Aperitime – Italian business
As usual, the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Hungary has setted up the event “Aperitime”, a moment of sharing inspired by the Italian tradition of “Aperitivo”. The event took place[…]
Eastern Europe is running very fast
Interview with Tommy Fagerlund, speaker at the upcoming Baltic SSC conference
Tommy Fagerlund is managing director of Thule, a shared services centre (SSC) based in Lithuania and mainly doing back office for financial services of Skandia, one of Sweden’s largest insurance[…]
Into the SSCs of tomorrow
Shared service centre leaders look to even greater importance
The upcoming Baltic Strategic Shared Services Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, will be an international convention gathering top managers from around Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordic region to share[…]
India, Hungary press ahead
Further economic ties seen in many sectors
Many opportunities exist for further investments by Indian companies in Hungary as well as Hungarian companies in India, the fourth session of the India-Hungary Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation heard[…]
Smoothing the wheels with black gold
Projected scenarios for crude oil prices and potential impacts on the Hungarian economy
Crude oil has a key role among raw materials, it is an essential component in the functioning of many industries and it constitutes an integral part of world trade. In[…]
Fitch upgrade well earned: Varga
Economy minister attributes success to six years of Fidesz
An upgrade of Hungary back to investment grade by ratings agency Fitch is a result of economic reforms the government started in 2010, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga has[…]
Playing catch-up over startups
Why is Hungary overlooked by international entrepreneurs?
Budapest isn’t the name on the tip of everyone’s tongue when it comes to launching a new business. Instead, the thriving startup scenes of London, Berlin, Stockholm etc are the ones[…]
Analysts rattled by ‘temporary blip’
Slowdowns in EU funds, car factories put brakes on GDP
Hungary’s GDP grew an unadjusted 0.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) has said in a first reading of data. The preliminary number[…]
Optimism is the buzz
GKI-MGYOSZ real estate index at nine-year peak
In January this year the Budapest and the Hungarian real estate market indices of GKI-MGYOSZ were higher than in the previous quarter, in both cases by almost three points. This[…]
Strong progress but still problems
OECD: reforms needed to give backbone to growth
“Strong economic growth has returned” to Hungary, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a survey last Friday, putting GDP growth at 2.5 percent in 2016 and 3[…]
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