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Tax office extends reach

9. September 2016 - by BT in Brief

The government will electronically connect food and drink vending machines to the national tax authority (NAV), according to a decree in the official gazette, Magyar Közlöny. The Ministry of National[…]

Introduce a law, tweak it later

4. April 2015 - by Elisabeth Katalin Grabow in Opinion

Hungarians are patient people but only time will tell when the government will slowly make them run out of patience with its new laws that are planned quite badly or[…]

Ministry welcomes liquidity stimulus

1. February 2015 - by BT in Brief

The Ministry of National Economy has welcomed an announcement by the European Central Bank on buying up EUR 60 billion in bonds and other assets every month to encourage economic[…]

The report praised the success of the NBH’s program of growth loans

Hungary on EU course

European Competitiveness Report 2014

27. September 2014 - by Rainer Ackermann in Economy

The Ministry of National Economy evaluated the report published by the European Commission this month as “realistic” and “backing up the economic aspirations of the government”. Things like this don’t[…]

Eat your heart out, Europe

Gross Domestic Product: we’ve got the numbers

6. September 2014 - by Rainer Ackermann in Economy

The series of pleasing macroeconomic numbers has not come to an end yet: the growth indicator neared 4% again in the summer. Since such results have not been recorded in[…]

An already successful startup: the Budapest office of Prezi

Giving innovation a head start

City offers affordable rent and wages plus brain power

4. July 2014 - by Daniel Hirsch in Budapest

A “startup” is a micro-company founded only recently. Many base their business on a creative, fresh and new idea or product. The best become mature companies or, in the case[…]

Three and a half per cent: growth gets going

Crack out the champagne

1. June 2014 - by Rainer Ackermann in Economy

It can take a little time to get used to this number – 3.5% – since the Hungarian economy has not managed to produce even a similar growth rate in[…]

The National Bank, led by György Matolcsy, is helping the government in the fight against the high foreign
exchange debt
(Photo: Hetek)

Reducing external vulnerability

National Bank finds new solutions

10. May 2014 - by Rainer Ackermann in Economy

The Hungarian National Bank has announced a new program to reduce the high gross overseas debt and the demand for international refinancing. As a core element of the plan, the[…]