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Hungarian Health Care Providers To Resume Protests
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The draft 2016 budget does not allocate sufficient funds to Hungary’s public health care system to ensure that patients are properly cared for, according to the Action Alliance for Truth about Health Matters, which has decided to organize additional actions to call further attention to the problems caused by chronic underfunding.
Hungarian Welfare Workers Demonstrate Against Low Wages
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration by social and welfare workers demanding higher wages was held in Budapest on Friday. The protesters marched from Kodály Körönd on Andrássy Boulevard to Parliament in the evening. Addressing the demonstrators, Andrea Varga, the head of the Autonóm trade union, said all 93,000 workers in the social sector were fighting poverty and had difficulties in day-to-day subsistence.
Hungary’s 2016 Budget “Designed To Boost Economy, Help Families”
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The government seeks to promote job creation and boost the economy as well as provide assistance to families, a state secretary of the economy ministry said in his introduction to the parliamentary debate on next year’s budget. Béla Glattfelder said the bill would introduce changes to 18 laws, including rules governing efforts to reduce Hungary’s state debt. The current growth and inflation path ...
CEO’s More Optimistic In Hungary
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian executives are optimistic about the next 12 months, and are keeping a vigilant eye on Berlin.
“Sentiment among Hungarian chief executives reflects the global trend; confidence in global growth is waning, while their expectations of their own corporate earnings are slightly more optimistic”, said Nick Kós, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Hungary in response to our enquiry.
“Sentiment among Hungarian chief executives reflects the global trend; confidence in global growth is waning, while their expectations of their own corporate earnings are slightly more optimistic”, said Nick Kós, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Hungary in response to our enquiry.
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's 2016 Draft Budget Tabled In Parliament
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
As Mihály Varga Minister of National Economy submits the draft of the 2016 budget to Parliament, analysts from across the political spectrum assess it according to their own political tastes and leanings.
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.
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 ...
Cameras In Ózd, Hungary Record Public Work, Not Workers Themselves
- 14 May 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Cameras installed in Ózd in connection with fostered work are used for monitoring the work done by public workers rather than the workers themselves, the mayor of the city in north-east Hungary said. This type of video surveillance falls in line with guidelines set earlier by the data protection ombudsman, Dávid Janiczak said. The aim is to keep record of the work performed and the practice has ...
Hungarian Health Care Providers To Resume Protests
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The draft 2016 budget does not allocate sufficient funds to Hungary’s public health care system to ensure that patients are properly cared for, according to the Action Alliance for Truth about Health Matters, which has decided to organize additional actions to call further attention to the problems caused by chronic underfunding.
Hungarian Welfare Workers Demonstrate Against Low Wages
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration by social and welfare workers demanding higher wages was held in Budapest on Friday. The protesters marched from Kodály Körönd on Andrássy Boulevard to Parliament in the evening. Addressing the demonstrators, Andrea Varga, the head of the Autonóm trade union, said all 93,000 workers in the social sector were fighting poverty and had difficulties in day-to-day subsistence.
Hungary’s 2016 Budget “Designed To Boost Economy, Help Families”
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The government seeks to promote job creation and boost the economy as well as provide assistance to families, a state secretary of the economy ministry said in his introduction to the parliamentary debate on next year’s budget. Béla Glattfelder said the bill would introduce changes to 18 laws, including rules governing efforts to reduce Hungary’s state debt. The current growth and inflation path ...
CEO’s More Optimistic In Hungary
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian executives are optimistic about the next 12 months, and are keeping a vigilant eye on Berlin.
“Sentiment among Hungarian chief executives reflects the global trend; confidence in global growth is waning, while their expectations of their own corporate earnings are slightly more optimistic”, said Nick Kós, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Hungary in response to our enquiry.
“Sentiment among Hungarian chief executives reflects the global trend; confidence in global growth is waning, while their expectations of their own corporate earnings are slightly more optimistic”, said Nick Kós, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Hungary in response to our enquiry.
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's 2016 Draft Budget Tabled In Parliament
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
As Mihály Varga Minister of National Economy submits the draft of the 2016 budget to Parliament, analysts from across the political spectrum assess it according to their own political tastes and leanings.
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.
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 ...
Cameras In Ózd, Hungary Record Public Work, Not Workers Themselves
- 14 May 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Cameras installed in Ózd in connection with fostered work are used for monitoring the work done by public workers rather than the workers themselves, the mayor of the city in north-east Hungary said. This type of video surveillance falls in line with guidelines set earlier by the data protection ombudsman, Dávid Janiczak said. The aim is to keep record of the work performed and the practice has ...