Hungary
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Paks Nuclear Power Plant 20 Year Extension
Paks Nuclear Power Plant 20 Year Extension
December 06, 2014Block 2 of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary has been given a 20 year extension, from the end of this year. [...]
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Hungarian Sunday Shopping Ban
Hungarian Sunday Shopping Ban
December 03, 2014Following the proposal by the minority Christian Democrats (KDNP), a bill proposing that most shops be closed on [...]
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Promising PMI Figures for Central Europe
Promising PMI Figures for Central Europe
December 02, 2014Markit Economics have released impressive PMI figures for November for Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. The [...]
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Rates unchanged despite Hungarian Deflation
Rates unchanged despite Hungarian Deflation
November 26, 2014The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has today kept interest rates unchanged at 2.1%. Hungarian deflation stood at [...]
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Hungary/Czech Entering Russian Orbit, Washington Post
Hungary/Czech Entering Russian Orbit, Washington Post
November 25, 2014Last week, The Washington Post published an article highlighting US fears, that Hungary and The Czech Republic [...]
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Top 5 Economies for Growth Performance, CEE
Top 5 Economies for Growth Performance, CEE
November 16, 2014The majority of Western European Union economies (with the exception of a few), are experiencing stagnation or even [...]
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Top 5 Countries for Internet Quality, CEE
Top 5 Countries for Internet Quality, CEE
November 07, 2014Many factors go into deciding where exactly to invest or start a business in a particular region. One of these is [...]
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South Stream Given Green Light in Hungary
South Stream Given Green Light in Hungary
November 05, 2014The Hungarian Parliament has passed an amended in the law by 131 in favour to 35 against, enabling the construction [...]
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Internet Tax Scrapped, for Now
Internet Tax Scrapped, for Now
November 04, 2014Following scenes of mass protests and occasionally violence in Budapest, Hungary have called off the 2015 [...]
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Up to 100,000 Join Protests in Hungary
Up to 100,000 Join Protests in Hungary
October 29, 2014A second protest in three days was organised in Budapest over the recent proposal of an ‘Internet Tax’ for 2015. [...]
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Top 5 Central & East Europe (CEE) Tourist Destinations
Top 5 Central & East Europe (CEE) Tourist Destinations
October 28, 2014With the advent of budget air travel, EU integration and increasing awareness, many cities in the Central and [...]
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Arrests in Hungary Internet Tax Riots
Arrests in Hungary Internet Tax Riots
October 27, 2014There have been demonstrations and riots in Budapest over proposals for a Hungarian internet bandwidth tax. It was [...]
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Hungary to Hold Interest Rates
Hungary to Hold Interest Rates
October 17, 2014Following a 24 month continuous reduction in rates from 7% to 2.1%, finally Hungary is to stop the downward push in [...]
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No Threat to EU Winter
No Threat to EU Winter
October 09, 2014Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban assured German chancellor Angela Merkel that Hungary would begin [...]
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Bulgaria Preparing for Gas Crisis
Bulgaria Preparing for Gas Crisis
September 30, 2014It appears Bulgaria have now being drawn into Europe’s growing energy crisis. Energy Minsiter, Vasil Shtonov has [...]
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Hungary for more tech Startups
Hungary for more tech Startups
September 11, 2014It is June 2012, and Portfolio.hu is hosting a conference in Budapest, bringing the country’s tech startups [...]
