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Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Hungary Births On The Rise
- 13 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of live births in Hungary has been on the up for the past two years, a human resources ministry state secretary said. Citing statistical data, Katalin Novák said the fertility rate was at a 20-year high as a result of the government’s policies aimed at encouraging couples to have children.
Daily Singing Lessons To Be Introduces In Hungarian Schools
- 10 Aug 2015 9:03 AM
- community & culture
“The ministry has plans to introduce daily singing sessions in Hungarian schools,” Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said following an appearance at the Europa Cantat choir festival in Pécs. According to state-run media, Balog said the singing lessons wouldn’t involve additional coursework because the government intends to decrease the number of classes. Instead, he said, the government ...
Green Number Plates Introduced In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 11:35 AM
- getting around
Hungarian motorists with electric or hybrid vehicles may now apply for new green number plates, business daily Világgazdaság said. The National Development Ministry told the paper that motorists who replace their old number plates with the green plates would have to pay 8,500 forints (EUR 27).
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Interview 4: Diego Massidda, Former CEO, Vodafone Hungary
- 29 Jul 2015 12:00 PM
1. Since we last met Vodafone Hungary abolished roaming charges - how is this working out for customers, and your business? Have other companies followed your lead?
CEU Business School Launches New Business Analytics Master's Program
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Become a business decision maker who examines data and executes data & analytics strategies to drive business value. There is already a shortage of data scientists and business analysts due to the Big Data boom. Businesses and other organizations increasingly recognize the potential value of the huge amounts of data produced and archived each day, indeed every minute and second, if such data is ...
Hungarian Paramilitary Leader Suspected Of Promoting Illegal Immigration
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Róbert Kiss, head of the now defunct New Hungarian Guard, is suspected of “organising transportation for illegal immigrants to Budapest”, daily Napi Gazdaság reported. The paper associated Kiss and another person with a recent statement by counter-terrorism force TEK, which apprehended two people, unnamed in the report, in the act of negotiating a transfer with five Syrian immigrants in southern ...
Hungary’s Opposition Criticises PM Over Tusványos Speech
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over his remarks at the 26th annual Bálványos Summer University). The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that the prime minister should initiate amending the EU’s founding treaty or Hungary’s treaty of accession. Jobbik said that if Orbán “is truly worried for national self-determination in Europe”, he should reinstate the Border Guard ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Hungary Births On The Rise
- 13 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of live births in Hungary has been on the up for the past two years, a human resources ministry state secretary said. Citing statistical data, Katalin Novák said the fertility rate was at a 20-year high as a result of the government’s policies aimed at encouraging couples to have children.
Daily Singing Lessons To Be Introduces In Hungarian Schools
- 10 Aug 2015 9:03 AM
- community & culture
“The ministry has plans to introduce daily singing sessions in Hungarian schools,” Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said following an appearance at the Europa Cantat choir festival in Pécs. According to state-run media, Balog said the singing lessons wouldn’t involve additional coursework because the government intends to decrease the number of classes. Instead, he said, the government ...
Green Number Plates Introduced In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 11:35 AM
- getting around
Hungarian motorists with electric or hybrid vehicles may now apply for new green number plates, business daily Világgazdaság said. The National Development Ministry told the paper that motorists who replace their old number plates with the green plates would have to pay 8,500 forints (EUR 27).
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Interview 4: Diego Massidda, Former CEO, Vodafone Hungary
- 29 Jul 2015 12:00 PM
1. Since we last met Vodafone Hungary abolished roaming charges - how is this working out for customers, and your business? Have other companies followed your lead?
CEU Business School Launches New Business Analytics Master's Program
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Become a business decision maker who examines data and executes data & analytics strategies to drive business value. There is already a shortage of data scientists and business analysts due to the Big Data boom. Businesses and other organizations increasingly recognize the potential value of the huge amounts of data produced and archived each day, indeed every minute and second, if such data is ...
Hungarian Paramilitary Leader Suspected Of Promoting Illegal Immigration
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Róbert Kiss, head of the now defunct New Hungarian Guard, is suspected of “organising transportation for illegal immigrants to Budapest”, daily Napi Gazdaság reported. The paper associated Kiss and another person with a recent statement by counter-terrorism force TEK, which apprehended two people, unnamed in the report, in the act of negotiating a transfer with five Syrian immigrants in southern ...
Hungary’s Opposition Criticises PM Over Tusványos Speech
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over his remarks at the 26th annual Bálványos Summer University). The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that the prime minister should initiate amending the EU’s founding treaty or Hungary’s treaty of accession. Jobbik said that if Orbán “is truly worried for national self-determination in Europe”, he should reinstate the Border Guard ...