Archive for June, 2011

Hungary will sell 25% stake in Budapest Airport to Hochtief

Hungary will sell its 25 percent stake in Budapest Airport Zrt. to Germany’s Hochtief AG (HOT), which leads a group that owns the remainder of the equity, the National Development Ministry said.

The government will call its option to sell the stake, valued at about 36.6 billion forint ($200 million), to Hochtief by the June 18 deadline set when the majority of the equity was sold in 2005, the ministry said in an e-mailed statement today.

Hochtief’s Hungarian unit owns 37.7 percent of the airport.

via Hungary Will Sell 25% Stake in Budapest Airport to Hochtief – Bloomberg.

EU asks Hungary to stop anti-abortion campaign

The European Commission requested Hungary to stop its anti-abortion campaign because it was financed mainly using EU money allotted to gender equality projects.

The Hungarian government earlier this year chose against an outright ban on abortion, but started an ad campaign hoping to reduce the numbers of legal abortions. The campaign is set to run for two months and show a picture of a fetus with the words, “I understand it if you aren’t ready for me, but rather put me up for adoption, let me live!”

read more EU Asks Hungary to Stop Anti-Abortion Campaign – Emerging Europe Real Time – WSJ.