Politics _ Budapest Business Journal _ BBJ_online http://bbj.hu/index.php?col=1002 Complete and independent daily business news from Hungary. en-us bbj@bbj.hu webmaster@bbj.hu PHP RSS Feed Generator Over 3,400 on registry to vote abroad Some 3,400 Hungarians eligible to vote have indicated they would like to cast their ballots abroad, the national election office told MTI on Friday. http://bbj.hu/?id=51976 2010-03-05T16:43:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51976 Hungary's next gov't to keep farmland with EU help Hungary's next government will apply to the European Union for an extension of the moratorium on purchases of farmland by foreigners, chairman of Parliament's agricultural committee Sándor Font, a member of opposition Fidesz, which is tipped to win general elections in April, said in Budapest on Friday. http://bbj.hu/?id=51973 2010-03-05T15:03:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51973 IMF held no talks with Hungary opposition leaders The International Monetary Fund has not held negotiations with main Hungarian opposition party Fidesz, IMF representative in Hungary Iryna Ivaschenko told Reuters on Tuesday. Fidesz is widely expected to win the general election due in April. http://bbj.hu/?id=51932 2010-03-03T08:08:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51932 Fidesz considers IT a priority Leading opposition party Fidesz and the Hungarian Association of IT companies (IVSZ) signed an agreement on Thursday about cooperating for the development of the information technology sector, in case the party can form the new government this spring. http://bbj.hu/?id=51898 2010-02-26T13:56:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51898 China's military warns Washington, denies hacking China's military warned the United States to “speak and act cautiously” to avoid reigniting tensions between the two powers, denying the People's Liberation Army played a part in Internet hacking. http://bbj.hu/?id=51873 2010-02-25T08:03:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51873 Járai eyes return to governing Former Hungarian finance minister and central bank governor Zsigmond Járai stated he would be happy to take on an official role in a government that is to be led by the conservative Fidesz after the general elections in April. http://bbj.hu/?id=51854 2010-02-24T08:01:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51854 Single-party gov’t would give economy great opportunity, says opposition head The establishment of a single-party government after general elections would open the way to enormous opportunity for the Hungarian economy, Viktor Orbán, head of opposition Fidesz, told members of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK). http://bbj.hu/?id=51811 2010-02-18T16:52:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51811 Hungary's government targets a 3.8%-of-GDP deficit for 2010. Hungary's next government will do all it can to keep the deficit from growing over an unacceptable level, Varga said. This level has to be decided in ongoing talks with IMF and EU officials, he added. http://bbj.hu/?id=51787 2010-02-17T14:59:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51787 Opposition's Yanukovich claims win in Ukraine poll Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich headed for a slender victory on Monday in a bitterly contested presidential election but rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede. http://bbj.hu/?id=51676 2010-02-08T09:13:00Z http://bbj.hu/?id=51676