http://budapest.cafebabel.com/en/ The official blog of Babel Hungary en Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:16 +02:00 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://budapest.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/11/13/Legal-alien-a-Trinidadian-in-Hungary#c160 urn:md5:47af99941fee4a3df6994adbab0316bc Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:50:51 +01:00 kwan <p>I am also working on the same thing...<br /> Don't know it's my luck or not when I see this article while searching related information. May be I should just give up the brilliant idea of getting married in Budapest?<br /> Hope to share with you more.</p> http://budapest.cafebabel.com/en/post/2008/02/07/Magyar-egeszsegugy#c158 urn:md5:448b43fa853fcd76bc12aaa5bfc267d3 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:58:17 +01:00 phaedra <p>First of all, making people pay for health care should not be an idea of a socialist party at all. Socialist are supposed to be working on issues such as social security. Consequently, it is "normal" and not surprizing that the "reform" was introduced by a right-wing party in the Czech Republic and not by so-called left-wing parties like the Hungarian MSZP + Liberals.</p> <p>About the little sums one had to put in doctors' and nurses' pockets: it has never been compulsory. You could give an envelope if you were contented with the service you have been provided. If some doctors expected extra money that only gives a proof of their own unethical attitude but does not apply for the whole system.</p> <p>Also, I would mention the salary people in health care are working for in Hungary. It is not competitive by any means with the salaries in "old" EU countries, and it is not a high salary compared to what you can earn in other fields of employment in Hungary (which probably mean a lot less responsibility, and obviously less years of studying and preparation for a profession and not simply a job.) Considering this I would not say that the "envelope system" was complete crap, at least then you could give your own doctor some reward for the treatment you got instead of paying a sum to the state (a state that does not change anything to the better) from which the nurses and doctors do not see a penny.</p> <p>Well, this is what I wanted to add to this article.</p> http://budapest.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/11/13/Legal-alien-a-Trinidadian-in-Hungary#c152 urn:md5:3ae5a34fac6b97f630e4f7e32b02f2d0 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:03:05 +01:00 kingselewa <p>hiya!<br /> www.myspace.com/kingselewa</p> <p>kaiso no go die!!</p> http://budapest.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/12/11/Bitter-sweet#c149 urn:md5:bc1f02231d4580b91e91271672e71a20 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:27:11 +01:00 Zuzer <p>lol, this all has nothing to with being a foreigner, same for natives. as a native, i haven't lived at my official address for 15 years. the gas and the phone/internet in my apartment belongs to 2 different people. i haven't filed a tax form in years, i dont pay social security. and yet i just got a job at a corporation.</p> <p>you can do ok w/o all the fuss with the authorities.</p>