26 result(s) for ethics in Current Affairs
House Speaker Marks National Holiday In Radio Interview
- 21 Aug 2018 8:21 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
House Speaker László Kövér marked Hungary’s August 20 national holiday on its eve on Sunday, and said in an interview to commercial radio Karc FM that “Hungary is a nation state because its national culture is based on Christian values”.
LMP Launches Disciplinary Procedure Against Own MP
- 16 Apr 2018 7:49 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Green opposition party LMP said it launched a disciplinary procedure against one of its MPs, Benedek R Sallai. LMP made the announcement after reports in the press that Sallai had tried to attack co-chairman Ákos Hadházy (pictured on top) at a meeting of the party’s ethics committee.
Church Of Scientology In Hungary Fined EUR 65,000 For Unlawful Data Management
- 23 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s data protection authority has fined the Church of Scientology in Hungary and its headquarters 20 million forints (EUR 65,000) each for abuse of personal and other data, the authority’s head said on Friday. The National Data Protection Authority (NAIH) had been conducting an investigation into the organisation and its headquarters since last December, Attila Péterfalvi told a press ...
Orbán: Government To Launch Schemes To Support Digital Education
- 24 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will introduce new schemes to promote education aimed at enhancing digital skills among employees and support IT students, the prime minister said, opening a three-day competition of students in vocational training on Monday.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Hungarian Ambassador Asks New York Times For Correction
- 12 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian ambassador in Washington, DC has asked The New York Times in an official letter to issue a correction in connection with an article which appeared in the US daily, claiming that a Syrian refugee woman was “beaten unconscious in a Hungarian prison,” daily Magyar Idők reported. According to the paper, Réka Szemerkényi’s letter proposes that the paper should issue a correction in order ...
Venice Commission Calls For Further Changes To Hungary Media Law
- 22 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Though Hungary has improved its media regulations in recent years, increasing the freedom of the media in the country requires further measures, the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission said in an opinion. The Commission evaluated Hungary’s media laws adopted in 2010, and the law on last year’s advertisement tax.
Welt Am Sonntag Exerted “Unacceptable Pressure” After Hungarian PM Interview
- 17 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
German newspaper Welt am Sonntag exerted unacceptable pressure in connection with an interview by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán given in parallel with Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer last week in Bavaria.
Falus Quits Race For Budapest Mayor
- 30 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Falus announced he has quit as the leftist candidate for Budapest mayor. Conservative Lajos Bokros is now wooing his voters. Originally put forward by the opposition E-PM party alliance, Falus was backed by the Democratic Coalition (DK) and had the grudging support of the Socialists.
House Speaker Marks National Holiday In Radio Interview
- 21 Aug 2018 8:21 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
House Speaker László Kövér marked Hungary’s August 20 national holiday on its eve on Sunday, and said in an interview to commercial radio Karc FM that “Hungary is a nation state because its national culture is based on Christian values”.
LMP Launches Disciplinary Procedure Against Own MP
- 16 Apr 2018 7:49 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Green opposition party LMP said it launched a disciplinary procedure against one of its MPs, Benedek R Sallai. LMP made the announcement after reports in the press that Sallai had tried to attack co-chairman Ákos Hadházy (pictured on top) at a meeting of the party’s ethics committee.
Church Of Scientology In Hungary Fined EUR 65,000 For Unlawful Data Management
- 23 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s data protection authority has fined the Church of Scientology in Hungary and its headquarters 20 million forints (EUR 65,000) each for abuse of personal and other data, the authority’s head said on Friday. The National Data Protection Authority (NAIH) had been conducting an investigation into the organisation and its headquarters since last December, Attila Péterfalvi told a press ...
Orbán: Government To Launch Schemes To Support Digital Education
- 24 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will introduce new schemes to promote education aimed at enhancing digital skills among employees and support IT students, the prime minister said, opening a three-day competition of students in vocational training on Monday.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Hungarian Ambassador Asks New York Times For Correction
- 12 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian ambassador in Washington, DC has asked The New York Times in an official letter to issue a correction in connection with an article which appeared in the US daily, claiming that a Syrian refugee woman was “beaten unconscious in a Hungarian prison,” daily Magyar Idők reported. According to the paper, Réka Szemerkényi’s letter proposes that the paper should issue a correction in order ...
Venice Commission Calls For Further Changes To Hungary Media Law
- 22 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Though Hungary has improved its media regulations in recent years, increasing the freedom of the media in the country requires further measures, the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission said in an opinion. The Commission evaluated Hungary’s media laws adopted in 2010, and the law on last year’s advertisement tax.
Welt Am Sonntag Exerted “Unacceptable Pressure” After Hungarian PM Interview
- 17 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
German newspaper Welt am Sonntag exerted unacceptable pressure in connection with an interview by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán given in parallel with Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer last week in Bavaria.
Falus Quits Race For Budapest Mayor
- 30 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Falus announced he has quit as the leftist candidate for Budapest mayor. Conservative Lajos Bokros is now wooing his voters. Originally put forward by the opposition E-PM party alliance, Falus was backed by the Democratic Coalition (DK) and had the grudging support of the Socialists.