164 result(s) for debrecen in Current Affairs
Nuclear Power Plant Paks Upgrade To Start In January
- 29 Aug 2017 10:04 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant in Paks will begin early next year, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said on Monday.
Debrecen University To Honour Russian President Vladimir Putin
- 25 Aug 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The University of Debrecen is to award Russian President Vladimir Putin the title “civis honoris causa”, its website said on Thursday. Putin will get the honour in recognition of “the major role the Russian Federation and Hungary assign to the Debrecen University in the upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant”, the senate of the university said. The east Hungarian university is to train experts for the ...
Parties Mark St. Stephen’s National Holiday
- 22 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary group leader of the ruling Fidesz party, Lajos Kósa, marking Hungary’s national holiday on Sunday, said St. Stephen’s legacy obliges Hungarians to follow the path marked out over a thousand years of its statehood.
'Pro-Migration' Interpreters Sacked
- 14 Aug 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Immigration and Refugees Office (BMH) has fired ten interpreters for “misusing their position” by trying to extend help to potential migrants who are awaiting the evaluation of their applications, Magyar Idõk reports based on information obtained from the Interior Ministry.
Three Die In E Hungary Road Accident
- 26 Jul 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
Three people died in a road accident in the early hours of Tuesday near the town of Biharkeresztes, in eastern Hungary, on highway 42. The accident involved a minibus with Bulgarian number plates and a Polish lorry, a local police spokesman said.
Five Years For Criminal Treasurer
- 10 Jul 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Debrecen Court on Friday issued a five-year prison term to András Lakatos, a former treasurer of the Hungarian underworld. Known as “Kisbandi,” Lakatos was an associate of Tamás Portik, who has been convicted of involvement in several murders
Number Of Hungarian Babies Born Abroad Grows
- 5 Jul 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
While the number of births fell by 1.4 percent in January-April 2017 in Hungary, the number of Hungarian babies born abroad grew by 12 percent, the opposition LMP party said on Tuesday. According to data obtained from the Budapest Government Office and the Central Statistical Office, 15 percent of Hungarian babies are now born outside the country’s borders, Máté Kanász-Nagy of LMP said. Over ...
Top Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 4 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Monday ruled that local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups. The Kúria ruled that by failing to protect the Roma population in the village of Gyöngyöspata from abuse in spring 2011, the police themselves had been guilty of harassment against the ...
Foreign Students Spend Annual 140 Million Euros In Debrecen, Szeged, Pécs
- 20 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 11,000 foreign students at the universities of Debrecen, Szeged and Pécs spend an annual 43 billion forints (EUR 140m) including tuition fees, a survey by the three universities made available on Thursday showed.
Nuclear Power Plant Paks Upgrade To Start In January
- 29 Aug 2017 10:04 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant in Paks will begin early next year, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said on Monday.
Debrecen University To Honour Russian President Vladimir Putin
- 25 Aug 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The University of Debrecen is to award Russian President Vladimir Putin the title “civis honoris causa”, its website said on Thursday. Putin will get the honour in recognition of “the major role the Russian Federation and Hungary assign to the Debrecen University in the upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant”, the senate of the university said. The east Hungarian university is to train experts for the ...
Parties Mark St. Stephen’s National Holiday
- 22 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary group leader of the ruling Fidesz party, Lajos Kósa, marking Hungary’s national holiday on Sunday, said St. Stephen’s legacy obliges Hungarians to follow the path marked out over a thousand years of its statehood.
'Pro-Migration' Interpreters Sacked
- 14 Aug 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Immigration and Refugees Office (BMH) has fired ten interpreters for “misusing their position” by trying to extend help to potential migrants who are awaiting the evaluation of their applications, Magyar Idõk reports based on information obtained from the Interior Ministry.
Three Die In E Hungary Road Accident
- 26 Jul 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
Three people died in a road accident in the early hours of Tuesday near the town of Biharkeresztes, in eastern Hungary, on highway 42. The accident involved a minibus with Bulgarian number plates and a Polish lorry, a local police spokesman said.
Five Years For Criminal Treasurer
- 10 Jul 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Debrecen Court on Friday issued a five-year prison term to András Lakatos, a former treasurer of the Hungarian underworld. Known as “Kisbandi,” Lakatos was an associate of Tamás Portik, who has been convicted of involvement in several murders
Number Of Hungarian Babies Born Abroad Grows
- 5 Jul 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
While the number of births fell by 1.4 percent in January-April 2017 in Hungary, the number of Hungarian babies born abroad grew by 12 percent, the opposition LMP party said on Tuesday. According to data obtained from the Budapest Government Office and the Central Statistical Office, 15 percent of Hungarian babies are now born outside the country’s borders, Máté Kanász-Nagy of LMP said. Over ...
Top Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 4 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Monday ruled that local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups. The Kúria ruled that by failing to protect the Roma population in the village of Gyöngyöspata from abuse in spring 2011, the police themselves had been guilty of harassment against the ...
Foreign Students Spend Annual 140 Million Euros In Debrecen, Szeged, Pécs
- 20 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 11,000 foreign students at the universities of Debrecen, Szeged and Pécs spend an annual 43 billion forints (EUR 140m) including tuition fees, a survey by the three universities made available on Thursday showed.