Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
arrived in Budapest on Monday at the invitation of his counterpart
Ferenc Gyurcsany. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – The number of registered job-seekers
went up by 37,500 year-on-year in September, the Employment Office
told reporters on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Changes in tax law, part of a bill
just submitted to parliament, will not have any substantive effect
on the financial positions of private businesses in 2008, the head
of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry told a Monday news
conference in Budapest. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s central budget gained 50
billion forints (196 million euros) in additional tax revenues from
measures against the clandestine economy in the past twelve months,
Finance Minister Janos Veres said at a tax conference on Monday. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – The semi-clandestine and completely
hidden economies in Hungary are producing untaxed revenues of
3,000-5,000 billion forints (around 12-20 billion euros) a year,
which is equivalent to nearly 20 percent of GDP, Prime Minister
Ferenc Gyurcsany said on Monday. Continue »

London, October 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s 12-month headline
consumer-price inflation rate rise will probably drop towards the
lower end of the 6-6.5 percent range in September, assisted by
strong base effects, essentially shrugging off a leap in food prices
that looks to push up regional CPI rates, London-based emerging
markets analysts said. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Official forint fixing of the
National Bank of Hungary: Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany,
whose Socialist party is embroiled in corruption charges, said on
Monday he wants a referendum on his new package of anti-corruption
measures, which faces opposition from some MPs from his own party as
well as the main opposition party. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – President Laszlo Solyom visited the
Aggtelek National Park in Northern Hungary on Monday, as part of a
tour of the country’s environmentally protected areas. Continue »

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said
on Monday he would initiate a public referendum on components of his
new anti-corruption package which would not pass in Parliament
because the opposition is expected to vote against them. Continue »