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EU

Eurostat: 92% of Hungarian firms have online marketplace

About 92% of Hungarian businesses sell their products or services on their own website or mobile application, according to data...

Visits

Orbán hosts ‘surprise’ visit by Irish counterpart

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Budapest yesterday. The Irish Times and other sources report that...

Visits

Orbán: CEE countries are the economic engine of the EU

The economies of the countries of the CEE region are working, while the EU’s immigration policy has “failed miserably,” Hungarian...

EU

EU statistics reveal high job vacancy rate in Hungary

The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) was 1.9% in the third quarter of 2017, up from 1.6%,...

EU

Hungary low on consumption compared to EU average

According to Eurostat, the EUʼs statistical office, Hungary is among a group of countries that are more than 30% below...

EU

Farmgate prices up 7.3% in October

Agricultural producer prices were 7.3% higher in October 2017 than in the corresponding month of the previous year, which was...

EU

One-third of Hungarians living in deep poverty

Hungary ranked fourth among European countries with the highest material and social deprivation rate in 2016, behind only Romania, Bulgaria...

Int'l Relations

Macron accepts Aderʼs invitation to visit Hungary

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted Hungarian President János Áderʼs invitation to visit Hungary following a meeting yesterday in Paris...

EU

Refugee relocation referral adds to Hungaryʼs legal woes

The European Commission today decided to refer the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to the Court of Justice of the...

EU

European Commission refers Hungary to court over education, NGO laws

The European Commission announced Thursday it has taken the third step in separate infringement proceedings begun against Hungary due to...

Int'l Relations

Export performance of Hungarian SMEs below EU average

The export performance of Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) falls short of the EU average even as Hungarian microenterprises...

Int'l Relations

Ikarus spearheads Hungarian business in Iran

Bus maker Ikarus has signed an agreement with Iran for the export of 1,000 buses, one third of its full-year...

World

Slovak ambassador pans ‘hysteria’ and ‘populism’

"[The EU] is not an authoritarian regime; it is not an illiberal autocracy which you can’t reform. This is a...

Int'l Relations

China-CEE 16+1 Summit spurs flurry of talks, agreements

The China-CEE 16+1 Summit held in Budapest at the beginning of this week resulted in scores of presentations, dozens of...

EU

European figures tell Brussels to cut funding for Hungary

Four senior European figures have called on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to cut off funding to Hungary until “basic...

EU

Eurostat: 92% of Hungarian firms have online marketplace

About 92% of Hungarian businesses sell their products or services on their own website or mobile application, according to data...

Visits

Orbán hosts ‘surprise’ visit by Irish counterpart

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Budapest yesterday. The Irish Times and other sources report that...

Visits

Orbán: CEE countries are the economic engine of the EU

The economies of the countries of the CEE region are working, while the EU’s immigration policy has “failed miserably,” Hungarian...

EU

EU statistics reveal high job vacancy rate in Hungary

The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) was 1.9% in the third quarter of 2017, up from 1.6%,...

EU

Hungary low on consumption compared to EU average

According to Eurostat, the EUʼs statistical office, Hungary is among a group of countries that are more than 30% below...

EU

Farmgate prices up 7.3% in October

Agricultural producer prices were 7.3% higher in October 2017 than in the corresponding month of the previous year, which was...

EU

One-third of Hungarians living in deep poverty

Hungary ranked fourth among European countries with the highest material and social deprivation rate in 2016, behind only Romania, Bulgaria...

Int'l Relations

Macron accepts Aderʼs invitation to visit Hungary

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted Hungarian President János Áderʼs invitation to visit Hungary following a meeting yesterday in Paris...

EU

Refugee relocation referral adds to Hungaryʼs legal woes

The European Commission today decided to refer the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to the Court of Justice of the...

EU

European Commission refers Hungary to court over education, NGO laws

The European Commission announced Thursday it has taken the third step in separate infringement proceedings begun against Hungary due to...

Int'l Relations

Export performance of Hungarian SMEs below EU average

The export performance of Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) falls short of the EU average even as Hungarian microenterprises...

Int'l Relations

Ikarus spearheads Hungarian business in Iran

Bus maker Ikarus has signed an agreement with Iran for the export of 1,000 buses, one third of its full-year...

World

Slovak ambassador pans ‘hysteria’ and ‘populism’

"[The EU] is not an authoritarian regime; it is not an illiberal autocracy which you can’t reform. This is a...

Int'l Relations

China-CEE 16+1 Summit spurs flurry of talks, agreements

The China-CEE 16+1 Summit held in Budapest at the beginning of this week resulted in scores of presentations, dozens of...

EU

European figures tell Brussels to cut funding for Hungary

Four senior European figures have called on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to cut off funding to Hungary until “basic...

Eurostat: 92% of Hungarian firms have online marketplace

About 92% of Hungarian businesses sell their products or services on their own website or mobile application, according to data...

Orbán hosts ‘surprise’ visit by Irish counterpart

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Budapest yesterday. The Irish Times and other sources report that...

Orbán: CEE countries are the economic engine of the EU

The economies of the countries of the CEE region are working, while the EU’s immigration policy has “failed miserably,” Hungarian...

EU statistics reveal high job vacancy rate in Hungary

The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) was 1.9% in the third quarter of 2017, up from 1.6%,...

Hungary low on consumption compared to EU average

According to Eurostat, the EUʼs statistical office, Hungary is among a group of countries that are more than 30% below...

Farmgate prices up 7.3% in October

Agricultural producer prices were 7.3% higher in October 2017 than in the corresponding month of the previous year, which was...

One-third of Hungarians living in deep poverty

Hungary ranked fourth among European countries with the highest material and social deprivation rate in 2016, behind only Romania, Bulgaria...

Macron accepts Aderʼs invitation to visit Hungary

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted Hungarian President János Áderʼs invitation to visit Hungary following a meeting yesterday in Paris...

Refugee relocation referral adds to Hungaryʼs legal woes

The European Commission today decided to refer the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to the Court of Justice of the...

European Commission refers Hungary to court over education, NGO laws

The European Commission announced Thursday it has taken the third step in separate infringement proceedings begun against Hungary due to...

Export performance of Hungarian SMEs below EU average

The export performance of Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) falls short of the EU average even as Hungarian microenterprises...

Ikarus spearheads Hungarian business in Iran

Bus maker Ikarus has signed an agreement with Iran for the export of 1,000 buses, one third of its full-year...

Slovak ambassador pans ‘hysteria’ and ‘populism’

"[The EU] is not an authoritarian regime; it is not an illiberal autocracy which you can’t reform. This is a...

China-CEE 16+1 Summit spurs flurry of talks, agreements

The China-CEE 16+1 Summit held in Budapest at the beginning of this week resulted in scores of presentations, dozens of...

European figures tell Brussels to cut funding for Hungary

Four senior European figures have called on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to cut off funding to Hungary until “basic...