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Vodafone Hungary Has Launched Vodafone Wallet
- 6 May 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Vodafone Hungary has launched Vodafone Wallet, its fast, convenient and safe mobile wallet application jointly with its partners, OTP Bank and MasterCard, allowing users to pay at close to 45 thousand terminals in Hungary already at the very start, by tapping them with their mobile phones – announced Alexandre Froment-Curtil, Deputy CEO and Director of the Consumer Business Unit at Vodafone ...
Opposition Parties Against Tasers For Parlt Guard
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Several opposition parties have spoken out against Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér’s decision to equip the Parliamentary Guard with electroshock weapons or tasers. The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it was “baffled” by Kövér’s decision to purchase tasers for more than 10 million forints (EUR 33,000).
Hungarian Troops To Leave For Iraq In Late May
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just over 100 Hungarian troops ready to join the international coalition fighting against the Islamic State (IS) will soon leave for Erbil, Iraq, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. Speaking from Baghdad over the phone, Szijjártó said six officers serving at command posts would be the first to leave, at the end of May, with the deployment of the remaining troops set to be completed by the end ...
Most Hazardous Waste To Be Removed From Illatos Road Depot
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 991 barrels containing the most hazardous waste disposed in a depot at Budapest’s Illatos Road are to be removed from the site by May 31, a government official said. Richárd Tarnai, the government commissioner for Pest county, said the barrels were being removed from the facility.
Labour Relatively Cheap In Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hourly labour costs are lower in Hungary than in all but four other EU members states, according to calculations by German statistics office Destatis. Hourly labour costs here were €7.8 in 2014, up 3.5% from one year earlier. This is slightly more than the €7 in Latvia, €6.6 in Lithuania, €4.8 in Romania and €3.8 in Bulgaria.
Cocaine Kayakers Thrown Off Hungarian Team
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Pest county police have contacted the Hungarian Kayak-Canoe Federation regarding the two athletes who were suspended after tests revealed that they had taken cocaine. The Federation yesterday decided to throw the two, five-time world champion Tamara Csipes and Bence Dombvári, off the national team.
Orbán: Hungary Has No Plans To Introduce Death Penalty
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no plans to introduce the death penalty, “it is only a matter up for debate,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told European Parliament president Martin Schulz. Orbán and Schulz discussed the issue over the phone, cabinet chief János Lázár said. Orbán also told European People’s Party leader Joseph Daul and group leader Manfred Weber that a debate is ongoing in Hungary about the death ...
Death Penalty Issue Triggers Controversy In Hungary
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The co-ruling Christian Democrats do not support the idea of restoring the death penalty in Hungary, Bence Rétvári, the party’s deputy leader, said. The Christian Democrats welcomed that the criminal code had been made stricter over the past five years, including the introduction of the “three strikes” law and would support further tightening, he said.
US Special Envoy For Holocaust Visits Budapest
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Nicholas Dean, the US State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust issues, has paid a visit to Budapest recently, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing information by the US embassy. During his visit, the special envoy held talks with representatives of the government and civil society, the embassy said.
Vodafone Hungary Has Launched Vodafone Wallet
- 6 May 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Vodafone Hungary has launched Vodafone Wallet, its fast, convenient and safe mobile wallet application jointly with its partners, OTP Bank and MasterCard, allowing users to pay at close to 45 thousand terminals in Hungary already at the very start, by tapping them with their mobile phones – announced Alexandre Froment-Curtil, Deputy CEO and Director of the Consumer Business Unit at Vodafone ...
Opposition Parties Against Tasers For Parlt Guard
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Several opposition parties have spoken out against Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér’s decision to equip the Parliamentary Guard with electroshock weapons or tasers. The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it was “baffled” by Kövér’s decision to purchase tasers for more than 10 million forints (EUR 33,000).
Hungarian Troops To Leave For Iraq In Late May
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just over 100 Hungarian troops ready to join the international coalition fighting against the Islamic State (IS) will soon leave for Erbil, Iraq, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. Speaking from Baghdad over the phone, Szijjártó said six officers serving at command posts would be the first to leave, at the end of May, with the deployment of the remaining troops set to be completed by the end ...
Most Hazardous Waste To Be Removed From Illatos Road Depot
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 991 barrels containing the most hazardous waste disposed in a depot at Budapest’s Illatos Road are to be removed from the site by May 31, a government official said. Richárd Tarnai, the government commissioner for Pest county, said the barrels were being removed from the facility.
Labour Relatively Cheap In Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hourly labour costs are lower in Hungary than in all but four other EU members states, according to calculations by German statistics office Destatis. Hourly labour costs here were €7.8 in 2014, up 3.5% from one year earlier. This is slightly more than the €7 in Latvia, €6.6 in Lithuania, €4.8 in Romania and €3.8 in Bulgaria.
Cocaine Kayakers Thrown Off Hungarian Team
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Pest county police have contacted the Hungarian Kayak-Canoe Federation regarding the two athletes who were suspended after tests revealed that they had taken cocaine. The Federation yesterday decided to throw the two, five-time world champion Tamara Csipes and Bence Dombvári, off the national team.
Orbán: Hungary Has No Plans To Introduce Death Penalty
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no plans to introduce the death penalty, “it is only a matter up for debate,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told European Parliament president Martin Schulz. Orbán and Schulz discussed the issue over the phone, cabinet chief János Lázár said. Orbán also told European People’s Party leader Joseph Daul and group leader Manfred Weber that a debate is ongoing in Hungary about the death ...
Death Penalty Issue Triggers Controversy In Hungary
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The co-ruling Christian Democrats do not support the idea of restoring the death penalty in Hungary, Bence Rétvári, the party’s deputy leader, said. The Christian Democrats welcomed that the criminal code had been made stricter over the past five years, including the introduction of the “three strikes” law and would support further tightening, he said.
US Special Envoy For Holocaust Visits Budapest
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Nicholas Dean, the US State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust issues, has paid a visit to Budapest recently, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing information by the US embassy. During his visit, the special envoy held talks with representatives of the government and civil society, the embassy said.