102 result(s) for canada in Current Affairs
Hungarian Ministry Dismayed By Russia Ban
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Russian ban on food products from the EU and elsewhere is regrettable, as it will harm both EU producers and Russian consumers, and could have a negative impact on bilateral economic relations, the Foreign Ministry said in a Thursday statement.
Fifty Foreign Students To Learn Hungarian At Pécs University Summer Course
- 23 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Over fifty students from 20 countries will learn Hungarian at summer courses organised by the University of Pécs in southern Hungary. The students will learn the language with help of 12 tutors at two-week and four-week intensive courses starting next week, the university said.
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 ...
US Court Seeks Arrest Of Far-Right Hungarian Portal Owner
- 16 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A court in the US has initiated the arrest of Béla Varga, the owner of kuruc.info, an extremist Hungarian website, The Press Democrat reported online. According to the US website, Varga has fled to Canada to avoid legal proceedings launched under charges of harassment and lethal menaces. A relevant court in San Francisco ordered a bench warrant against Varga after he had failed to turn up for two ...
Hungarian Youth From US, Canada Meet HR Minister
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog met young Hungarians from the United States and Canada, participants in the ReConnect Hungary programme, in Budapest. Balog said his guests were third or fourth generation Hungarians, who no longer speak Hungarian, but for whom there is “still space in their hearts for the country”.
Green Ombudsmen To Meet In Budapest
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Environmental ombudsmen from around the world will attend from Thursday a three-day meeting in Budapest under the chief patronage of President János Áder. The meeting was initiated by Hungary’s deputy ombudsman for the protection of future generations, Marcel Szabó, who told MTI the aim of the meeting was to agree on best-practices and jointly create an institutional model to serve as an example ...
Number Of Hungarian Asylum Seekers In Canada Has Dropped By 97 Percent
- 29 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Canada's immigration minister Chris Alexander told news portal canada.com that changes to Canada's immigration policies have helped reduce the number of asylum seekers, most of whom had previously come from Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
Hungarian Writer Kertész Granted Asylum In Canada
- 18 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Canada has approved writer Ákos Kertész’s application for political asylum, accepting the claim that he is persecuted in his own country. Kertész, who has been living in Canada since February 2012, angered many when he wrote in US-based Amerikai Népszava on August 29, 2011 that Hungarians have not faced up to the Holocaust, in part because they are “genetically subservient” and tend to blame ...
Hungarian Ministry Dismayed By Russia Ban
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Russian ban on food products from the EU and elsewhere is regrettable, as it will harm both EU producers and Russian consumers, and could have a negative impact on bilateral economic relations, the Foreign Ministry said in a Thursday statement.
Fifty Foreign Students To Learn Hungarian At Pécs University Summer Course
- 23 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Over fifty students from 20 countries will learn Hungarian at summer courses organised by the University of Pécs in southern Hungary. The students will learn the language with help of 12 tutors at two-week and four-week intensive courses starting next week, the university said.
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 ...
US Court Seeks Arrest Of Far-Right Hungarian Portal Owner
- 16 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A court in the US has initiated the arrest of Béla Varga, the owner of kuruc.info, an extremist Hungarian website, The Press Democrat reported online. According to the US website, Varga has fled to Canada to avoid legal proceedings launched under charges of harassment and lethal menaces. A relevant court in San Francisco ordered a bench warrant against Varga after he had failed to turn up for two ...
Hungarian Youth From US, Canada Meet HR Minister
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog met young Hungarians from the United States and Canada, participants in the ReConnect Hungary programme, in Budapest. Balog said his guests were third or fourth generation Hungarians, who no longer speak Hungarian, but for whom there is “still space in their hearts for the country”.
Green Ombudsmen To Meet In Budapest
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Environmental ombudsmen from around the world will attend from Thursday a three-day meeting in Budapest under the chief patronage of President János Áder. The meeting was initiated by Hungary’s deputy ombudsman for the protection of future generations, Marcel Szabó, who told MTI the aim of the meeting was to agree on best-practices and jointly create an institutional model to serve as an example ...
Number Of Hungarian Asylum Seekers In Canada Has Dropped By 97 Percent
- 29 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Canada's immigration minister Chris Alexander told news portal canada.com that changes to Canada's immigration policies have helped reduce the number of asylum seekers, most of whom had previously come from Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
Hungarian Writer Kertész Granted Asylum In Canada
- 18 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Canada has approved writer Ákos Kertész’s application for political asylum, accepting the claim that he is persecuted in his own country. Kertész, who has been living in Canada since February 2012, angered many when he wrote in US-based Amerikai Népszava on August 29, 2011 that Hungarians have not faced up to the Holocaust, in part because they are “genetically subservient” and tend to blame ...