"Income disparities widened as a result of the tax changes introduced last year, according to a report by the Central Statistics Office (KSH). Net wages fell Ft 9,000 per month for those in the lowest income group and rose a whopping Ft 314,000 a month for those in the highest income groups, the KSH found. more »

"It has been two years since I arrived in Budapest to represent my country as the U.S. Ambassador. During these two years, I have had the opportunity to work closely with our partners in the Hungarian government on many common goals, such as transition in Libya and stability in the Balkans. And just as it has been for the last 21 years, the relationship between Hungary and the United States remains strong and vibrant. more »

The Contrarian Hungarian: "Six perpetrators of a “hate crime” were released last week in Hungary, after having served two years and eleven months in jail for attacking three passengers of a car passing through Miskolc. Considering that the crime targeted the victims on the basis of their ethnicity, the combined sentences of the eleven individuals convicted totaled over 41 years. At that time, the court was satisfied with the prosecution’s claim that the accused, all of whom are Roma, committed the crime out of racist motivations. more »