Ruling parties stay ahead
Some 32 percent of all voters supported the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats in a survey by Nézőpont Institute. The radical nationalist Jobbik party stayed at 12 percent, the opposition Socialists lost[…]
Some 32 percent of all voters supported the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats in a survey by Nézőpont Institute. The radical nationalist Jobbik party stayed at 12 percent, the opposition Socialists lost[…]
President János Áder has returned a law to Parliament under which the ownership of central Budapest’s Erzsebet tér would have been transferred from the city to the Hungarian state. Áder[…]
The opposition Dialogue party says it will file a complaint over some trees that were cut down on Budapest’s Bocskai utca. Richard Barabas, the party’s local council representative, said he[…]
Police have discovered a new cache of weapons and ammunition suspected of being connected with the extremist Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal, or Hungarian National Front, paramilitary organisation. During a house search[…]
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says that in his phone conversation with Donald Trump the US president-elect invited him to Washington. “Trump made it clear during the conversation that he had[…]
Yossi Amrani, Israel’s new ambassador to Hungary, has presented his credentials to President János Áder and says he will seek to convey his country’s message of co-operation to the Hungarian[…]
Hungarian banks’ combined after-tax profit in the first three quarters of 2016 almost tripled year-on-year to HUF 416.2 billion from HUF 141.6 billion on a big drop in risk costs,[…]
The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council left the central bank’s base rate on hold at 0.90pc at its latest policy meeting, a decision in line with expectations. The council[…]
The corporate tax rate will be cut to a flat 9 percent next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has told a conference. The rate would apply to big companies as[…]
The National Commerce Association (OKSZ) says retail sales could rise significantly during the holiday season. In December alone sales could top HUF 1000 billion and be up by more than[…]