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EU

Association: Most malls to stay open Sundays

Most shopping malls will stay open after the Sunday closing legislation takes effect on March 15, the Hungarian Mall Association...

Visits

MPs approve legislation classifying Paks deal confidential for 30 years

The Hungarian Parliament voted today to classify some of the data contained in the contracts for the expansion on Hungary’s...

Visits

Analysis: Putin gains little from BP visit

The following story, written by Pavel Shchelin, is from the February 27-March 12 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

EU

EC launches infringement procedure against Hungary

The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary on charges that the country’s energy regulations fail to comply...

Visits

PM: Hungarians ‘politically incorrect by nature’

In a genuine economic breakthrough, the Hungarian economy grew last year, without that growth being mostly derived from foreign loans,...

EU

Survey: EU popularity grows in Hungary

Hungarians' views on the European Union are becoming more positive and its institutions are trusted at an above average rate,...

Int'l Relations

Colleen Bell opens contest for Hungarians

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell opened a contest for Hungarians to help her get to know the country and...

Visits

Report: Bell meets PM Orbán

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell reportedly met Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán yesterday evening at a dinner party at...

Int'l Relations

Hungarian-Turkish summit has begun

Hungary’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó will meet with Turkish economy minister Nihat Zeybekci and foreign minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu during a...

Visits

Growing concerns over Paks upgrade

European officials have warned that the energy agreement between Hungary and Russia regarding the upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power...

Int'l Relations

British, Hungarian foreign ministers to meet on Thursday

British foreign minister Philip Hammond (pictured) is scheduled to visit the Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó on Thursday on the...

Visits

EC: Brussels has no further details regarding Putin’s visit to Hungary

The European Commission (EC) has received no further details regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Hungary apart from those...

Visits

Romania’s Hellvig: Hungary a threat to European security

MEP and member of Romania’s National Liberal Party, Eduard Hellvig (pictured), addressed the “threat to the EU” posed by Hungary’s...

EU

Austrian chief says Spar to stay in Hungary

Spar supermarket chain has no intention of pulling out of Hungary, though the company objects to some regulations in the...

Int'l Relations

Szijjártó meets Kazakh Prime Minister

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov in Astana yesterday....

EU

Association: Most malls to stay open Sundays

Most shopping malls will stay open after the Sunday closing legislation takes effect on March 15, the Hungarian Mall Association...

Visits

MPs approve legislation classifying Paks deal confidential for 30 years

The Hungarian Parliament voted today to classify some of the data contained in the contracts for the expansion on Hungary’s...

Visits

Analysis: Putin gains little from BP visit

The following story, written by Pavel Shchelin, is from the February 27-March 12 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

EU

EC launches infringement procedure against Hungary

The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary on charges that the country’s energy regulations fail to comply...

Visits

PM: Hungarians ‘politically incorrect by nature’

In a genuine economic breakthrough, the Hungarian economy grew last year, without that growth being mostly derived from foreign loans,...

EU

Survey: EU popularity grows in Hungary

Hungarians' views on the European Union are becoming more positive and its institutions are trusted at an above average rate,...

Int'l Relations

Colleen Bell opens contest for Hungarians

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell opened a contest for Hungarians to help her get to know the country and...

Visits

Report: Bell meets PM Orbán

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell reportedly met Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán yesterday evening at a dinner party at...

Int'l Relations

Hungarian-Turkish summit has begun

Hungary’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó will meet with Turkish economy minister Nihat Zeybekci and foreign minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu during a...

Visits

Growing concerns over Paks upgrade

European officials have warned that the energy agreement between Hungary and Russia regarding the upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power...

Int'l Relations

British, Hungarian foreign ministers to meet on Thursday

British foreign minister Philip Hammond (pictured) is scheduled to visit the Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó on Thursday on the...

Visits

EC: Brussels has no further details regarding Putin’s visit to Hungary

The European Commission (EC) has received no further details regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Hungary apart from those...

Visits

Romania’s Hellvig: Hungary a threat to European security

MEP and member of Romania’s National Liberal Party, Eduard Hellvig (pictured), addressed the “threat to the EU” posed by Hungary’s...

EU

Austrian chief says Spar to stay in Hungary

Spar supermarket chain has no intention of pulling out of Hungary, though the company objects to some regulations in the...

Int'l Relations

Szijjártó meets Kazakh Prime Minister

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov in Astana yesterday....

Association: Most malls to stay open Sundays

Most shopping malls will stay open after the Sunday closing legislation takes effect on March 15, the Hungarian Mall Association...

MPs approve legislation classifying Paks deal confidential for 30 years

The Hungarian Parliament voted today to classify some of the data contained in the contracts for the expansion on Hungary’s...

Analysis: Putin gains little from BP visit

The following story, written by Pavel Shchelin, is from the February 27-March 12 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

EC launches infringement procedure against Hungary

The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary on charges that the country’s energy regulations fail to comply...

PM: Hungarians ‘politically incorrect by nature’

In a genuine economic breakthrough, the Hungarian economy grew last year, without that growth being mostly derived from foreign loans,...

Survey: EU popularity grows in Hungary

Hungarians' views on the European Union are becoming more positive and its institutions are trusted at an above average rate,...

Colleen Bell opens contest for Hungarians

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell opened a contest for Hungarians to help her get to know the country and...

Report: Bell meets PM Orbán

U.S. ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell reportedly met Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán yesterday evening at a dinner party at...

Hungarian-Turkish summit has begun

Hungary’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó will meet with Turkish economy minister Nihat Zeybekci and foreign minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu during a...

Growing concerns over Paks upgrade

European officials have warned that the energy agreement between Hungary and Russia regarding the upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power...

British, Hungarian foreign ministers to meet on Thursday

British foreign minister Philip Hammond (pictured) is scheduled to visit the Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó on Thursday on the...

EC: Brussels has no further details regarding Putin’s visit to Hungary

The European Commission (EC) has received no further details regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Hungary apart from those...

Romania’s Hellvig: Hungary a threat to European security

MEP and member of Romania’s National Liberal Party, Eduard Hellvig (pictured), addressed the “threat to the EU” posed by Hungary’s...

Austrian chief says Spar to stay in Hungary

Spar supermarket chain has no intention of pulling out of Hungary, though the company objects to some regulations in the...

Szijjártó meets Kazakh Prime Minister

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov in Astana yesterday....