EU to Push Ahead With Global Minimum Tax Despite Opposition According to the economic news portal Világgazdaság, the EU is set to revisit its plans to introduce the US initiated... 2022.12.06.
ECB resists calls to Curb Banks’ Huge Profits According to the Financial Times, European governments could be set to follow in Hungary’s footsteps in introducing a range of... 2022.10.27.
Hungarians Can Only Refuel Once a Day at MOL Petrol Stations Lukoil limited the amount of fuel, as a result of which Hungarians can only refuel 20 liters on low-pressure wells... 2022.08.08.
Hungarian Parliament Rejects EU Directive on Global Minimum Tax Parliament adopted a resolution on Tuesday opposing a planned European Union directive on introducing a global minimum tax on large... 2022.06.22.
Trade Association Says Extra Profit Tax Cannot Be Interpreted in Current Form The Hungarian Trade Association (OKSZ) wants to reach an agreement with the government to ensure the safety of goods, as... 2022.05.30.
Press Roundup: Opposing Takes on Government’s Windfall Taxes A liberal news site predicts that the newly announced special taxes will trigger an infringement procedure by the European Commission.... 2022.05.28.
GKI CEO on Govt’s Windfall Taxes: ‘No Such Thing as Extra Profit’ According to the CEO of GKI Economic Research Zrt., there is no such thing as extra profit, and he does... 2022.05.27.
PM Orbán: Responsible, ‘Feisty’ Government Needed Hungary needs a feisty, responsible government that unites the country while showing the necessary strength, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said... 2022.05.24.
Companies Increase Membership Fees Following Budapest Taxi Tariff Hike Just a week after Budapest raised the official uniform tariffs on the city's taxis, several taxi companies have already decided... 2022.05.16.
Budapest Taxis Drastically Raising Fares The cost of taking a taxi in the capital will rise by one third from Monday, on the back of... 2022.05.09.
Taxi Fares to Become a Lot More Expensive in Budapest from May Taxi fares in the Hungarian capital are about to drastically increase: from 9 May, the basic fare will rise from... 2022.04.14.
Budapest Assembly Approves Measures to Help Ukraine Refugees The Budapest municipal assembly on Wednesday approved several measures aimed at helping refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. The municipal... 2022.04.14.
PM Orbán: ‘We See Hungary’s Future in EU, NATO’ Hungary's election winners and government believe in the concept of the nation state and see the country's future in the... 2022.04.06.
First Large Wave of Refugees Arrives in Budapest The first trains with refugees from Ukraine have arrived at Budapest's Nyugati station, while at the same time more and... 2022.03.01.
Taxi Tariffs in Budapest to be Raised Soon Pointing to inflation, increased fuel and car prices, Budapest taxi drivers want to hike their kilometer fare up by more... 2022.02.17.
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s First Head of State after Regime Change, Born 100 Years Ago Árpád Göncz, the first democratically-elected head of state after the regime change, was born 100 years ago today. Göncz was... 2022.02.10.
Taxi Drivers Demonstrate for Fare Rise Around 200 taxi drivers drove their cars around Heroes' Square in Budapest on Wednesday, to draw attention to their demands... 2022.02.03.
Finance Minister: EU Withholding Hungary Recovery Funds for Political Reasons The European Union's decision to withhold Poland and Hungary's coronavirus recovery funding "clearly is politically motivated", Hungarian Finance Minister Mihály... 2022.01.18.
LMP Pledges to Set up ‘Green Ministry’ The opposition LMP party on Wednesday pledged to set up a "green ministry" and to stop environmental destruction should the... 2021.12.29.
Central Bank Chief: Gov’t Should Not Buy Back Budapest Airport Bad timing, inflated price, new trends emerging in the world economy, and a need to reduce Budapest's overhead within Hungary,... 2021.12.09.
PMO Head: Gov’t Committed to ‘Protecting Utility Bill Cuts’ Hungary's government opposes a tax Brussels wants to impose on home and car owners on the grounds of fighting climate... 2021.10.21.