244 result(s) for civil groups in Current Affairs
Anti-Government Groups Stage Protest In Budapest
- 22 May 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-government civil groups held a protest under the motto “We won’t let go of our future; we’re here to stay!” in central Budapest on Sunday afternoon.
UN Rapporteurs Urge Hungarian Govt To Withdraw NGO Transparency Bill
- 17 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two human rights experts of the United Nations have called on the Hungarian government to withdraw its proposed bill on the transparency of civil groups funded by foreign donors, the UN’s information service UNIS said on Tuesday.
Official: EP Continues To ‘Force Migrant Redistribution’
- 17 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tuesday’s plenary session of the European Parliament showed that Brussels insists on a quota system for refugees without an upper limit of asylum seekers to be resettled per country; Hungary refuses to comply with such a plan, the parliamentary state secretary at the cabinet office said.
Hungary Stopping Migration, Not Organising It
- 28 Apr 2017 7:14 AM
- current affairs
János Lázár, the government office chief, touched on the topic of illegal migration, noting that Hungary and the EU had decided to set up a working group to review Hungary’s tightened asylum laws. Hungary’s stance is to “stop migration rather than organise it”, he said.
COE Resolution On Hungary Aimed At Cooperation
- 28 Apr 2017 7:10 AM
- current affairs
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a resolution on Hungary which is critical but seeks cooperation, the head of the Hungarian parliament’s foreign affairs committee said on Thursday.
EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary Over 'Lex CEU'
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary over the recent amendments to its higher education law tightening rules governing the operations of foreign universities in the country, an EC spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Critics of the law have said it puts the operations of Budapest’s Central European University under threat.
Ruling Party’s Group Leader Kósa: Fidesz Wants Stricter Rules On Political Party Ads
- 26 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz will submit a bill this week on preventing political groupings from benefiting from secret party support thanks to billboard owners who allow party advertising at below market rates, the ruling party’s group leader said.
Govt Spox Chastises NGOs, Says No Problem With CSOs
- 26 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has no problem with the 60,000 or so civil society organisations (CSO) operating in Hungary but it does object to “socalled NGOs that try to prove they are real civil organisations”, the government spokesman said in an interview to the daily Magyar Hírlap.
Satirical Party Stages Mock-Protest In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) party staged a “March of Peace for the government and Russia... and against everything else” in central Budapest on Saturday. Participants in the demo walked across the Inner City behind a banner of the Russian national colours that read “We will not be a colony” in Hungarian and Russian.
Anti-Government Groups Stage Protest In Budapest
- 22 May 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-government civil groups held a protest under the motto “We won’t let go of our future; we’re here to stay!” in central Budapest on Sunday afternoon.
UN Rapporteurs Urge Hungarian Govt To Withdraw NGO Transparency Bill
- 17 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two human rights experts of the United Nations have called on the Hungarian government to withdraw its proposed bill on the transparency of civil groups funded by foreign donors, the UN’s information service UNIS said on Tuesday.
Official: EP Continues To ‘Force Migrant Redistribution’
- 17 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tuesday’s plenary session of the European Parliament showed that Brussels insists on a quota system for refugees without an upper limit of asylum seekers to be resettled per country; Hungary refuses to comply with such a plan, the parliamentary state secretary at the cabinet office said.
Hungary Stopping Migration, Not Organising It
- 28 Apr 2017 7:14 AM
- current affairs
János Lázár, the government office chief, touched on the topic of illegal migration, noting that Hungary and the EU had decided to set up a working group to review Hungary’s tightened asylum laws. Hungary’s stance is to “stop migration rather than organise it”, he said.
COE Resolution On Hungary Aimed At Cooperation
- 28 Apr 2017 7:10 AM
- current affairs
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a resolution on Hungary which is critical but seeks cooperation, the head of the Hungarian parliament’s foreign affairs committee said on Thursday.
EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary Over 'Lex CEU'
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary over the recent amendments to its higher education law tightening rules governing the operations of foreign universities in the country, an EC spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Critics of the law have said it puts the operations of Budapest’s Central European University under threat.
Ruling Party’s Group Leader Kósa: Fidesz Wants Stricter Rules On Political Party Ads
- 26 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz will submit a bill this week on preventing political groupings from benefiting from secret party support thanks to billboard owners who allow party advertising at below market rates, the ruling party’s group leader said.
Govt Spox Chastises NGOs, Says No Problem With CSOs
- 26 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has no problem with the 60,000 or so civil society organisations (CSO) operating in Hungary but it does object to “socalled NGOs that try to prove they are real civil organisations”, the government spokesman said in an interview to the daily Magyar Hírlap.
Satirical Party Stages Mock-Protest In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) party staged a “March of Peace for the government and Russia... and against everything else” in central Budapest on Saturday. Participants in the demo walked across the Inner City behind a banner of the Russian national colours that read “We will not be a colony” in Hungarian and Russian.