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Central Europe Can Become Engine Of European Growth
- 30 Nov 2016 7:34 AM
- business
Budapest and Warsaw are in agreement that central Europe can become the engine of European growth, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, said after meeting his Polish counterpart Witold Waszczykowski. He said they had both agreed that Visegrad Group cooperation should be intensified, given changes taking place around the world, such as in US foreign policy and Brexit.
Minimum Wages To Significantly Increase
- 24 Nov 2016 2:40 AM
- business
Wages for unskilled workers will be raised by 15% and for skilled workers by 25% in 2017, according to Hungary's economy minister, Mihály Varga. He said that in 2018 the minimum wages will be increased by a further 8% and 12%, respectively.
Signing Of Free Trade Agreement Between EU & Canada Is In Hungary’s Interests
- 28 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is on an official visit to Canada, it is in Hungary’s interests that the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada should come about.
Hungary Urges ‘Google Tax’ On Internet Firms
- 13 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary presented a proposal to levy a withholding tax on internet companies – such as Google, Facebook and Amazon – at an informal meeting of European Union finance ministers in Bratislava at the weekend, Hungarian news agency MTI reported. The commonly cited “Google tax” has been mentioned several times by the Hungarian government lately.
Varga: Strong National Economies Key To Europe’s Rebound After Brexit
- 13 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Sovereign national economies are key to Europe regaining its competitiveness after Britain’s exit from the bloc, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told a meeting of the EU’s finance ministers in Brussels. The EU ministers met to discuss, among other things, measures that need to be taken at the national and EU levels to offset the negative effects of Brexit, a statement from the economy ministry said.
US - Hungary Business Council: Hungary Good Place To Invest
- 23 May 2016 10:00 AM
- business
American investors think the environment for doing business in Hungary is good, the chairman of the American-Hungarian Business Council said in daily Magyar Hirlap on Saturday. Almost 800 US businesses have invested in Hungary, Eric Stewart told the paper. It’s important for Hungary to create opportunities for foreign companies to invest in the country, he added.
Hungarian CBank Cuts Base Rate 15 Bp
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian rate-setters cut the base rate by 15 basis points to 1.05% at a meeting on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also narrowed its interest rate corridor, a band around the base rate that prevents extreme fluctuations of interbank rates, bringing the overnight collateralised loan rate to 1.30% while keeping the O/N central bank ...
IMF Revised Upward Hungary’s Economic Growth Estimate
- 7 Oct 2015 9:50 AM
- business
Scheduled to coincide with its regular annual meeting organized this year in Lima, Peru, the International Monetary Fund published the latest World Economic Outlook, a study on global growth prospects. In comparison to estimates published in March 2015, the organization once again upwardly revised the economic growth forecast for 2015, raising it by 0.3 percentage points to 3.0 percent of GDP, ...
Hungary May Become Central-Europe’s Growth Hub
- 5 Oct 2015 11:00 AM
- business
Hungary has the capacity to become Central-Europe’s growth hub, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening ceremony of the Bank of China’s RMB clearing centre in Hungary. Let us believe the Chinese (...), if they chose Budapest as their regional centre, there must plenty of steam, potential and future in this country (...). We are able to increase even our current economic performance, with ...
Central Europe Can Become Engine Of European Growth
- 30 Nov 2016 7:34 AM
- business
Budapest and Warsaw are in agreement that central Europe can become the engine of European growth, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, said after meeting his Polish counterpart Witold Waszczykowski. He said they had both agreed that Visegrad Group cooperation should be intensified, given changes taking place around the world, such as in US foreign policy and Brexit.
Minimum Wages To Significantly Increase
- 24 Nov 2016 2:40 AM
- business
Wages for unskilled workers will be raised by 15% and for skilled workers by 25% in 2017, according to Hungary's economy minister, Mihály Varga. He said that in 2018 the minimum wages will be increased by a further 8% and 12%, respectively.
Signing Of Free Trade Agreement Between EU & Canada Is In Hungary’s Interests
- 28 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is on an official visit to Canada, it is in Hungary’s interests that the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada should come about.
Hungary Urges ‘Google Tax’ On Internet Firms
- 13 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary presented a proposal to levy a withholding tax on internet companies – such as Google, Facebook and Amazon – at an informal meeting of European Union finance ministers in Bratislava at the weekend, Hungarian news agency MTI reported. The commonly cited “Google tax” has been mentioned several times by the Hungarian government lately.
Varga: Strong National Economies Key To Europe’s Rebound After Brexit
- 13 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Sovereign national economies are key to Europe regaining its competitiveness after Britain’s exit from the bloc, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told a meeting of the EU’s finance ministers in Brussels. The EU ministers met to discuss, among other things, measures that need to be taken at the national and EU levels to offset the negative effects of Brexit, a statement from the economy ministry said.
US - Hungary Business Council: Hungary Good Place To Invest
- 23 May 2016 10:00 AM
- business
American investors think the environment for doing business in Hungary is good, the chairman of the American-Hungarian Business Council said in daily Magyar Hirlap on Saturday. Almost 800 US businesses have invested in Hungary, Eric Stewart told the paper. It’s important for Hungary to create opportunities for foreign companies to invest in the country, he added.
Hungarian CBank Cuts Base Rate 15 Bp
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian rate-setters cut the base rate by 15 basis points to 1.05% at a meeting on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also narrowed its interest rate corridor, a band around the base rate that prevents extreme fluctuations of interbank rates, bringing the overnight collateralised loan rate to 1.30% while keeping the O/N central bank ...
IMF Revised Upward Hungary’s Economic Growth Estimate
- 7 Oct 2015 9:50 AM
- business
Scheduled to coincide with its regular annual meeting organized this year in Lima, Peru, the International Monetary Fund published the latest World Economic Outlook, a study on global growth prospects. In comparison to estimates published in March 2015, the organization once again upwardly revised the economic growth forecast for 2015, raising it by 0.3 percentage points to 3.0 percent of GDP, ...
Hungary May Become Central-Europe’s Growth Hub
- 5 Oct 2015 11:00 AM
- business
Hungary has the capacity to become Central-Europe’s growth hub, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening ceremony of the Bank of China’s RMB clearing centre in Hungary. Let us believe the Chinese (...), if they chose Budapest as their regional centre, there must plenty of steam, potential and future in this country (...). We are able to increase even our current economic performance, with ...