406 result(s) for wage support
Moody’s Keeps Positive Outlook On Hungary’s Banking Sector
- 3 Oct 2017 8:38 AM
- business
Moody’s Investors Service has maintained its outlook on Hungary’s banking system at positive due to its expectation that the country’s improving economy will bolster banks’ loan quality and support moderate profitability, while capital buffers remain stable.
Hungary Budget Runs 3.2 Billion Euros Deficit At End-August
- 22 Sep 2017 8:52 AM
- business
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, was at 979.9 billion forints (EUR 3.2bn) at the end of August, the economy ministry confirmed in a second reading of data released on Thursday. The deficit reached 84 percent of the 1,166.4 billion forint full-year target.
Socialists See Room For 32 % Cut In Retail Gas Prices
- 15 Sep 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists see room for a 32 percent cut in retail gas prices for households with average consumption, arguing that the significant fall in global energy prices since 2014 would make the price drop possible.
PM Orbán Meets ETUC Head
- 11 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met for talks with Luca Visentini, head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), in Parliament on Friday, the PM’s press chief said.
Hungary’s Budget Runs EUR 3.2bn Deficit At The End Of August
- 7 Sep 2017 4:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, was at 979.9 billion forints (EUR 3.2bn) at the end of August, preliminary data released by the Economy Ministry on Thursday show. The deficit reached 84 percent of the 1,166.4 billion forint full-year target.
Hungary Wants EU To Reimburse Half Of Border Control Costs
- 1 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked the European Commission to reimburse Hungary for half its spending on border protection, the government office chief said on Thursday. János Lázár said at a regular press briefing that the total cost since the start of the migrant crisis amounted to 800 million euros.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Jobbik Likely Behind New Wave Of “Public Service Message” Billboards
- 10 Aug 2017 9:12 AM
- current affairs
A new wave of billboards has begun to appear on advertising space across Hungary in support of an initiative to equalize wages across the European Union. The media company that owns the ad space will only say the campaign was initiated by a “private person,” but the content of the ads aligns closely with a political initiative sponsored by radical-right party Jobbik.
Moody’s Keeps Positive Outlook On Hungary’s Banking Sector
- 3 Oct 2017 8:38 AM
- business
Moody’s Investors Service has maintained its outlook on Hungary’s banking system at positive due to its expectation that the country’s improving economy will bolster banks’ loan quality and support moderate profitability, while capital buffers remain stable.
Hungary Budget Runs 3.2 Billion Euros Deficit At End-August
- 22 Sep 2017 8:52 AM
- business
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, was at 979.9 billion forints (EUR 3.2bn) at the end of August, the economy ministry confirmed in a second reading of data released on Thursday. The deficit reached 84 percent of the 1,166.4 billion forint full-year target.
Socialists See Room For 32 % Cut In Retail Gas Prices
- 15 Sep 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists see room for a 32 percent cut in retail gas prices for households with average consumption, arguing that the significant fall in global energy prices since 2014 would make the price drop possible.
PM Orbán Meets ETUC Head
- 11 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met for talks with Luca Visentini, head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), in Parliament on Friday, the PM’s press chief said.
Hungary’s Budget Runs EUR 3.2bn Deficit At The End Of August
- 7 Sep 2017 4:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, was at 979.9 billion forints (EUR 3.2bn) at the end of August, preliminary data released by the Economy Ministry on Thursday show. The deficit reached 84 percent of the 1,166.4 billion forint full-year target.
Hungary Wants EU To Reimburse Half Of Border Control Costs
- 1 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked the European Commission to reimburse Hungary for half its spending on border protection, the government office chief said on Thursday. János Lázár said at a regular press briefing that the total cost since the start of the migrant crisis amounted to 800 million euros.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Jobbik Likely Behind New Wave Of “Public Service Message” Billboards
- 10 Aug 2017 9:12 AM
- current affairs
A new wave of billboards has begun to appear on advertising space across Hungary in support of an initiative to equalize wages across the European Union. The media company that owns the ad space will only say the campaign was initiated by a “private person,” but the content of the ads aligns closely with a political initiative sponsored by radical-right party Jobbik.


















