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Xpat Opinion: Trade Union Road Blocks In Budapest
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator argues that the nationwide demonstration proved the presence of vibrant democracy in Hungary. Meanwhile she criticises the government for imposing toll on the Budapest highway belt as well as MPs for wanting to exempt themselves of highway tolls.
Hungary’s Union Chief “Trusts In Agreement” With Govt
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A partial road-block demonstration organised by the Liga trade union umbrella organisation around the country went according to plans, István Gaskó, the union’s chief, said on Monday afternoon. Joined by several unions, Liga held the partial road blockade at altogether 54 points between 7am and 4pm in protest against government measures which the unions say are disadvantageous to employees.
Icy Weather Cuts Off Electricity Supply In Hungary
- 3 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nearly 40 villages remained without electricity on Tuesday as freezing rain and ice caused power lines and trees to collapse, while many roads had to be closed to traffic. Authorities have banned entry to wooded areas more than 400 metres above sea level in the Pilis, Budai and Visegrádi hills.
Freezing Rain Causes Traffic Disruptions Nationwide
- 2 Dec 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Sleet and freezing rain have left streets in western Budapest’s hills and many roads across the country impassable, while disaster management staff have been busy removing fallen trees in many places. Several streets in Budapest’s 2nd and 12th districts were closed for traffic on Tuesday morning, the disaster management authority reported on its website.
All Hungary’s Fidesz Has To Fear Is Itself - Commentators Török & G. Fodor Agree
- 24 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that Hungarian voters have been called to the polls for the third time this year (for parliamentary, European Parliament and municipality elections), Heti Válasz has asked two political scientists to evaluate the outcome of weekend's election and offer a forecast. Gábor Török and Gábor G. Fodor agree that PM Viktor Orbán will forge ahead with a reformer's zeal while former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány ...
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Hungary's Top Court Rejects Referendum On Paks
- 9 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld decisions by the National Election Committee and the Kúria in declaring that no referendum can be held on the €10 billion loan agreement with Russia for financing the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.
Hungary’s Socialist Chairman Mesterházy: Left Has Every Chance To Have Majority In EP
- 22 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a real chance for the leftist parties to win the majority of the seats at the European Parliament, Socialist chairman Attila Mesterházy said on Wednesday. He said at a press conference in Ajka, western Hungary, that the European left had supported job creation while parties on the right had been interested in introducing further austerity measures.
Xpat Opinion: Trade Union Road Blocks In Budapest
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator argues that the nationwide demonstration proved the presence of vibrant democracy in Hungary. Meanwhile she criticises the government for imposing toll on the Budapest highway belt as well as MPs for wanting to exempt themselves of highway tolls.
Hungary’s Union Chief “Trusts In Agreement” With Govt
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A partial road-block demonstration organised by the Liga trade union umbrella organisation around the country went according to plans, István Gaskó, the union’s chief, said on Monday afternoon. Joined by several unions, Liga held the partial road blockade at altogether 54 points between 7am and 4pm in protest against government measures which the unions say are disadvantageous to employees.
Icy Weather Cuts Off Electricity Supply In Hungary
- 3 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nearly 40 villages remained without electricity on Tuesday as freezing rain and ice caused power lines and trees to collapse, while many roads had to be closed to traffic. Authorities have banned entry to wooded areas more than 400 metres above sea level in the Pilis, Budai and Visegrádi hills.
Freezing Rain Causes Traffic Disruptions Nationwide
- 2 Dec 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Sleet and freezing rain have left streets in western Budapest’s hills and many roads across the country impassable, while disaster management staff have been busy removing fallen trees in many places. Several streets in Budapest’s 2nd and 12th districts were closed for traffic on Tuesday morning, the disaster management authority reported on its website.
All Hungary’s Fidesz Has To Fear Is Itself - Commentators Török & G. Fodor Agree
- 24 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that Hungarian voters have been called to the polls for the third time this year (for parliamentary, European Parliament and municipality elections), Heti Válasz has asked two political scientists to evaluate the outcome of weekend's election and offer a forecast. Gábor Török and Gábor G. Fodor agree that PM Viktor Orbán will forge ahead with a reformer's zeal while former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány ...
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Hungary's Top Court Rejects Referendum On Paks
- 9 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld decisions by the National Election Committee and the Kúria in declaring that no referendum can be held on the €10 billion loan agreement with Russia for financing the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.
Hungary’s Socialist Chairman Mesterházy: Left Has Every Chance To Have Majority In EP
- 22 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a real chance for the leftist parties to win the majority of the seats at the European Parliament, Socialist chairman Attila Mesterházy said on Wednesday. He said at a press conference in Ajka, western Hungary, that the European left had supported job creation while parties on the right had been interested in introducing further austerity measures.