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Telecom Tax Bill (June 07, 2012) by Constance Johnson
A proposed Telecommunication Tax Bill was published in Hungary's official gazette on May 30, 2012. (Tamas Kulcsar, Hungary: Telecommunication Tax Bill ...
Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Groundwork for Campaign Finance Law (April 11, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On April 4, 2012, the six parties represented in Hungary's National Assembly (Országgyulés) agreed on the main principles of political party ...
Topic: Politics and government
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Disputed Data Protection Law Amended (April 06, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On April 2, 2012, the Members of the Hungarian Parliament, by a large majority, amended the country's Information Freedom Act "to ...
Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Criticism of Laws on the Judiciary, Data Protection, and the National Bank (January 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On January 17, 2012, President Jose Manuel Barroso of the European Commission (EC) announced the initiation of legal action against Hungary ...
Topic: Constitutional law
Jurisdiction: European Union / Hungary
New Constitution Signed into Law (April 29, 2011) by Wendy Zeldin
On April 25, 2011, the President of Hungary, Pál Schmitt, signed into law the country's new Constitution, the Fundamental Law of ...
Topic: Constitutional law
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Hamburger Tax Under Consideration (March 17, 2011) by Constance Johnson
Matolcsy added that the specifics of which products would be taxed and how the revenue so raised would be used have ...
Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Hungary
European Parliament Resolution on Hungary's Media Law (March 16, 2011) by Wendy Zeldin
Although the threat of the European Union taking legal action against Member State Hungary for its controversial new Media Law has ...
Topic: Freedom of the press
Jurisdiction: European Union / Hungary
Controversial New Media Law Defended by Government (January 07, 2011) by Wendy Zeldin
Hungary's Parliament passed a new media law on December 20, 2010, that has been harshly criticized by members of the country's ...
Topic: Freedom of the press
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Initiation of Criminal Investigation of Chemical Spill Disaster (October 12, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 6, 2010, police in Hungary launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the massive Ajka chemical spill, in ...
Topic: Disasters
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Penal Code Amendment on Holocaust Denial Adopted (March 15, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin
The Hungarian National Assembly (the 386-member unicameral parliament) passed an amendment to the Penal Code on February 22, 2010, criminalizing denial ...
Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Same-Sex Partnership Law Struck Down (December 31, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On December 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of Hungary ruled that a 2007 law, which would have recognized civil partnerships between ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Hungary
Last updated: June 07, 2012
