71 result(s) for researchers in Current Affairs
Hungary Joins European Researchers’ Night
- 24 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 101 science and research labs and institutions in 33 cities will organise interactive programmes in Hungary on Sept. 26, on Researchers’ Night. For the ninth time, Hungary will be joining the European Commission initiative aiming to bring science and research closer to the public - especially youngsters - in an engaging way.
'Seriously About Paks' Event, Budapest, 16 September
- 16 Sep 2014 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The planned new nuclear power plant in Paks raises a number of economic, security, geopolitical and social issues, which have barely been mentioned in the Hungarian public media. Energiaklub launches a series of events titled ’Seriously about Paks’. Each event will focus on a specific issue. Foreign and local experts and researchers exchange their views, along special ad hoc studies.
Pre -1989 Communist Documents In Hungary To Be Transferred To National Archives
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The Institute of Political History (PTI) will have to transfer its 1944-1989 archives to the National Archives as the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has rejected the institute’s appeal against the transfer, according to press reports.
There Should Be More Women Among Members Of Hungarian Parliament - A Commentary
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Exactly 19 of the 199 members of Hungary's new parliament are women. That comes to 9.5 percent, a ratio that speaks for itself. Looking for an adjective to describe the situation I thought of ridiculous, untenable and infuriating but finally settled for humiliating as the word that best describes what I feel when thinking of this 9.5 percent ratio.
Hungarians To Explore Highest Active Volcano On Earth
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A team of Hungarian researchers is to visit Ojos del Salado, the world’s highest active volcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile, to study the effects of climate change, the head of the expedition said on Wednesday.
PM Opens New, World-Class Scientific Research Centre In Budapest
- 18 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is now stronger and in a position to spend more on culture as well as on intellectual and scientific projects, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday at the opening ceremony of a new facility to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
Xpat Opinion: New Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 20 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last few days I have encountered a number of studies, television interviews, and polls on Hungarian anti-Semitism. The inspiration for this sudden burst of information is undoubtedly an international conference organized by the Tom Lantos Institute, which is described as “an independent human and minority rights organization with a particular focus on Jewish and Roma communities and other ...
Xpat Opinion: Human Rights Watch: Getting It Wrong…Again
- 22 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The recent Human Rights Watch dispatch, Hungary: Constitutional Changes Fall Short, shows that sometimes it’s just not worth the effort. Some writers simply have another agenda. They approach the topic with such prejudice that they are incapable of handling facts that don’t fit their narrative.
Hungarian “Spy Stork” Arrested And Eaten In Egypt
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian stork Ménes accused of being a spy was first arrested then was killed and eaten shortly after its release in Egypt last week. The man who found and gave Ménes to the police thought the bird was an undercover agent because it carried an electronic device.
Hungary Joins European Researchers’ Night
- 24 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 101 science and research labs and institutions in 33 cities will organise interactive programmes in Hungary on Sept. 26, on Researchers’ Night. For the ninth time, Hungary will be joining the European Commission initiative aiming to bring science and research closer to the public - especially youngsters - in an engaging way.
'Seriously About Paks' Event, Budapest, 16 September
- 16 Sep 2014 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The planned new nuclear power plant in Paks raises a number of economic, security, geopolitical and social issues, which have barely been mentioned in the Hungarian public media. Energiaklub launches a series of events titled ’Seriously about Paks’. Each event will focus on a specific issue. Foreign and local experts and researchers exchange their views, along special ad hoc studies.
Pre -1989 Communist Documents In Hungary To Be Transferred To National Archives
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The Institute of Political History (PTI) will have to transfer its 1944-1989 archives to the National Archives as the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has rejected the institute’s appeal against the transfer, according to press reports.
There Should Be More Women Among Members Of Hungarian Parliament - A Commentary
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Exactly 19 of the 199 members of Hungary's new parliament are women. That comes to 9.5 percent, a ratio that speaks for itself. Looking for an adjective to describe the situation I thought of ridiculous, untenable and infuriating but finally settled for humiliating as the word that best describes what I feel when thinking of this 9.5 percent ratio.
Hungarians To Explore Highest Active Volcano On Earth
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A team of Hungarian researchers is to visit Ojos del Salado, the world’s highest active volcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile, to study the effects of climate change, the head of the expedition said on Wednesday.
PM Opens New, World-Class Scientific Research Centre In Budapest
- 18 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is now stronger and in a position to spend more on culture as well as on intellectual and scientific projects, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday at the opening ceremony of a new facility to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
Xpat Opinion: New Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 20 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last few days I have encountered a number of studies, television interviews, and polls on Hungarian anti-Semitism. The inspiration for this sudden burst of information is undoubtedly an international conference organized by the Tom Lantos Institute, which is described as “an independent human and minority rights organization with a particular focus on Jewish and Roma communities and other ...
Xpat Opinion: Human Rights Watch: Getting It Wrong…Again
- 22 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The recent Human Rights Watch dispatch, Hungary: Constitutional Changes Fall Short, shows that sometimes it’s just not worth the effort. Some writers simply have another agenda. They approach the topic with such prejudice that they are incapable of handling facts that don’t fit their narrative.
Hungarian “Spy Stork” Arrested And Eaten In Egypt
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian stork Ménes accused of being a spy was first arrested then was killed and eaten shortly after its release in Egypt last week. The man who found and gave Ménes to the police thought the bird was an undercover agent because it carried an electronic device.