260 result(s) for cabinet meeting
Hungarians “Should Decide On Immigration Issue”
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Experience shows that regulating immigration from Brussels has proven a failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters in Strasbourg. Decisions on whether a country wants to receive refugees should be made at national level, he said. Hungary wants its citizens to be allowed to decide whether or not there should be immigrants on Hungarian territory, the prime minister said before addressing ...
More And More Migrants Knocking At Hungary’s Door, Research Reveals
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Using the European Commission’s draft proposals on immigration as its basis, a research firm has projected Hungary would see a significant rise in the number of refugees in the coming period. The EC draft includes a proposal to allocate a quota for the number of asylum-seekers to be received by each EU member state, based on certain indicators, the Center for Fundamental Rights said.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Window Covers Can Be Removed In Tobacco Shops In Hungary
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
The covers can be removed from tobacco shop windows and only the products must be hidden from sight, public news channel M1 reported. The issue of dark foil covers on shop windows came into focus over a recent murder of a shop assistant in Kaposvár, central Hungary, after critics said the fact that shops are papered over invited crime. On Thursday, cabinet chief János Lázár said the law on ...
Billions Loaned To Quaestor Under Gyurcsány Govt, Says Fidesz
- 31 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s Fidesz ruling party has proposed setting up a parliamentary sub-committee to investigate a government loan to the Quaestor brokerage made under the Socialist administration of Ferenc Gyurcsány.
RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or ...
Former PM Gyurcsány Testifies On 2006 Anti-Government Riots
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister during anti-government riots in 2006, said in a court testimony that the officers accused in connection with the riots were not guilty of the offences they had been charged with. Gyurcsány said he had phoned deputy policy chief Árpád Szabadfi on the night of Sept. 18, 2006, when the attack on the TV headquarters in Budapest took place.
Parliamentary Committee Set To Discuss Changes To Ad Tax
- 27 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Cabinet chief János Lázár has initiated a meeting of Parliament’s economy committee to discuss the possibility of modifying the tax on advertising. Lázár asked the committee’s chairman, Antal Rogán, to call a meeting of the body next week to debate modifications to the tax.
Government Official: Central Europe Serves As Transit Route Both For Immigrants And For Extremists
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Terrorism and illegal migration are issues that for Hungary, in its particular position, cannot be handled separately, a government official said in Brussels.
Hungarians “Should Decide On Immigration Issue”
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Experience shows that regulating immigration from Brussels has proven a failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters in Strasbourg. Decisions on whether a country wants to receive refugees should be made at national level, he said. Hungary wants its citizens to be allowed to decide whether or not there should be immigrants on Hungarian territory, the prime minister said before addressing ...
More And More Migrants Knocking At Hungary’s Door, Research Reveals
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Using the European Commission’s draft proposals on immigration as its basis, a research firm has projected Hungary would see a significant rise in the number of refugees in the coming period. The EC draft includes a proposal to allocate a quota for the number of asylum-seekers to be received by each EU member state, based on certain indicators, the Center for Fundamental Rights said.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Window Covers Can Be Removed In Tobacco Shops In Hungary
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
The covers can be removed from tobacco shop windows and only the products must be hidden from sight, public news channel M1 reported. The issue of dark foil covers on shop windows came into focus over a recent murder of a shop assistant in Kaposvár, central Hungary, after critics said the fact that shops are papered over invited crime. On Thursday, cabinet chief János Lázár said the law on ...
Billions Loaned To Quaestor Under Gyurcsány Govt, Says Fidesz
- 31 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s Fidesz ruling party has proposed setting up a parliamentary sub-committee to investigate a government loan to the Quaestor brokerage made under the Socialist administration of Ferenc Gyurcsány.
RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or ...
Former PM Gyurcsány Testifies On 2006 Anti-Government Riots
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister during anti-government riots in 2006, said in a court testimony that the officers accused in connection with the riots were not guilty of the offences they had been charged with. Gyurcsány said he had phoned deputy policy chief Árpád Szabadfi on the night of Sept. 18, 2006, when the attack on the TV headquarters in Budapest took place.
Parliamentary Committee Set To Discuss Changes To Ad Tax
- 27 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Cabinet chief János Lázár has initiated a meeting of Parliament’s economy committee to discuss the possibility of modifying the tax on advertising. Lázár asked the committee’s chairman, Antal Rogán, to call a meeting of the body next week to debate modifications to the tax.
Government Official: Central Europe Serves As Transit Route Both For Immigrants And For Extremists
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Terrorism and illegal migration are issues that for Hungary, in its particular position, cannot be handled separately, a government official said in Brussels.