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		<title>Hungary gov’t queries legality of EU fund freeze</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government questions the European Commission’s legal grounds for imposing a funding freeze on Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, the prime minister’s spokesman said in a statement sent to MTI on Wednesday. The statement, signed also by government spokesman Andras Giro-Szasz, said the EU’s proposal to &#8220;impose a sanction because of an eventuality in the future&#8221; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK analysts say Hungary cohesion fund freeze &#8220;unlikely&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary is unlikely to see its EU cohesion fund disbursements suspended, London-based emerging markets analysts said on Wednesday. In its daily emerging markets update released to investors in London, JP Morgan said that the actual suspension is &#8220;far from being a done deal and, in our view, is still unlikely&#8221;. &#8220;We think the government will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC proposes unprecedented freeze in funding for Hungary over fiscal gap; could result in EUR 495 million &#8220;hole&#8221; in 2013 budget</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120222/ec-proposes-unprecedented-freeze-in-funding-over-fiscal-gap-could-result-in-eur-495-million-hole-in-2013-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission on Wednesday said it proposed the suspension of EUR 495m of Cohesion Fund allocations for Hungary for 2013 because of the country&#8217;s failure to address its excessive deficit. &#8220;This unprecedented step follows the Commission&#8217;s repeated warnings to Hungary urging it to step up its efforts to end the country&#8217;s excessive government deficit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t to cut subsidies for drugs, Budapest public transport to meet deficit target</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120222/govt-to-cut-drug-public-transport-subsidies-to-meet-deficit-target/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120222/govt-to-cut-drug-public-transport-subsidies-to-meet-deficit-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has decided to take several measures necessary to meet Hungary’s deficit targets for this year and 2013, including reducing state subsidies for medications this year and cutting central funds for Budapest’s troubled public transport company BKV next year, according to a government decree published in the Hungarian Gazette on Tuesday. Under the decree, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov’t to launch new consultative forum with private sector</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120222/gov%e2%80%99-to-set-up-consultative-forum-with-private-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120222/gov%e2%80%99-to-set-up-consultative-forum-with-private-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government will establish on Wednesday a new consultative forum to harmonize its viewpoints with those of private sector employers and employees concerning the world of work, National Economy Ministry State Secretary Sandor Czomba told MTI on Tuesday. Mr Czomba said the forum will include the trade-union associations Liga, MSZOSZ, MOSZ and the business associations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU to move to suspend funds to Hungary, EU official says</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/eu-to-move-to-suspend-funds-to-hungary-eu-official-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/eu-to-move-to-suspend-funds-to-hungary-eu-official-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission will adopt a proposal tomorrow to suspend infrastructure-development subsidies to Hungary after the country failed to curb its deficit in a sustainable way, a European official said. The commission, the European Union’s Brussels-based regulator, will propose halting the so-called cohesion funding to Hungary for one year starting on Jan. 1, 2013, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gross wages rise 10.1% in December, average monthly net salary HUF 152,000</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/gross-wages-rise-10-1-in-december-average-monthly-net-salary-huf-152000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/gross-wages-rise-10-1-in-december-average-monthly-net-salary-huf-152000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gross wages of full-time employees in Hungary rose 10.1pc year-on-year in December, accelerating from a 6.1pc increase in November, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said on Tuesday. Hungarians’ average gross monthly wage came to HUF 231,826 in December. The average gross wage in the business sector climbed 9.5pc to HUF 240,148 in December from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidesz proposal aims to extend exchange rate cap to mortgages up to HUF 30 million</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/fidesz-proposal-aims-to-extend-exchange-rate-cap-to-mortgages-up-to-huf-30-million/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/fidesz-proposal-aims-to-extend-exchange-rate-cap-to-mortgages-up-to-huf-30-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governing Fidesz is submitting an amendment to a bill on an exchange rate limit scheme for borrowers with foreign currency-denominated mortgages that would establish the size of loans, rather than the value of homes, as the threshold for participation, Fidesz MP Antal Rogan said on Tuesday. The announcement comes after the Hungarian Banking Association said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary employment falls 1.2% year over year in December</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/hungary-employment-falls-1-2-year-over-year-in-december/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/hungary-employment-falls-1-2-year-over-year-in-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of people employed in Hungary at companies with a staff of at least five edged down 1.2pc to 2,663,100 in December from a year earlier, fresh data published by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Tuesday show. Employment numbers in the business sector inched down 0.3pc to 1,831,300 during the period. Employment numbers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer launches constitutional appeal against insane mandatory chamber membership fees</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/lawyer-launches-constitutional-appeal-against-insane-mandatory-chamber-membership-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/lawyer-launches-constitutional-appeal-against-insane-mandatory-chamber-membership-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that not everyone in Hungary is resigned to the chamber of horrors that is Hungary’s new Chamber of Commerce law. Lawyer Csaba Tordai (at left in photo) has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court seeking to annul the fees all businesses in Hungary are being forced to pay from January, so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU mulls proposal to freeze Hungary cohesion funds over excessive deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/eu-mulls-proposal-to-freeze-hungary-cohesion-funds-over-excessive-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/eu-mulls-proposal-to-freeze-hungary-cohesion-funds-over-excessive-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission will soon consider whether to propose partial and temporary freezing of cohesion funds for Hungary as a next step in the excessive deficit procedure under way against the country, a spokesperson for the EC told a press conference on Monday. Answering a question, Karolina Kottova said that Commission Vice President Olli Rehn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry says EU doubts about new food, recreation vouchers unfounded</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/ministry-says-eu-doubts-about-new-food-recreation-vouchers-unfounded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/ministry-says-eu-doubts-about-new-food-recreation-vouchers-unfounded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission&#8217;s doubts about Hungary&#8217;s new food and recreational vouchers are incomprehensible and unwarranted, the Economy Ministry told MTI on Monday. The European Commission has asked the Hungarian authorities under the EU Pilot programme to provide information about some aspects of the new food voucher system, the ministry said. The EC is examining if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erste to wind up private pension business in Hungary</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/erste-to-wind-up-private-pension-business-in-hungary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/erste-to-wind-up-private-pension-business-in-hungary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erste Bank’s pension fund will propose to shareholders winding up its private pension fund business, Erste Pension Fund told MTI on Monday. The proposal will be put to shareholders at a general meeting on July 1. Erste Pension Fund managing director Lajos Mohr said amendments approved by Parliament at the end of last year had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF/EU deal unlikely before May, London analysts say</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/imfeu-deal-unlikely-before-may-london-analysts-say/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/imfeu-deal-unlikely-before-may-london-analysts-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Formal talks on a new IMF/EU deal are not likely to be completed before May, London-based emerging markets analysts said on Monday. In a report highlighting key findings of a trip to Hungary, economists at Barclays Capital, one of the biggest investment banking groups in the City, said that once negotiations get started, the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill seeks to allow state to pay corporate tax refunds in gov’t securities</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/bill-seeks-to-allow-state-to-pay-corporate-tax-refunds-in-gov%e2%80%99t-securities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120221/bill-seeks-to-allow-state-to-pay-corporate-tax-refunds-in-gov%e2%80%99t-securities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament’s Budget Committee on Monday cleared for general debate a bill that would allow the state to pay corporate tax refunds in government securities instead of cash. The amendment was submitted by Antal Rogan, an MP of governing Fidesz, to the 2006 bill on the &#8220;solidarity&#8221; tax which later incorporated legislation on the banks’ &#8220;crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Establishing a company in Hungary to become that much more expensive</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/establishing-a-company-in-hungary-to-become-that-much-more-expensive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/establishing-a-company-in-hungary-to-become-that-much-more-expensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of establishing a limited liability company (kft) in Hungary will jump from Ft 15,000 (€52) to Ft 50,000 (€173) as of March 1st, while in the case of limited and general partnerships (bt &#038; kkt) it will jump to Ft 25,000 (€86). Establishing a single-person firm will now cost Ft 15,000. The previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF/EU aid talks could end by March or April, Economy Ministry state secretary says</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/imfeu-aid-talks-could-end-by-march-or-april-economy-ministry-state-secretary-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/imfeu-aid-talks-could-end-by-march-or-april-economy-ministry-state-secretary-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economy state secretary Zoltan Csefalvay told Warsaw dailies that he expected Hungarian talks on aid with the IMF and EU would start soon and finish by the end of March or in April. In interviews appearing on Monday in Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita, Csefalvay said now that Hungary had provided the European Commission with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Agricole Bank shuts down Hungary branches</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/credit-agricole-bank-shut-down-hungary-branches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/credit-agricole-bank-shut-down-hungary-branches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[France’s Credit Agricole Bank is closing its branch in Hungary, business daily Napi Gazdasag reported on Monday, citing the bank’s press department in Paris. A decision has not yet been taken on a date for closing the branch, but clients have already been informed of the move, the paper said. The bank’s press department said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament defers final vote on tobacco sales monopoly until EU decision</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/parliament-defers-final-vote-on-tobacco-sales-monopoly-until-eu-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/parliament-defers-final-vote-on-tobacco-sales-monopoly-until-eu-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPs will take the final vote on a bill that would establish a state monopoly on retail tobacco sales after the European Commission issues an opinion on the matter, Janos Lazar, head of the parliamentary group of governing Fidesz, said at a press conference on Monday. Mr Lazar said MPs had voted on all motions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New frequency allocation delayed after auction appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/new-frequency-allocation-delayed-after-auction-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/new-frequency-allocation-delayed-after-auction-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An existing player on Hungary’s mobile telecommunications market has appealed against the result of an auction that gave a consortium of state-owned Magyar Posta, the Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) and a unit of the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) a 5MHz frequency block in the 900MHz band, business daily Vilaggazdasag said on Monday. The appeal will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction sector forced liquidations spike in January</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/construction-sector-forced-liquidations-spike-in-january/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/construction-sector-forced-liquidations-spike-in-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creditors and suppliers launched liquidation procedures against 384 construction industry companies in January, 38pc more than in the same month a year earlier, Opten, which compiles information on companies, told MTI on Monday. The number of construction companies that went under voluntary liquidation rose 42pc to 302. There were 817 new construction companies established in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oversupply of new Budapest residential properties eases, but sales seen staying weak</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/oversupply-of-new-budapest-residential-properties-eases-but-sales-seen-staying-weak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/oversupply-of-new-budapest-residential-properties-eases-but-sales-seen-staying-weak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The existing stock of unsold new homes in Budapest fell in January to 3,100 as demand in volume terms outstripped supply for the first time since 2006, according to data from OTP Jelzálogbank, the mortgage subsidiary of OTP Bank. But while the drop in inventory is now well off its 2009 peak of 3,800 units, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU confirms probe ongoing into Hungarian voucher system</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/eu-confirms-probe-ongoing-into-hungarian-voucher-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/eu-confirms-probe-ongoing-into-hungarian-voucher-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A European Union official on Sunday confirmed the European Commission is investigating a food voucher system Hungary introduced at the start of the year. Spokeswoman for internal market and services Chantal Hughes told MTI that the Commission was investigating the new &#8220;Erzsebet&#8221; voucher system &#8220;in a comprehensive, global manner&#8221;. &#8220;The Commission is considering in particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysts up 2012 growth forecast for Hungary on stronger German outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/hungary-2012-growth-forecast-revised-up-on-stronger-german-outlook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/hungary-2012-growth-forecast-revised-up-on-stronger-german-outlook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central and Eastern Europe will likely see a stronger-than-expected growth in the next two years on the back of a rebounding German recovery that should help Hungary to avoid a full-year recession in 2012, London-based emerging markets analysts said on Friday. In a detailed forecast chart, BNP Paribas reveals that it now expects Hungary’s economy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary net gov’t financing requirement 4.5% of GDP in 2011 without pension transfer</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/hungary-net-gov%e2%80%99t-financing-requirement-4-5-of-gdp-in-2011-without-pension-transfer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120220/hungary-net-gov%e2%80%99t-financing-requirement-4-5-of-gdp-in-2011-without-pension-transfer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s general government net financing requirement rose to 5.1pc of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2011 and reached 4.5pc of GDP for the full year, excluding the effect of transfers of private pension fund assets to the state, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said based on preliminary financial account data on Friday. Gross [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budapest mayor &#8220;cautiously optimistic” after BKV talks with gov’t</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/budapest-mayor-cautiously-optimistic%e2%80%9d-after-bkv-talks-with-gov%e2%80%99t/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/budapest-mayor-cautiously-optimistic%e2%80%9d-after-bkv-talks-with-gov%e2%80%99t/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Budapest mayor Istvan Tarlos said there was reason for &#8220;cautious optimism&#8221; regarding the situation of the capital’s troubled public transport company BKV after a meeting with government officials on Friday. Mr Tarlos said the government’s conditions were realistic and could be fulfilled. He added that the sides were able to find a direction in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia’s Sberbank said to have big plans for newly acquired Magyarországi Volksbank</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/russia%e2%80%99s-sberbank-has-big-plans-for-newly-acquired-magyarorszagi-volksbank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/russia%e2%80%99s-sberbank-has-big-plans-for-newly-acquired-magyarorszagi-volksbank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia’s Sberbank, the new owner of Magyarorszagi Volksbank, wants to undertake big investments in Hungary, Valentin Mihov, Sberbank’s director for strategy and development, said at a press conference in Budapest on Friday. Mr Mihov said Volksbank would strengthen its retail activity in Hungary in the future. He added that it did not want to compete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov’t expects more tug-of-war with EU over Central Bank head’s salary, says deputy PM</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/gov%e2%80%99t-expects-more-tug-of-war-with-eu-over-central-bank-head%e2%80%99s-salary-says-deputy-pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/gov%e2%80%99t-expects-more-tug-of-war-with-eu-over-central-bank-head%e2%80%99s-salary-says-deputy-pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further disputes are expected with the EU over the salary of the governor of the national bank and whether he should be required to take an oath on the constitution, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics told MTI on Thursday. Navracsics, who is also justice minister, said that his ministry would send its official response to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov’t commissioner proposes parliament probe into Malév privatization</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/gov%e2%80%99t-commissioner-proposes-parliament-probe-into-malev-privatization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/gov%e2%80%99t-commissioner-proposes-parliament-probe-into-malev-privatization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ten-member parliamentary committee should be set up to investigate the privatisations of bankrupt national carrier Malev and the airport operator Budapest Airport, a government official, Gyula Budai, said on Thursday. Budai, who is government commissioner in charge of holding public servants to account, said the nationalisation of the airline is expected to constitute a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF could object to way of transition to flat tax, says official</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/imf-could-object-to-way-of-transition-to-flat-tax-says-official/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/imf-could-object-to-way-of-transition-to-flat-tax-says-official/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund could raise questions about the actual steps of Hungary’s switching over to the 16-percent flat tax regime, the state secretary of the National Economy Ministry told MTI on Thursday. MTI contacted Zoltan Csefalvay after national daily Nepszabadsag reported on Wednesday that the European Union and the IMF could request reconsideration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary government sees IMF/EU talks begin in March</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/hungary-government-sees-imfeu-talks-begin-in-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/hungary-government-sees-imfeu-talks-begin-in-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s government expects formal talks on a new IMF/EU package to commence as early as in March, London-based emerging markets economists said on Thursday. Royal Bank of Scotland said its London-based team had visited Budapest last week meeting with NBH Governor Andras Simor, a senior Ministry of National Economy official, the AKK, and with officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danubius Hotels deeper in red as financial losses grow</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/danubius-hotels-deeper-in-red-as-financial-losses-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120217/danubius-hotels-deeper-in-red-as-financial-losses-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losses of Hungary’s Danubius Hotels grew to HUF 2.36bn in 2011 from HUF 883m in the previous year as financial costs rose, the company’s consolidated IFRS report for the period published late Wednesday shows. Revenue edged up 2pc to HUF 46.95bn. Operating costs rose at the same rate to HUF 43.46bn. Danubius Hotels booked a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU tells Hungary to pay back EUR 5 million in farm funds</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/eu-says-hungary-must-pay-back-eur-5-million-in-farm-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/eu-says-hungary-must-pay-back-eur-5-million-in-farm-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission on Thursday said it was reclaiming EUR 5.24m in European Union agriculture funds spent by Hungary. The Commission is reclaiming the area aid because of deficiencies in Hungary’s land parcel identification system (LPIS-GIS) in the financial years 2007-2008 and &#8220;weaknesses related to administrative cross-checks and on-the-spot checks&#8221;. The Commission is also reclaiming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OTP Bank deputy CEO says Hungarian banks’ corporate lending stock could fall 5-6% in 2012 as financing big projects “practically impossible”</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/otp-bank-deputy-ceo-says-hungarian-banks%e2%80%99-corporate-lending-stock-could-fall-5-6-in-2012-as-financing-big-projects-%e2%80%9cpractically-impossible%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/otp-bank-deputy-ceo-says-hungarian-banks%e2%80%99-corporate-lending-stock-could-fall-5-6-in-2012-as-financing-big-projects-%e2%80%9cpractically-impossible%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungarian banks’ corporate lending stock could fall 5-6pc this year as the lower ratings of Hungarian banks as well as higher interest rates in the eurozone and Hungary make financing big projects practically impossible, OTP Bank deputy-CEO Laszlo Wolf said at a conference organised by business daily Napi Gazdasag on Thursday. Mr Wolf said property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Bank mortgage bond program “untimely”, says OTP exec</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/central-bank-mortgage-bond-program-%e2%80%9cuntimely%e2%80%9d-says-otp-exec/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/central-bank-mortgage-bond-program-%e2%80%9cuntimely%e2%80%9d-says-otp-exec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes to Hungary’s system of mortgage bond issues is &#8220;untimely&#8221;, Daniel Gyuris, chairman-CEO of OTP Jelzalogbank, the mortgage unit of Hungary’s OTP Bank told MTI on Wednesday, after the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said it would launch a new mortgage bond purchase programme if the circle of issuers of such securities is broadened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simor: IMF/EU agreement indispensable for restoring investor confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/simor-imfeu-agreement-indispensable-for-restoring-confidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/simor-imfeu-agreement-indispensable-for-restoring-confidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An agreement on a precautionary financial assistance package from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union is indispensable to restoring confidence in the Hungarian economy, National Bank of Hungary governor Andras Simor said at a conference organised by business daily Napi Gazdasag on Thursday. Mr Simor said such an agreement would provide a safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brussels asks Hungary for information on new food vouchers</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/brussels-asks-hungary-for-information-on-new-food-voucher-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/brussels-asks-hungary-for-information-on-new-food-voucher-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has asked Hungarian authorities for information on the country’s new voucher system, daily Nepszabadsag said on Thursday, citing unnamed sources in Brussels. The Commission is turning to the Hungarian authorities after receiving complaints from market players who allege the new &#8220;Erzsebet&#8221; voucher system is discriminative because it excludes multinational supermarket chains from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GKI Budapest property market index little changed in January</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/gki-budapest-property-market-index-little-changed-in-january/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/gki-budapest-property-market-index-little-changed-in-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Budapest Property Market Index, a quarterly measure of supply and demand as well as market players’ expectations, measured 93.6 points in January, edging up from 92 points in October when it plunged 10 points, economic research institute GKI said on Thursday. GKI chief Laszlo Akar said the change in the index was within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary construction industry woes continue as sector falls 7.8% in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/hungary-construction-industry-woes-continue-as-sector-falls-7-8-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120216/hungary-construction-industry-woes-continue-as-sector-falls-7-8-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Output of Hungary’s construction sector was down 0.8pc in December from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. Output of the building segment fell 11.0pc year-on-year, while output of the civil engineering segment rose 12.5pc in the twelve months to December 2011. In a month-on-month comparison, construction sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Bank announces new facilities aimed to help boost lending</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/national-bank-announces-new-facilities-aimed-to-help-boost-lending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/national-bank-announces-new-facilities-aimed-to-help-boost-lending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said it would offer banks two-year collateralised loans, will accept more securities as collateral and will launch a new universal mortgage bond purchase scheme in order to offset the recent weakening of the lending capacity of banks. The central bank will start offering the 2-year loan and widening the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budapest Airport axes 250 jobs blaming Malév bust</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/budapest-airport-axes-250-job-citing-malev-bust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/budapest-airport-axes-250-job-citing-malev-bust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Budapest Airport, the operator of Liszt Ferenc International Airport Budapest, on Wednesday said it would lay off 250 people because of the grounding of national carrier Malev. Budapest Airport said it had no other choice but to make the layoffs. About 1.5m of Malev’s 3.2m passengers at the airport were transfer passengers, and other airlines, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamenta-Lakáskassza home loan outlays rise to HUF 44 billion in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/fundamenta-lakaskassza-home-loan-outlays-rise-to-huf-44-billion-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/fundamenta-lakaskassza-home-loan-outlays-rise-to-huf-44-billion-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home savings bank Fundamenta-Lakaskassza disbursed HUF 43.7bn of home loans in 2011, giving it 18.9pc market share, chairman-CEO Karoly Gergely said on Wednesday. A year earlier, the bank disbursed HUF 11.6bn of home loans to give it 5.1pc market share. Total assets were HUF 288.9bn at the end of 2011. Fundamenta-Lakaskassza had after-tax profit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary economy grows 1.4% in Q4, beating analyst expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/hungary-economy-grows-1-4-in-q4-beating-analyst-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/hungary-economy-grows-1-4-in-q4-beating-analyst-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s GDP rose 1.4pc yr/yr in Q4 last year according to unadjusted and 1.5pc on workday-adjusted figures, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said in a first reading on Wednesday. Agriculture was the main driving force behind growth, followed by industrial exports, KSH said. GDP increased 1.7pc in 2011 from 2010 according to both unadjusted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryanair steps up campaign to plug Hungarian market</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/ryanair-steps-up-campaign-to-plug-hungarian-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120215/ryanair-steps-up-campaign-to-plug-hungarian-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irish lowfare airline Ryanair will spend EUR 1m in one month for advertisement in Hungary and will report peer Wizz Air to the European Commission, Ryanair Deputy CEO Michael Cawley announced on Tuesday. Ryanair claims that Wizz Air’s ultimate owner is a non-EU citizen, therefore the airline has unlawfully gained from rules effective to airlines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU macroeconomy report finds further analysis warranted in Hungary</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/eu-macroeconomy-report-finds-further-analysis-warranted-in-hungary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/eu-macroeconomy-report-finds-further-analysis-warranted-in-hungary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary is among twelve European Union member states in which the European Commission considers further analysis warranted based on the results of a screening test for macroeconomic imbalances, European Commission Vice President Olli Rehn said on Tuesday. Mr Rehn presented the result of the Commission’s &#8220;Alert Mechanism Report on the prevention and correction of macro-economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multinationals increasingly choosing Slovakia over Hungary for regional centers, CBRE says</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/multinationals-increasingly-choosing-slovakia-over-hungary-for-regional-centers-cbre-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/multinationals-increasingly-choosing-slovakia-over-hungary-for-regional-centers-cbre-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major multinationals such as IBM, AT&#038;T, SwissRe and Hewlett-Packard are choosing Slovakia over Hungary when setting up new regional centers in Central-Eastern Europe, according to leading international property agency CBRE. Slovakia&#8217;s property market enjoyed EUR 400 billion in new investments last year thanks largely to a high rate of freely available young skilled labor, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign buyers seen slowly returning to Budapest property market</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/foreign-buyers-seen-slowly-returning-to-budapest-property-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/foreign-buyers-seen-slowly-returning-to-budapest-property-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI Econews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign buyers have returned to the Budapest&#8217;s property market, albeit in smaller number than before an exit en masse before the crisis, business daily Vilaggazdasag said on Tuesday. Foreigners, who used to account for about 10pc of property purchases in the capital&#8217;s central District V, practically disappeared in 2009, after the crisis hit, Attila Dery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January inflation comes in at 5.5%, tops analysts&#8217; expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/january-inflation-comes-in-at-5-5-tops-analysts-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/january-inflation-comes-in-at-5-5-tops-analysts-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer prices in Hungary rose 5.5 percent year-on-year in January, accelerating from a rise of 4.1 percent in December, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Tuesday. Consumer prices reflected an increase of the price of fuel, alcohol, tobacco and food products, KSH said. Fuel prices went up by 5.3 percent alone last month. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary said on EC &#8220;blacklist&#8221; of union&#8217;s four weakest economies</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/hungary-said-on-ec-blacklist-of-unions-four-weakest-economies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/hungary-said-on-ec-blacklist-of-unions-four-weakest-economies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary is among four countries listed by the European Commission with the weakest position in terms of economic stability, business daily Napi Gazdasag reported on Tuesday. The Commission believes that instant measures are necessary to improve the economic situation in these countries, the paper said. Citing the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, the paper said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ING looking to unload remaining stake in Allee shopping mall</title>
		<link>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/ing-looking-to-unload-remaining-stake-in-allee-shopping-mall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdeal.hu/20120214/ing-looking-to-unload-remaining-stake-in-allee-shopping-mall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>All Hungary News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ING Real Estate Development is selling its 50% stake in the Allee shopping mall located in Budapest&#8217;s District XI. Allianz Real Estate, which bought the other half of Allee for EUR 100 million in 2009, has an option for the stake but talks are also underway with a number of potential buyers, an ING representative [...]]]></description>
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