September 16, 2009, 8:03 amA WHO committee meeting nominated Zsuzsanna Jakab as the next European Regional Director of the organization, InfoRádió reported. The first official from the CEE region to head an EU agency, Jakab has...
September 14, 2009, 2:39 pm“If we do a good job, this should be the last crisis management budget for Hungary, at least for the current recession cycle," Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said in his keynote address at...
September 14, 2009, 9:29 amRight-wing opposition leader Fidesz is currently supported by 60% of voters in Hungary, while the governing Socialists would receive 23% votes if the country had a general ballot next Sunday, the latest...
September 1, 2009, 12:50 pmUS President Barack Obama will presumably nominate Indiana businesswoman Marni McKinney as the next ambassador to Budapest, Hungarian newswire MTI reported, citing “one of the heads of the Hungarian...
August 31, 2009, 3:53 pmAn MP of Hungary's main centre-right opposition party Fidesz has called on the police to ban a Gay Pride march scheduled for 5 September in the capital city of Budapest. Ilona Ékes, a member of the Parliament's...
August 25, 2009, 3:59 pmHungary's government is scheduled to discuss the first draft of the 2010 budget at an extraordinary cabinet meeting on September 1. The final version may be approved by government ministers on September...
July 28, 2009, 2:33 pmPrime Minister Gordon Bajnai has announced a hiring freeze for in the public sector, Government Spokesperson Domokos Szollár said. The hiring freeze includes all state employees except law enforcement...
July 13, 2009, 8:48 amHungary's Free Democrats (SZDSZ) elected Attila Retkes its new President to replace Gábor Fodor who resigned after the party's stunningly poor performance in European elections in early June. Retkes called...
July 3, 2009, 4:06 pm“Although the situation has improved compared to March when S&P downgraded Hungary, overall, the risks are still skewed to the negative side," S&P analyst Kai Stukenbrock told Bloomberg in an interview...
July 3, 2009, 12:13 pmThe Hungarian government is planning to prepare a 2010 budget proposal and submit the bill to Parliament in early September, allowing the latter to finalize the budget in November rather than in late December...
July 1, 2009, 9:29 amMiklós Andrási, an European MP candidate of Hungary's major right-wing party Fidesz, will be named as the new President and CEO of financially struggling state railways company MÁV, news portal Index claimed....
June 30, 2009, 9:24 amThe Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) is not going to initiate early elections after Parliament's final vote on the 2010 budget in November, the party will continue backing PM Gordon Bajnai through the...
June 29, 2009, 3:57 pmPressure on National Bank of Hungary (NBH) Governor András Simor to resign run deeper than disapproval of the awkward way he handled the issue of his Cyprus-based offshore company and personal asset statement...
June 29, 2009, 12:28 pm“Today's vote is not simply a conclusion of Parliament's spring session, the decisions we are going to make today will determine Hungary's fate for a long time ahead," Prime Minster Gordon Bajnai...
June 24, 2009, 6:10 pmHungary's far-right Jobbik party has doubled its voter base by now since May, pollster Tárki has reported on Wednesday. While the lead of main centre-right opposition party Fidesz has shrunk since the...
June 24, 2009, 5:12 pmSupport for Hungary's governing Socialist Party (MSZP) among decided voters have dropped to below 10% for the first time, a recent poll of Nézőpont Intézet has showed on Wednesday. Main centre-right opposition...
June 19, 2009, 3:49 pmPollsters Forsense and Századvég have found that 59% of their 1,000 respondents were satisfied with or even happy about the outcome of European elections held on 7 June in Hungary. Far-right nationalist...
June 10, 2009, 5:35 pmHungary's centre-right opposition will negotiate a new deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next year if it wins parliamentary elections and will focus on boosting growth, while euro adoption...
June 8, 2009, 1:30 pmThe far right wing in Hungary scored much better than polled in Sundays' European Parliamentary elections, while MSZP and SZDSZ, the two parties supporting the minority cabinet, suffered a bigger-than-expected...
June 8, 2009, 9:52 amWhile Hungary's Socialist Party (MSZP) suffered a crushing defeat at Sunday's European Parliamentary elections, Raiffeisen does not believe that the outcome of the polls will lead directly to the collapse...
