Hungary's government has unveiled what it dubs an "anti-war" action plan. The ambitious strategy, announced on Monday, aims to shore up the country's finances through a series of special taxes on banks, energy companies, and multinational firms. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's administration is no stranger to unconventional economic measures. Once again, they've turned to their […]

The Hungarian pharmaceutical giant Gedeon Richter Plc. has published an extraordinary announcement on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that under a new government decree on the extra profit taxes, the magnitude of supplementary pharmaceutical tax payable by the company for the year 2022 is expected to be approximately HUF 28 billion. “On June […]

Hungary’s decision to levy extraordinary sectoral taxes is not the first time that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán resorts to unorthodox economic measures to prop up the budget. The announcement on Thursday triggered a selling wave on local financial markets, suggesting that investors are alarmed by the country’s return to economic unorthodoxy. Hungary will impose USD […]

Hungary’s incoming government faces some of the biggest economic challenges of the last decade as rampant energy prices may force it to abandon state-imposed price caps, while global disruptions are denting prospects for growth. The new Orbán government may again deploy unorthodox economic measures to guard fiscal stability and prop up the economic outlook. Prime […]

Hungarian liquor producer Zwack Unicum Plc. has published the results of the company for the 2019-2020 business year: slight increase in gross sales and significant decrease in net sales. According to audited data, total gross sales of the company were HUF 26,358 million – practically the same as in the previous business year (+HUF 17 […]