122 result(s) for consumer protection
Flight cancelled? Delayed? Denied boarding? Do you know your rights?
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
Airspace is now open for anyone with money to travel. Increasing numbers are taking to the air as travel becomes quicker and cheaper. Yet despite the increasing number of air passengers, many are not aware of their rights when travelling with EU air carriers anywhere in the world, or departing with third party (non-EU) air carriers from the EU. For the last ten years, the European Union has ...
Magyar Telekom Loses Transaction Fee Case In Hungary
- 10 May 2014 9:00 AM
- tech
Consumer protection association FEOSZ on Thursday said it won a court case against Magyar Telekom for adding a 142-forint transaction fee to the bills of clients who paid their balances in person or by postal cheque between May and November, 2012.
Costs Of Resetting Utility Meters In Hungary To Rest With Energy Suppliers
- 27 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- property
All costs related to resetting meters in connection with fee changes in utility bills must be covered by suppliers, Szilárd Németh, a lawmaker of ruling Fidesz said, announcing a government decision on Wednesday, which follows a Fidesz-sponsored proposal to significantly reduce or scrap base fees in utilities bills earlier this week.
A New Era Begins For Consumer Protection In Hungary
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
Over the past four years, consumer protection has undergone a profound change. One of the proofs confirming this is the fact that the protection of consumer rights has been incorporated into the basic law of Hungary, Minister of State for Economic Regulation Kristóf Szatmáry said at a press conference in Budapest.
Now On: Erika Baglyas Exhibition, Park Gallery Budapest, Until 5 January 2014
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Today almost anywhere where we might take out our wallet – a shoe store, a pharmacy, a bank – we feel a compulsion to stop for a moment and take note of the collection boxes placed there by various charities. Paradoxically this is more frequent in societies where free-market capitalism has had time to take deeper root.
New Law In Hungary On Credit Insitutions To Favour Customers
- 27 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- business
The new law on credit institutions will aim to enhance the security and stability of the financial sector as well as being conducive to balanced, consumerfriendly services, state secretary of taxation and finances Gábor Orbán told Parliament on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: How Is The Internet In Hungary Any Less Free This Year?
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- tech
The 2013 edition of Freedom on the Net, an assessment of internet and digital media published by Freedom House, ranked internet in Hungary as “free,” but to the astonishment of many, it also downgraded Hungary’s score. Why?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Merges Central Bank & Financial Supervisory Authority
- 24 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ference Kumin: A few days ago, the Parliament passed a law on the merger of the Central Bank and the agency with oversight authority for the financial services sector, the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority. In order to be able to do that, the Parliament modified the country’s Fundamental Law.
Hungarian Authorities Prepare For Grand Prix Weekend
- 25 Jul 2013 11:35 AM
- current affairs
A temporary police station will operate from a car park located near the Mogyoród race track during the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, Pest county police announced on Wednesday. Official race events begin on Friday with the first free trials at 10 a.m., followed by the second at 2 p.m., and the third at 11 a.m. Saturday. Time trials will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and the race starts at 2 ...
Flight cancelled? Delayed? Denied boarding? Do you know your rights?
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
Airspace is now open for anyone with money to travel. Increasing numbers are taking to the air as travel becomes quicker and cheaper. Yet despite the increasing number of air passengers, many are not aware of their rights when travelling with EU air carriers anywhere in the world, or departing with third party (non-EU) air carriers from the EU. For the last ten years, the European Union has ...
Magyar Telekom Loses Transaction Fee Case In Hungary
- 10 May 2014 9:00 AM
- tech
Consumer protection association FEOSZ on Thursday said it won a court case against Magyar Telekom for adding a 142-forint transaction fee to the bills of clients who paid their balances in person or by postal cheque between May and November, 2012.
Costs Of Resetting Utility Meters In Hungary To Rest With Energy Suppliers
- 27 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- property
All costs related to resetting meters in connection with fee changes in utility bills must be covered by suppliers, Szilárd Németh, a lawmaker of ruling Fidesz said, announcing a government decision on Wednesday, which follows a Fidesz-sponsored proposal to significantly reduce or scrap base fees in utilities bills earlier this week.
A New Era Begins For Consumer Protection In Hungary
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
Over the past four years, consumer protection has undergone a profound change. One of the proofs confirming this is the fact that the protection of consumer rights has been incorporated into the basic law of Hungary, Minister of State for Economic Regulation Kristóf Szatmáry said at a press conference in Budapest.
Now On: Erika Baglyas Exhibition, Park Gallery Budapest, Until 5 January 2014
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Today almost anywhere where we might take out our wallet – a shoe store, a pharmacy, a bank – we feel a compulsion to stop for a moment and take note of the collection boxes placed there by various charities. Paradoxically this is more frequent in societies where free-market capitalism has had time to take deeper root.
New Law In Hungary On Credit Insitutions To Favour Customers
- 27 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- business
The new law on credit institutions will aim to enhance the security and stability of the financial sector as well as being conducive to balanced, consumerfriendly services, state secretary of taxation and finances Gábor Orbán told Parliament on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: How Is The Internet In Hungary Any Less Free This Year?
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- tech
The 2013 edition of Freedom on the Net, an assessment of internet and digital media published by Freedom House, ranked internet in Hungary as “free,” but to the astonishment of many, it also downgraded Hungary’s score. Why?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Merges Central Bank & Financial Supervisory Authority
- 24 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ference Kumin: A few days ago, the Parliament passed a law on the merger of the Central Bank and the agency with oversight authority for the financial services sector, the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority. In order to be able to do that, the Parliament modified the country’s Fundamental Law.
Hungarian Authorities Prepare For Grand Prix Weekend
- 25 Jul 2013 11:35 AM
- current affairs
A temporary police station will operate from a car park located near the Mogyoród race track during the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, Pest county police announced on Wednesday. Official race events begin on Friday with the first free trials at 10 a.m., followed by the second at 2 p.m., and the third at 11 a.m. Saturday. Time trials will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and the race starts at 2 ...