French Involvement to Increase in Paks Nuclear Power Plant Hungary is negotiating to further increase the role of the French Framatome in the expansion of the Paks nuclear power... 2023.03.14.
Biden Administration Continues to Exert Financial Pressure on Hungary Individuals and companies alike may be adversely affected by the Biden administration's decision to unilaterally terminate the double taxation treaty... 2023.03.08.
Hungary Partners with France to Put Pressure as Germany Continues to Block Nuclear Technology The Berlin government is still blocking Siemens Energy from delivering the control system for the new Paks reactor units under... 2023.02.15.
Minister of Regional Development Welcomes Success regarding EU Funds The goals set by the Hungarian government in June regarding the EU's RRF funds have been achieved, Minister of Regional... 2022.12.14.
EU Megadeal Promises Hungary Part of its Funds A "megadeal" was struck in Brussels on Monday evening about Hungary's recovery plan, the suspension of its EU funds in... 2022.12.13.
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.
Punishment for Counterfeiting Too Lenient, Think Hungarians Hungarians would take tougher action against counterfeiters and distributors of fakes: in 2022, 60 percent of the population would punish... 2022.11.28.
OECD Improves Growth Forecast for Hungarian Economy The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) raised Hungary's economic growth forecast for this year to 6.0 percent from... 2022.11.23.
International Recognition for the Hungarian Tax System The Hungarian tax system has received further international recognition, as Hungary has moved up to seventh place in the EY... 2022.11.11.
Food Security Cannot Be Achieved Without Lower Energy Prices The sanction policy imposed by Brussels must be changed to curb the rise in food prices and increase food security,... 2022.11.04.
Foreign Media Distorts State Audit Office’s Report A recent report about so-called "pink education" compiled by Hungary’s State Audit Office (SAO/ÁSZ) has caused an uproar both in... 2022.08.29.
After Budapest, London May also Opt Out of Global Minimum Tax Hungary has said "no" to the global minimum tax, which led the US to break its double tax treaty with... 2022.08.22.
Foreign Committee Head Thanks US Senators for Their Support to Hungary On Wednesday, Zsolt Németh, the head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, thanked Republican Senator Jim Risch and two other US... 2022.07.14.
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.
American Tax Reform Advocacy Group Praises the Hungarian Government’s Opposition to Minimum Corporate Tax “Hungary is wise to reject the global minimum tax proposal that would significantly damage the valuable tax competition among countries... 2022.06.17.
Much Like the Western World, Hungary Faces Nursing Shortage One of the most pressing issues in the Hungarian health sector is the shortage of nurses, G7 reports. However, this... 2022.06.13.
Foreign Minister Calls Carbon Tax ‘Insane Idea’ Hungary's Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, has called the proposed EU carbon tax on drivers of conventional cars "insane." After a... 2022.06.10.
Hungary Competition Office, OECD Hold Training for Judges in Budapest Hungary's competition office (GVH) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) held a training on competition law to... 2022.05.30.
High Shortage and Workload with Low Salaries in Hungarian Public Education, EC Country Report Finds The teacher shortage is an escalating problem in Hungary, as the number of teaching hours for Hungarian teachers is very... 2022.05.24.
Press Roundup: Inflation Higher, Growth Rate Lower than Expected Economists across the political spectrum investigate the causes and possible remedies of soaring inflation. Hungarian press roundup by budapost.eu Background information:... 2022.05.02.
Covid School Closures May Set Back Future Salaries of Today’s Students for Decades School closures introduced as a result of the coronavirus will affect employment prospects for decades and significantly reduce expected wages,... 2022.02.20.