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Translog Connect Congress: Gathering with an edge

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Kickstarted by TEG Group in 2011 for the first time, TRANSLOG Connect Congress...

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New US Ambassador to “work tirelessly to uphold democratic values”

Television producer/large-scale Obama campaign contributor Colleen Bradley Bell is getting ready to assume her post as US ambassador to Hungary;...

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“Urgent” upgrade needed for Hungaroring

Both a spokesperson and CEO of Hungaroring Sports have recently publicly stated that Budapest’s Formula One racetrack is in need...

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Parliament could consider 9% personal income-tax rate next autumn

Hungary’s parliament could consider lowering Hungary’s flat-rate personal income tax to 9% from the current 16% next autumn when considering...

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Skanska takes CEE award for Green House

Real estate company Skanska Property Hungary took home a nice prize from last week’s third annual Europa Property CEE Green...

Social

Secret for MICE tourism: Compensate creatively

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Starting and driving a Trabant, especially for those raised on modern four-cylinder engines,...

Music

MNB: Hungary-based banks profitable thus far in 2013

Hungarian banks limited by shares had combined after-tax of HUF 36.2 billion in Q1-Q3, compared to a loss of HUF...

Music

Gen gov’t deficit reaches 84.5% of full-year target in October

Hungary’s cash flow-based general government deficit, excluding local councils, reached HUF 887.7 billion at the end of October or 84.5%...

Music

Banks hammered with HUF 9.5 billion fine for “cartel activity”

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) announced today that 11 banks representing a combined market share of nearly 91% in the...

Social

Question for Hungarians: Facebook or sex?

Using Facebook takes an hour away from the average Hungarian’s life. Work time and bedtime equally affected – so say...

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EBRD chairman, Orbán discuss SMEs, technology export

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed the role of SMEs and the export of technology at a meeting with European Bank...

Music

Good news for OTP, K&H; RBI considers position

Yesterday was busy in terms of bank-related news, and BBJ rounds up three of the bigger stories from the headlines...

Music

Electricity distributors ELMŰ, ÉMÁSz show declining profit

The profits of Hungarian electricity distributors ELMŰ and ÉMÁSz declined during the first three quarters of 2013, consolidated interim management...

Music

MOL takes HUF 30 billion loss for Q3 on refinery shutdown

Hungary-based oil-and-gas company MOL today reported a third-quarter loss of HUF 30.0 billion because of a write-down on the assets...

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Varga, analysts: 2013 GDP growth could reach 1%

Hungary’s economy could grow by 1% this year, analysts told MTI on Thursday, after the Central Statistics Office (KSH) published...

Conferences

Translog Connect Congress: Gathering with an edge

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Kickstarted by TEG Group in 2011 for the first time, TRANSLOG Connect Congress...

Conferences

New US Ambassador to “work tirelessly to uphold democratic values”

Television producer/large-scale Obama campaign contributor Colleen Bradley Bell is getting ready to assume her post as US ambassador to Hungary;...

Social

“Urgent” upgrade needed for Hungaroring

Both a spokesperson and CEO of Hungaroring Sports have recently publicly stated that Budapest’s Formula One racetrack is in need...

Conferences

Parliament could consider 9% personal income-tax rate next autumn

Hungary’s parliament could consider lowering Hungary’s flat-rate personal income tax to 9% from the current 16% next autumn when considering...

Conferences

Skanska takes CEE award for Green House

Real estate company Skanska Property Hungary took home a nice prize from last week’s third annual Europa Property CEE Green...

Social

Secret for MICE tourism: Compensate creatively

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Starting and driving a Trabant, especially for those raised on modern four-cylinder engines,...

Music

MNB: Hungary-based banks profitable thus far in 2013

Hungarian banks limited by shares had combined after-tax of HUF 36.2 billion in Q1-Q3, compared to a loss of HUF...

Music

Gen gov’t deficit reaches 84.5% of full-year target in October

Hungary’s cash flow-based general government deficit, excluding local councils, reached HUF 887.7 billion at the end of October or 84.5%...

Music

Banks hammered with HUF 9.5 billion fine for “cartel activity”

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) announced today that 11 banks representing a combined market share of nearly 91% in the...

Social

Question for Hungarians: Facebook or sex?

Using Facebook takes an hour away from the average Hungarian’s life. Work time and bedtime equally affected – so say...

Conferences

EBRD chairman, Orbán discuss SMEs, technology export

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed the role of SMEs and the export of technology at a meeting with European Bank...

Music

Good news for OTP, K&H; RBI considers position

Yesterday was busy in terms of bank-related news, and BBJ rounds up three of the bigger stories from the headlines...

Music

Electricity distributors ELMŰ, ÉMÁSz show declining profit

The profits of Hungarian electricity distributors ELMŰ and ÉMÁSz declined during the first three quarters of 2013, consolidated interim management...

Music

MOL takes HUF 30 billion loss for Q3 on refinery shutdown

Hungary-based oil-and-gas company MOL today reported a third-quarter loss of HUF 30.0 billion because of a write-down on the assets...

Conferences

Varga, analysts: 2013 GDP growth could reach 1%

Hungary’s economy could grow by 1% this year, analysts told MTI on Thursday, after the Central Statistics Office (KSH) published...

Translog Connect Congress: Gathering with an edge

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Kickstarted by TEG Group in 2011 for the first time, TRANSLOG Connect Congress...

New US Ambassador to “work tirelessly to uphold democratic values”

Television producer/large-scale Obama campaign contributor Colleen Bradley Bell is getting ready to assume her post as US ambassador to Hungary;...

“Urgent” upgrade needed for Hungaroring

Both a spokesperson and CEO of Hungaroring Sports have recently publicly stated that Budapest’s Formula One racetrack is in need...

Parliament could consider 9% personal income-tax rate next autumn

Hungary’s parliament could consider lowering Hungary’s flat-rate personal income tax to 9% from the current 16% next autumn when considering...

Skanska takes CEE award for Green House

Real estate company Skanska Property Hungary took home a nice prize from last week’s third annual Europa Property CEE Green...

Secret for MICE tourism: Compensate creatively

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Starting and driving a Trabant, especially for those raised on modern four-cylinder engines,...

MNB: Hungary-based banks profitable thus far in 2013

Hungarian banks limited by shares had combined after-tax of HUF 36.2 billion in Q1-Q3, compared to a loss of HUF...

Gen gov’t deficit reaches 84.5% of full-year target in October

Hungary’s cash flow-based general government deficit, excluding local councils, reached HUF 887.7 billion at the end of October or 84.5%...

Banks hammered with HUF 9.5 billion fine for “cartel activity”

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) announced today that 11 banks representing a combined market share of nearly 91% in the...

Question for Hungarians: Facebook or sex?

Using Facebook takes an hour away from the average Hungarian’s life. Work time and bedtime equally affected – so say...

EBRD chairman, Orbán discuss SMEs, technology export

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed the role of SMEs and the export of technology at a meeting with European Bank...

Good news for OTP, K&H; RBI considers position

Yesterday was busy in terms of bank-related news, and BBJ rounds up three of the bigger stories from the headlines...

Electricity distributors ELMŰ, ÉMÁSz show declining profit

The profits of Hungarian electricity distributors ELMŰ and ÉMÁSz declined during the first three quarters of 2013, consolidated interim management...

MOL takes HUF 30 billion loss for Q3 on refinery shutdown

Hungary-based oil-and-gas company MOL today reported a third-quarter loss of HUF 30.0 billion because of a write-down on the assets...

Varga, analysts: 2013 GDP growth could reach 1%

Hungary’s economy could grow by 1% this year, analysts told MTI on Thursday, after the Central Statistics Office (KSH) published...