budget

16/02/2021

Hungary GDP down 5.1 pc yr/yr in 2020

The Q4 figure was a "huge surprise, exceeding the most optimistic forecasts".
15/02/2021

Budapest pays more tax than govt support received, says Mayor Karácsony

"We are fulfilling numerous public tasks without any state support and we are paying extra to the government" #Budapest Mayor #Karácsony
29/01/2021

Innovation minister: Universities ‘winners’ of EU recovery fund

The 1,509 billion forints will be used to fund #universities ???‍??‍?
20/01/2021

Orbán cabinet is very optimistic: economy could grow by up to 6 percent this year

Could #Hungary become forerunner in region?
19/01/2021

Hungarian opposition accuses govt of waging political campaign to ‘punish’ local councils

"At least 280 million euros was being taken away from local councils in an arbitrary and politically motivated way"
14/01/2021

Opposition Párbeszéd lambasts govt’s crisis management

"Orbán had to save the national capitalist class he had created in the interest of political stability" - Mellár
11/01/2021

Pandemic response, economic protection ensured by Hungary’s 2020 central budget, says government

Hungary's deficit is 15.4 billion euros at the end of 2020
05/01/2021

Government working to keep local councils functioning, says official

"The government was taking huge amount away from local councils by halving the local business tax payable by SMEs" - opposition
17/12/2020

Fidesz MEPs: EU budget Hungary’s ‘historic success’

The agreement "has shown that the member states are equal" ??????
15/12/2020

Hungary debt management stable, says finance minister

"A new 30-year green forint bond issue is planned"
13/12/2020

Orbán’s response to Soros: ‘Europe has not surrendered’

"It's high time to put an end to George Soros' European joy ride" ???? #hungary #orbán #eu
13/12/2020

Jobbik MEP Gyöngyösi: What is this EU budget agreement actually about?

"Did #Orbán achieve what he wanted? Clearly not." @GyongyosiMarton
12/12/2020

EU summit – Opposition: Orbán ‘suffered defeat’

"It would be hard to maintain that Viktor #Orbán left Brussels victorious" ??????? @DobrevKlara
11/12/2020

Budapest, Warsaw mayors: Hungary, Poland governments ‘back from the brink’

The mayors called to "prevent systemic stealing of #EU #funds and attacks against the independence of the judiciary" ???????
11/12/2020

EU summit – Orbán: ‘We’ve protected Hungarians’ money’

#Orbán said #Hungary had succeeded in preventing the #European basic treaty from being bypassed and from forcing on #Hungarians "decisions that we don't accept" ???????
10/12/2020

EU leaders pave way for implementation of landmark recovery package

A decision was reached after #Hungary and #Poland backed out from the veto ???????
10/12/2020

Orbán: Agreement protecting EU unity within reach

"Besides a victory for the #EU, common sense must also prevail" #hungary #budget
10/12/2020

Coronavirus – Vaccine to be voluntary, free of charge in Hungary

Gulyás said it was too early to tell whether the #epidemic had peaked in #Hungary ??
10/12/2020

Government spokesman: EU funding is not a “system of donations”

Kovács called spectulations about #Hungary leaving the #EU "fiction" ?????
09/12/2020

Breaking! Hungary and Poland withdraw from the veto on EU budget

PM #Orbán will certainly not have to face the withdrawal of #EU funds before the next #Hungarian parliamentary election ???????