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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-24 09:32 TABLE-Hungary cbank publishes new economic forecasts (Interactive Investor)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Hungary's central bank (NBH) published its quarterly inflation report with detailed economic forecasts on Wednesday.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-24 11:22 UPDATE 1-Hungary cbank sees wider budget gap unless new steps (Interactive Investor)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Hungary's government needs to take further measures to cut its budget deficit to levels agreed with international lenders both this year and next, the central bank said in its quarterly inflation report on Wednesday. The bank (NBH) projected a deficit of 4.2 percent of GDP for 2010, above the 3.8 percent target, and said that freezing all reserves, on top of an ...

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Hungary Proposes ?Triangle? to Diversify Regional Gas Supply (Bloomberg)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said countries in central and eastern Europe should join together and create a ?triangle? of supply points for natural gas to reduce dependence on fuel from Russia.

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Hungarian climate law postponed over job concerns (EurActiv)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

The Hungarian parliament decided not to vote on a draft climate bill in Monday's final plenary sitting, despite strong support from its environment committee a week before. Because Hungary is holding general elections in April, the parliament is not expected to sit again before May, delaying the adoption of the bill. Hungary could have become the second EU member state after the UK to pass an ...

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Hungarian PM initiates gas supply triangle for region (Budapest Business Journal)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai initiated the establishment of a gas supply triangle that would increase energy security in the region at a Visegr?d Four summit in Budapest.

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European leaders discuss energy cooperation at Hungarian summit (EARTHtimes.org)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Budapest - The prime ministers of the Visegrad Four countries Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic discussed regional energy security at a summit in Budapest on Wednesday amid concerns of over dependency on Russian gas. Hungarian Prime Mi...

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Bulgaria PM Will Attend Budapest Energy Security Summit (Novinite.com)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov is scheduled to attend a 2-day energy security summit in the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Photo by travelphotoguide.com

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House Hunting in ... Hungary (New York Times)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Demand remains healthy for upmarket projects with lake frontage in the Lake Balaton region of Hungary.

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Hungary lawmakers make Holocaust denial illegal (JTA)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST (JTA) -- Hungary's Parliament has passed a bill making Holocaust denial a criminal offense.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-23 17:57 INDICATORS - Hungary - Updated on Feb 23 (Interactive Investor)

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BUDAPEST, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Hungary's latest indicators:

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LSE?s Turquoise to Compete With Hungary, Czech Exchanges (Bloomberg)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Turquoise, the pan-European trading system now owned by London Stock Exchange Group Plc , plans to start trading the 25 biggest Hungarian and Czech stocks, clashing directly with the Prague and Budapest stock exchanges and marking the start of competition in the region.

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Outgoing Hungarian PM warns of rise of far right (Deepika)

on Feb 24, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Feb 22 (Reuters) Outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said today Hungary's main parties must join forces to prevent the far right entering parliament in April elections, calling it a ''monster'' that threatens democracy. Hungary will hold elections on April 11 and 25.

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Turquoise and EuroCCP Launch Trading and Clearing Services for Hungarian and Czech Republic Issues (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

LONDON----EuroCCP and Turquoise today announce they have expanded their respective clearing and trading services into two additional markets, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The move makes Turquoise the first multilateral trading facility to offer trading and EuroCCP the first pan-European CCP to offer clearing services in the 25 components of the main Hungarian and Czech indices?the BUX and PX ...

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Hungary to Cut Record Rate Once More, Survey Shows (Update1) (Bloomberg)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Hungarian monetary policy makers, who yesterday cut the country?s benchmark interest rate to a record low, may decrease borrowing costs one more time before ending the easing cycle, according to a survey of economists.

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Hungary's central bank cuts rate to all-time low of 5.75 per cent (EARTHtimes.org)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Budapest - The Hungarian National Bank cut its base rate from 6 to 5.75 per cent on Monday, the lowest rate in the country's 20 years as a free-market economy. The rate cut continued a gradual trimming back since a hike to 11.5 per cent in October 20...

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?429m project raises treated sewage levels close to 100% in Budapest (Budapest Business Journal)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

A ?429 million sewerage project in Budapest has raised the proportion of treated wastewater that flows into the Danube to nearly a hundred percent, officials said at a press conference to mark the half-way mark of a test run of the Hungarian capital's new wastewater treatment plant.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-22 14:43 HIGHLIGHTS-Hungary's central bank on interest rates (Interactive Investor)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Following are highlights of the Hungarian central bank's (NBH) statement on its rate meeting, and a news conference with Governor Andras Simor. The bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent on Monday.

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Hungary's key interest rate cut to record low (San Francisco Chronicle)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

The National Bank of Hungary on Monday cut its main interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.75 percent, its lowest level ever, to help the economy out of the economic downturn. The cut, to take effect Feb. 23, was in line with analysts' expectations,... Recession - Economy - Interest rate - Hungarian National Bank - Percentage point

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Hungary makes new effort to ban Holocaust denial (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary's parliament has approved a bill making Holocaust denial punishable by up to three years in prison, but the measure may be unconstitutional.Lawmakers in Budapest on Monday passed the bill submitted by Attila Mesterhazy, the prime ministerial candidate of the...

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-22 21:02 INDICATORS - Hungary - Updated on Feb 22 (Interactive Investor)

on Feb 23, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Hungary's latest indicators:

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