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How much do lawyers earn?

In the US, lawyers belong to the most despised and yet most envied profession. How much do they earn in Hungary? HVG.hu
a nurse's. At least according to the National Employment Service (FSZ)'s figures. But these figures are somewhat suspect: why, for
... lawyers, and that this figure excludes civil and company law cases. One lawyer, who did not wish to be named, estimated the legal
... income at HUF50-100bn. This doesn't seem exaggerated. It's not easy to get at the real figures - nobody is prepared to

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The government and railway reform

"The county's on the move," runs the official slogan, but it's taken the government more than a year to get to grips with
It's taken almost exactly six months to announce a winner for the tender to provide MÁV with suburban railway rolling
... Canadian-German firm Bombardier, Switzerland's Stadler has won the Ft100bn contract to provide 70 suburban electric trains. So we can
... being lavish in his praise - he's seized the opportunity to announce the dismissal of Zoltán Mándoki, MÁV's CEO. His place will be

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Gábor Széles buys stake in Magyar Hírlap

Gábor Széles and Mária Vissi have bought up 76% of the daily Magyar Hírlap, which is due to receive HUF100m in loans from its owners
... Széles's say they want to provide accurate reporting to readers on both left and
money to the press and that it had a poor cash-flow performance. He said that this would help Magyar Hírlap to become a
.... He said that he had asked the papers' journalists to create a paper which would make it unnecessary for readers to buy
... and right wing opinion. Széles said that he wanted to do the same at Magyar Hírlap as he had at Echo TV, which he founded - it would

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Locsolni és nyírni

Állami kedvezményekkel megtámogatva tárják ki a tőzsde kapuit a tőkére vágyó középvállalatok és a részvényektől eddig idegenkedő

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"Stop it, America!"

footsteps. It was he who felt it necessary following September 11 and Hurricane Katrina to tell the United States to "stop
it couldn't, why couldn't it just stop it? One could only guess at what America was meant to stop doing. László Lengyel took the bate
... to the next, the US - which creates such wonders - had become helpless. It was helpless when the aeroplane flew into the tower
... organisation had sent several thousand Muslim fighters to the Balkans to fight the Serbs. (I checked: the sources are an

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Gyurcsánys nationalities policy

Ferenc Gyurcsány has come up with three new proposals on the nationalities question. Two of them - setting up a parliamentary committee
... "neighbouring country Hungarian" identity card is a watered down version of Fidesz's dual citizenship rhetoric, and is likely to be no
Setting up a committee to deal with Hungarians abroad is hardly a challenge, since it doesn't create any new obligations. Any majority
... could take such a step. But with the best will in the world, it's hard to see such a poor excuse for a committee inspiring great
... since 1989 have made symbolic gestures of support and given money to Hungarians beyond the borders. But in reality, Gyurcsány is laying

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What can Hungary learn from India?

Most processes outsourced to Hungary are low added-value, routine activities like telephone customer service centres. But activities
Did we miss the train, or has the train just arrived? The question is hard to avoid if we look at the most popular outsourcing
... destinations. Hungary is fifth in the world this year - but we are predicted to have fallen back to 26th place in ten
... they phone to check the balance in their Citibank or American express accounts they are probably talking to someone in

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THE WORD OF THE PEOPLE, THE WORD OF GOD?

It seems natural for politicians to tar their rivals and their promises with the populist brush in the heat of an election campaign
... arguments. And what is the problem with a democratic politician making an appeal to the
It's awkward to be labeled a populist in Hungary. Nowadays, it is taken to mean demagoguery, dumbing-down, even a call
... recently it was Ferenc Gyurcsány, the prime minister, who tried to define what populism means in practice. Here at home, he said, the
... is populism, addressing the people in order to do whatever you like behind their backs, without actually coming up with a serious

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Demagogues, friends of the people, populists

It seems natural for politicians to tar their rivals and their promises with the populist brush in the heat of an election campaign
... arguments. And what is the problem with a democratic politician making an appeal to the
It's awkward to be labeled a populist in Hungary. Nowadays, it is taken to mean demagoguery, dumbing-down, even a call
... recently it was Ferenc Gyurcsány, the prime minister, who tried to define what populism means in practice. Here at home, he said, the
... is populism, addressing the people in order to do whatever you like behind their backs, without actually coming up with a serious

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We are more worried about unemployment

Support for joining the euro zone has risen in Hungary, according to Eurobarometer figures released yesterday. The report says that
The proportion of Hungarians who agree with EU membership has fallen from the 63% recorded in spring 2003 to 42% in spring 2005
... moving to lower-cost countries as a result of EU membership (89%) and about difficulties faced by farmers (79%). More than half of
... joining the euro zone has risen to 64%. Luxemburg and Belgium show the strongest support for the euro of all the 25 member states (87

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Andor Ladányi: problems with the higher education law

Ferenc Mádl referred the higher education law to the Constitutional Court before signing it into law - parts of it were
.... But there are problems with the law that go beyond his own reservations. Amongst the most important relate to the reform of higher
There is no doubt that the structure of higher education needs to be reformed. The traditional University Council and the scholarly
... longer enough to meet the challenge of running today's greatly expanded institutions. The law tries to solve the problem
... a so-called senate to research and education affairs, whilst leaving swathes of strategic management questions to a body

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"There is talk of up to 50m victims"

Hungary is relatively well prepared for the next global epidemic, according to László Bujdosó, the 45-year-old Chief Medical Officer. He
... the data protection commissioner, psychology and prudery are the main reasons why few people are prepared to take advantage of free
' Service added their voice to the choir. Why is everyone so convinced that millions will fall ill with a disease that has killed 112
... 2003? LB: We're not trying to alarm people. WHO's experts are sounding a warning because much of the world is not taking the danger
.... Virologists say it's a question of when, not if. If a bird flu virus encounters a human flu virus inside a cell and acquires its ability

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Integrated classes

We should fight prejudice, but without exposing weaker students to demands that exceed their
trying to disprove the bible, claimed that God had created the various human 'races' separately, meaning that they should not mix
... persecution laws in Hungary nowadays, and there are no governments that want to introduce them. Apart from a few extremists, there are
... life who call for the races to be separated. Somewhat absurdly, even the racists themselves take offense at being labeled with this

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The state of the economy before the elections

government is showing a real commitment to slowing budget deficit growth. The real danger to the economy is the imminent
Inflation causes problems twice over: first when it begins to race, and again when it falls. This poses a dilemma for the government
... to start the year, explaining what and why and how. Furthermore, the population perceives much higher inflation than is shown by the
... deviation is enormous: according to the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), the difference can be more than 10%. The only comforting sign is

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Double zero

Recently, Zsigmond Járai - speaking of course as a private individual - called for state debt to be progressively cut and for the budget
manifestos, but this work, published as a supplement to the financial daily Világgazdaság, proposes measures so radical that they outdo
... and Lajos Bokros, the wise old men of Hungarian monetarism. At least they never dared to go this far. Bokros has recently being calling
... budget to be cut in order to spur on growth, but he didn't insist on getting rid of the deficit. Surányi has been

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Regional service centers: Hungary in the lead

financial and call-centre operations to Hungary. But our competitive advantage, based on a well-trained, polyglot workforce and low
Hungary is the 'jewel in the crown' of the European outsourcing market, according to Datamonitor, a British market research company
... December published a cost comparison of outsourcing telephone customer service centres to 14 different countries. The survey showed
... wage, contribution, property rental, telecommunications and tax costs. According to Datamonitor, Hungary is not one of the cheapest

HVG English version

Not a mirage, but a symbol

"To those that have, shall be given, and from those that have not shall be taken
is tantamount to an expletive in some circles - I feel a certain readiness to express my opinion. First, I should answer
... recommend to a left-wing government like the Socialist-Free Democrat coalition that it introduce the kind of property or solidarity tax
... governments have experimented with over the past decades, trying to stem the tide of poverty brought on by gloablisation and

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Double zero

Recently, Zsigmond Járai - speaking of course as a private individual - called for state debt to be progressively cut and for the budget
manifestos, but this work, published as a supplement to the financial daily Világgazdaság, proposes measures so radical that they outdo
... and Lajos Bokros, the wise old men of Hungarian monetarism. At least they never dared to go this far. Bokros has recently being calling
... budget to be cut in order to spur on growth, but he didn't insist on getting rid of the deficit. Surányi has been

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What to do about silent pauses during interviews?

candidate, there to prove him or herself, can be forced onto the back foot. And that is precisely what the interviewer wants
Many people take silence as a sign that they've made a mistake, or that the interviewer expects them to add detail. But trying
... a finished explanation just makes matters worse for the candidate and can lead to verbal and behavioural confusion. So what should we
... language has an important role to play. If someone is looking at you expectantly, then you can look back expectantly as well, perhaps

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