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Budapest Hosts Hungarian-Flemish Talks
- 19 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian-Flemish Joint Committee held its 9th meeting in Budapest, the foreign ministry said. Co-chairs István Mikola of Hungary and Koen Verlaeckt of Flanders praised the body’s achievements in developing bilateral ties over the past two decades. Mikola said the restoration of cultural heritage sites in Iraq within the framework of UNESCO as a prospective field of cooperation.
Hungary supports British EU Reform Proposals
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary supports British proposals for European Union reforms aiming to boost the sovereignty of member states and the role of national parliaments, Szabolcs Takács, Hungary’s state secretary for EU affairs, said after talks on Tuesday with officials in London. Hungary also agrees with British proposals to prohibit members of the euro zone from passing decisions binding on EU members outside the ...
Reactions To Quaestor Compensation Law In Hungary
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party said the Constitutional Court’s decision to axe parts of a law on compensation for investors of failed brokerage Quaestor served the interests of the banking sector, while opposition parties once again called on the government and central bank to take responsibility for the scandal. Tuesday’s Constitutional Court ruling concerns the law governing a top-up fund which ...
Kissinger’s Latest Title World Order Presented In Budapest
- 12 Nov 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian edition of the latest book “World Order” by former US secretary of state and chief national security advisor Henry Kissinger was presented in Budapest. At the book release, Zsolt Németh, chairman of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said Kissinger’s new work presents a practical political approach towards current developments in global affairs that pose new types of dilemmas.
Hungarian Nat Security CTTEE Concludes Meeting On Századvég Case With Conflict Of Opinion
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee concluded a discussion about the case of Századvég, a think tank accused of handling state secrets, with a conflict in the opinions of party representatives. The case was put on the committee’s agenda by its chairman, Socialist lawmaker Zsolt Molnár, last week. Molnár then said that the committee sought a briefing concerning who among the think tank’s ...
Hungary's OTP Bank Chairman Csányi On Forbes List Of Billionaires
- 4 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
OTP bank chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi has become the first Hungarian to be included on the list of the world’s dollar billionaires, complied by US-based Forbes magazine. He is the richest Hungarian with an estimated net worth of Ft 287.9 billion, or approximately $1.01 billion.
Hungarian Left-Wing Politicians' Reactions To Gyurcsány's New Pamphlet
- 31 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
For now, the Socialists (MSZP) and the center left Együtt party (Together) do not wish to officially comment on Ferenc Gyurcsány's pamphlet in which the Chairman of the Democratic Coalition talked about the necessity of a common platform and leadership for the Left in order to be able to defeat the Fidesz-led government. Multiple politicians of the democratic opposition claimed in the background ...
Hungarian MPs Welcome US Steps To Restore Int’l Trust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian lawmakers attended an international intelligence and security forum organised in Washington, DC, and welcomed the steps taken by the United States to rebuild trust with the international community after revelations about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. The lawmakers said after the forum, attended by some 100 representatives from 22 countries, that although ...
Hungaryí's Ruling Party Launches “A Village To Each Oligarch” Programme, DK Says
- 29 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties criticised the government's farmland programme in a parliamentary debate dedicated to the plan. The leftish opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said that entrepreneur and Felcsút mayor Lőrinc Mészáros, reportedly close to the government, could become Hungary's largest landowner as a result of the scheme.
Budapest Hosts Hungarian-Flemish Talks
- 19 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian-Flemish Joint Committee held its 9th meeting in Budapest, the foreign ministry said. Co-chairs István Mikola of Hungary and Koen Verlaeckt of Flanders praised the body’s achievements in developing bilateral ties over the past two decades. Mikola said the restoration of cultural heritage sites in Iraq within the framework of UNESCO as a prospective field of cooperation.
Hungary supports British EU Reform Proposals
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary supports British proposals for European Union reforms aiming to boost the sovereignty of member states and the role of national parliaments, Szabolcs Takács, Hungary’s state secretary for EU affairs, said after talks on Tuesday with officials in London. Hungary also agrees with British proposals to prohibit members of the euro zone from passing decisions binding on EU members outside the ...
Reactions To Quaestor Compensation Law In Hungary
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party said the Constitutional Court’s decision to axe parts of a law on compensation for investors of failed brokerage Quaestor served the interests of the banking sector, while opposition parties once again called on the government and central bank to take responsibility for the scandal. Tuesday’s Constitutional Court ruling concerns the law governing a top-up fund which ...
Kissinger’s Latest Title World Order Presented In Budapest
- 12 Nov 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian edition of the latest book “World Order” by former US secretary of state and chief national security advisor Henry Kissinger was presented in Budapest. At the book release, Zsolt Németh, chairman of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said Kissinger’s new work presents a practical political approach towards current developments in global affairs that pose new types of dilemmas.
Hungarian Nat Security CTTEE Concludes Meeting On Századvég Case With Conflict Of Opinion
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee concluded a discussion about the case of Századvég, a think tank accused of handling state secrets, with a conflict in the opinions of party representatives. The case was put on the committee’s agenda by its chairman, Socialist lawmaker Zsolt Molnár, last week. Molnár then said that the committee sought a briefing concerning who among the think tank’s ...
Hungary's OTP Bank Chairman Csányi On Forbes List Of Billionaires
- 4 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
OTP bank chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi has become the first Hungarian to be included on the list of the world’s dollar billionaires, complied by US-based Forbes magazine. He is the richest Hungarian with an estimated net worth of Ft 287.9 billion, or approximately $1.01 billion.
Hungarian Left-Wing Politicians' Reactions To Gyurcsány's New Pamphlet
- 31 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
For now, the Socialists (MSZP) and the center left Együtt party (Together) do not wish to officially comment on Ferenc Gyurcsány's pamphlet in which the Chairman of the Democratic Coalition talked about the necessity of a common platform and leadership for the Left in order to be able to defeat the Fidesz-led government. Multiple politicians of the democratic opposition claimed in the background ...
Hungarian MPs Welcome US Steps To Restore Int’l Trust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian lawmakers attended an international intelligence and security forum organised in Washington, DC, and welcomed the steps taken by the United States to rebuild trust with the international community after revelations about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. The lawmakers said after the forum, attended by some 100 representatives from 22 countries, that although ...
Hungaryí's Ruling Party Launches “A Village To Each Oligarch” Programme, DK Says
- 29 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties criticised the government's farmland programme in a parliamentary debate dedicated to the plan. The leftish opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said that entrepreneur and Felcsút mayor Lőrinc Mészáros, reportedly close to the government, could become Hungary's largest landowner as a result of the scheme.