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Ferenc Gyurcsany

Uncertainty clouds Hungarian energy tax plan

Mounting concern surrounds Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány’s recent announcement of plans to consider introducing a “Robin Hood” tax on energy companies enjoying windfall profits due to higher crude oil prices. Experts have...

Hungary Confronts Right Wing Extremism

For the first time since Hungary became a democracy its entire top tier of leaders met to discuss how the nation could handle the growth of right wing extremists groups who have displayed their hate in public against groups...

WWII bomb unearthed in Budapest

BUDAPEST, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A 500-kilogram WWII unexploded bomb was discovered during earth works in Budapest's 13th district on Wednesday, the police said. Hungarian News Agency MTI reported that Defense Minister Imre...

Jordan proposes effective regional transport system

AMMAN (JT) - Jordan on Sunday underscored the need for an effective transport system in the Middle East. In an address to the Union for the Mediterranean Summit in Paris yesterday, delivered on his behalf by Prime Minister...

Hungary PM talks Nabucco on Turkmenistan visit

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány discussed the Nabucco gas pipeline with the Turkmen authorities this week during a visit to the Central Asian state, a source close to the talks said on Thursday. The European Union...

PM says there is no disagreement between gov’t and central bank on inflation target

PM Ferenc Gyurcsány said following a meeting with MNB Governor András Simor and representatives of economic interest-groups and businesses on Friday that the government and the MNB think very alike in terms of Hungary’s...

Azerbaijan's SOCAR in talks with Hungary

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 8 (UPI) -- The president of the state-run oil company in Azerbaijan met with the Hungarian prime minister to discuss bilateral projects in the oil and natural gas sector. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan...

Hungary's forint surges near all-time highs vs euro

BUDAPEST July 8 (Reuters) - Hungary's forint regained strength on Tuesday after some profit taking early in the day, and surged past 231 versus the euro, approaching its all-time high of 230.15 hit in January 2003. The forint...

Hungarian Prime Minister visits Ashgabat

By Invester Gator: [For those new to DGO, Hungary is on the proposed Nabucco pipeline route... http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/project/project-description-pipeline-route/project-description.html] Hungarian Prime Minister visits...

Central Asia talks to focus on Nabucco line, Hungarian PM says

Central Asia talks to focus on Nabucco line, Hungarian PM saysTuesday , 08 July 2008Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, eyeing competition from Russia for Central Asian natural gas, said his visit to the region next week...