complete significant tourism and public utilities projects from EU funds, Tarlós told public news channel M1.
Hungarian State Employees Fired, Rehired As Public Workers
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a widespread practice in several institutions of the Human Resources Ministry to dismiss employees and then rehire them as public workers, Világgazdaság reports. The problem is most prevalent at the Klebelsberg Centre, which, as the overseer of Hungary’s schools, is Hungary’s second largest public service employer.
New Danube Bridge Needed For Paks Upgrade In Hungary
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Talks with nearby localities involved in the Paks nuclear upgrade project have shown that there is a need for a new Danube bridge linked to the Paks project, the government spokesman said. Many people from the 41 towns and villages near Paks in central Hungary will be working at the nuclear plant and need the bridge to save them time on commuting, Zoltán Kovács told public news channel M1.
2016 Tax Changes In Hungary “Simplest Ever”
- 15 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The 2016 tax bill just submitted to parliament contains the shortest tax provisions ever and introduces no new taxes, state secretary András Tállai said. New elements of the tax measures include a scheme called “tax loan for growth”, which means that companies that manage to raise their pre-tax profits five-fold in a year can defer their tax payments, thereby gaining resources for further ...
Direct Flight “To Boost” Hungary Canada Cooperation
- 15 May 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
Two new direct flights between Budapest and Toronto are set to boost cooperation between Hungary and Canada, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told MTI. Attending a two-day foreign ministerial session of the NATO states in Antalya, Turkey, where he held talks with his Canadian counterpart Robert Nicholson, Szijjártó said one of the main topics of discussion was the direct flight connection soon to ...