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17

12

2007

Hungarian MPs are first to ratify Lisbon Treaty

lisbon_treaty2.jpgDecember 17, 2007

Hungarian MPs approved ratification of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Monday, making Hungary the first EU member state to do so.

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06

12

2007

Slovak-Hungarian relations

Slovak-Hungarian FMs disagree on minority issues
December 5, 2007

Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis and Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goncz exchanged dissenting views regarding minority issues and relations between their countries.

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05

12

2007

Austrian-Hungarian energy dispute

MOLkut.jpgDecember 5, 2007

OMV announced yesterday that it is suing MOL over restrictions on voting rights and other anti-takeover measures. Sector peer OMV wants to remove the 10% ceiling on voting rights in the Hungarian energy company, abolish the state’s golden share in MOL and remove a restriction allowing only a limited number of board members to be replaced within a given period. Among others, the golden share gives the state a veto right over any attempt to remove the 10% voting ceiling.

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26

11

2007

Romanian-Hungarian Relations

Hungarian parties pleased with outcome of Romania's EP elections
November 26, 2007

Hungarian parliamentary parties have welcomed that both the ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party and independent candidate Laszlo Tokes fared well in Romania's European parliamentary elections on Sunday.

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