News tagged "hungary"

Hungary frees fraud case Britons (BBC News)

on Feb 28, 2010 via YahooNews

Two men held in jail in Hungary on fraud charges after the collapse of their timeshare business are freed.

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British men released from Hungarian jail condemn European arrest laws (Daily Telegraph)

on Feb 28, 2010 via YahooNews

Two British men released from jail in Hungary, where they had been held without charge, have criticised the "unfair" European laws that led to their imprisonment.

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Hungary takes responsibility for drafting Danube Strategy, says PM Bajnai (Budapest Business Journal)

on Feb 26, 2010 via YahooNews

Hungary assumes a specific responsibility for drafting the EU's Danube Strategy as the document will be up for approval during its EU presidency in the first half of 2011, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said in Budapest.

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

on Feb 26, 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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Hungarian Borrowing Costs May Decline, Borbely Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)

on Feb 26, 2010 via YahooNews

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Hungary?s longer-maturity government bonds have room to decline even as the central bank may be close to ending its series of interest-rate cuts, a top official at the state debt agency said.

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Civic groups seek halt to Hungary MotoGP racetrack (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

on Feb 26, 2010 via YahooNews

Civic groups are asking Hungary's government to suspend financial support for Balatonring, the country's MotoGP racetrack under construction. Transparency International Hungary, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and K-Monitor, a group of anti-corruption activists, say the government should make public a feasibility study about Balatonring by global accounting firm KPMG before committing...

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

on Feb 23, 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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Hungary's Economic Sentiment Improves Further In February - GKI (INO News)

on Feb 22, 2010 via YahooNews

(RTTNews) - Hungary's economic sentiment improved further in February, independent economic think tank GKI said on Monday. The economic sentiment indicator rose to minus 22.4 in February from minus 23.3 in January.

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Hungary Visitor Arrivals Up 3% In 2009 (INO News)

on Feb 22, 2010 via YahooNews

(RTTNews) - Visitor arrivals to Hungary increased in the whole of 2009 increased 3% from 2008 to 41 million, the country's Central Statistical Office said on Monday.

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In Hungary, Potential Lessons for Greece (New York Times)

on Feb 22, 2010 via YahooNews

The experience of Hungary suggests just why the euro retains its allure to so many of the emerging countries of Europe.

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Hungary to Cut Key Interest Rate to Record Low, Survey Shows (Bloomberg)

on Feb 22, 2010 via YahooNews

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary will probably cut its key interest rate to the lowest since the fall of communism 20 years ago as policy makers seek to revive growth after the worst recession in 18 years.

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Exxon Mobil suspends Hungary exploration project (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

on Feb 20, 2010 via YahooNews

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday it suspended exploration operations in southeast Hungary after well tests proved disappointing.

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Hungary, Croatia sign agreement on cross-border power line (Budapest Business Journal)

on Feb 20, 2010 via YahooNews

The energy ministers of Hungary and Croatia signed a cooperation agreement on building and operating an electrical power line between the two countries in Budapest.

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