News tagged "hungary"

Hungary to Strip Private Pension Fund Members of State Pensions Benefits

on Nov 25, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary will strip private pension fund members of their state pensions unless they move retirement savings back to the government-run program, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy said today in Budapest.

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Hungary: Near Death, Communist Dictator Sought a Priest

on Nov 24, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary?s last Communist dictator, Janos Kadar, met a priest shortly before he died, former Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth disclosed, two decades after Kadar?s death.

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State secretary calls for closer economic ties between Hungary, Serbia

on Nov 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary and Serbia need a more intensive trade and investment relationship, state secretary Zsolt Becsey said on Tuesday, at the end of a two-day meeting of the Serbian-Hungarian Mixed Economic Committed in Belgrade.

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Hungary Plans to Reduce Budget Spending by $3.9 Billion, Matolcsy Says

on Nov 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary, the most indebted eastern European Union country, is planning a package of as much as 800 billion forint ($3.9 billion) in spending cuts to put the budget on a sustainable footing, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy said.

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Hungary's communist dictator summoned priest before dying

on Nov 23, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Nov. 23 (Reuters Life!) - Hungary's last communist dictator Janos Kadar met a priest at his own request shortly before he died, former Hungarian Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth revealed on Tuesday, two decades after Kadar's death.

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Hungary relics to aid sludge victims

on Nov 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary has decided to auction its communist relics to help victims of last month's catastrophic red sludge flood which killed and injured more than 100 people.

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Forint to Gain on Hungary Pension Conversion, KBC, Barclays Say

on Nov 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary?s forint, the worst performing emerging-market currency in the past year, will probably rally in 2011 as the government seeks to use private pension fund assets to plug its budget shortfall, according to KBC Groep NV, Barclays Capital and UniCredit SpA.

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'Happy that Hungary is not in eurozone' ? Hungarian PM Viktor Orban

on Nov 23, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb?n has said that given the current financial instability the eurozone finds itself in at the moment, he is ?happy that Hungary is not in the Eurozone.?

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Forint to Rally as Hungary Converts Pension Fund Assets, KBC, Barclays Say

on Nov 22, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary?s forint, the worst performing emerging-market currency in the past year, will probably rally in 2011 as the government seeks to use private pension fund assets to plug its budget shortfall, according to KBC Groep NV, Barclays Capital and UniCredit SpA.

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Hungary Residential Gas Prices To Rise Up To 9.3% In January

on Nov 19, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary Residential Gas Prices To Rise Up To 9.3% In January

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Hungarian court: Emfesz sale to Swiss RosGas unlawful

on Nov 19, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary's Supreme Court on November 17, 2010, confirmed that the Hungarian Energy Office (HEO), that country's energy regulator, acted unlawfully when it approved the transfer of Hungarian energy trader Emfesz Kft to Swiss-based RosGas AG in April 2009 for the sum of $1.

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Hungary beats Lithuania 2-0 in friendly

on Nov 18, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary defeated Lithuania 2-0 in a friendly thanks to second-half goals by Tamas Priskin and Balazs Dzsudzsak on Wednesday. Hungary dominated the first half with aggressive, quick attacks, and clear scoring chances by Dzsudzsak and Adam Szalai were thwarted by excellent saves from Lithuania goalkeeper Zydrunas Karcemarskas.

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Your morning adorable: Sumatran orangutan baby at the Budapest Zoo

on Nov 18, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary's Budapest Zoo has had a big year for endangered ape births -- both a Sumatran orangutan baby, above, and a western lowland gorilla baby were born there in 2010. Sumatran orangutans and western lowland gorillas are both considered critically...

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Hungary plays down threats

on Nov 18, 2010 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST. Hungarian officials yesterday played down the threat of disastrous pollution to the Danube river from an industrial accident in Hungary, while its prime minister said the situation was under control.

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Hungary's Parliament Approves 2011 Tax Bill - Agency

on Nov 16, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary's Parliament Approves 2011 Tax Bill - Agency

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Hungary-Ukraine energy cooperation should be put on new foundations

on Nov 16, 2010 via YahooNews

Bilateral operation in the field of energy between Hungary and Ukraine should be placed on new foundations, with new participants involved and should be significantly expanded, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb?n said in Kiev.

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Ukraine and Hungary to intensify bilateral cooperation

on Nov 16, 2010 via YahooNews

In order to enhance bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and Hungary, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov proposes to hold the first quarter of 2011 a session of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Hungarian commission, according to the Department of Information and Communications of the Secretariat of the CMU.

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Hungarian parliament curbs court, gets unfettered budget powers

on Nov 16, 2010 via YahooNews

Budapest - Prime Minister Viktor Orban's centre-right alliance on Tuesday stripped Hungary's Constitutional Court of the power to review legislation on key issues of economic policy.

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Hungary Sept. Industrial Output Growth Slows

on Nov 13, 2010 via YahooNews

(RTTNews) - Hungary's industrial output increased at a slower pace in September, a final report by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office showed on Friday.

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Hungary's toxic sludge reaches Ukraine

on Nov 13, 2010 via YahooNews

KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Water contaminants from a toxic discharge from an aluminum plant in Hungary have reached Ukrainian waters, scientists discovered.

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