92 result(s) for climate crisis
Opinion: 2016: A Bitter Year For Hungary’s Left
- 2 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
In their end of the year opinion pieces, left-wing columnists paint a sad picture of the state of the world and Hungary within it.
Áder: SEA Change Needed On Water Management
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
At the upcoming global meeting in Budapest on water conservation and management, a transformation in attitudes is needed to match the outcome of the Paris climate summit tackling climate change, President János Áder said in an interview to public radio. At next week’s world summit, 2,000 officials representing 111 countries will be present, of which 35 will be prime ministers or ministers, the ...
Áder Warns Of Looming Water Crisis
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Unless the world takes proper action within the next 15-20 years, it will be plunged into a water crisis, the Hungarian president said at a UN water management conference in New York. Humanity’s fate will depend on how it responds to the challenges of climate change and the impending water crisis, which threatens more and more countries, János Áder said at the High-Level Panel on Water.
IMF Urges Policy Reform To Improve Investment Climate
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for structural policies to improve the investment climate, enhance competitiveness and address weaknesses in the labour market in a report following scheduled consultations. “Increased market confidence and enhanced competitiveness would lift private investment, including from abroad.
Hungary’s President: Let Love Be Our Compass In 2016
- 7 Jan 2016 1:01 AM
- community & culture
President János Áder focused on the importance of “love, empathy, assistance, goodwill, and humility” in his televised address broadcast in the first minutes of 2016. “Let love be our compass,” the president said, and wished peace to Europe and the world, success to Hungary, and a “very happy New Year” to its people.
Xpat Insights: How Hungarians Evaluated 2015
- 7 Jan 2016 12:55 AM
- current affairs
Most people said last year had yielded positive results in general for their families but saw developments at a national level in a negative light, according to a survey by Ipsos - ZRI Závecz. Pollster Nézőpont reported that of the people asked in a December survey, 48% had optimistic expectations concerning the year ahead, as opposed to 34% at the end of 2014. They added that 32% voiced a ...
Szijjártó: Hungary Opened Up To South At Right Time
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference. Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, ...
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Anti-Refugee Online Commenters Meet Actual Refugees In Hungary
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ongoing refugee crisis in Budapest has brought with it the inevitable wave of anti-refugee commentary and trolling in various Facebook groups and on the comment pages of local news media covering the situation.
Opinion: 2016: A Bitter Year For Hungary’s Left
- 2 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
In their end of the year opinion pieces, left-wing columnists paint a sad picture of the state of the world and Hungary within it.
Áder: SEA Change Needed On Water Management
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
At the upcoming global meeting in Budapest on water conservation and management, a transformation in attitudes is needed to match the outcome of the Paris climate summit tackling climate change, President János Áder said in an interview to public radio. At next week’s world summit, 2,000 officials representing 111 countries will be present, of which 35 will be prime ministers or ministers, the ...
Áder Warns Of Looming Water Crisis
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Unless the world takes proper action within the next 15-20 years, it will be plunged into a water crisis, the Hungarian president said at a UN water management conference in New York. Humanity’s fate will depend on how it responds to the challenges of climate change and the impending water crisis, which threatens more and more countries, János Áder said at the High-Level Panel on Water.
IMF Urges Policy Reform To Improve Investment Climate
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for structural policies to improve the investment climate, enhance competitiveness and address weaknesses in the labour market in a report following scheduled consultations. “Increased market confidence and enhanced competitiveness would lift private investment, including from abroad.
Hungary’s President: Let Love Be Our Compass In 2016
- 7 Jan 2016 1:01 AM
- community & culture
President János Áder focused on the importance of “love, empathy, assistance, goodwill, and humility” in his televised address broadcast in the first minutes of 2016. “Let love be our compass,” the president said, and wished peace to Europe and the world, success to Hungary, and a “very happy New Year” to its people.
Xpat Insights: How Hungarians Evaluated 2015
- 7 Jan 2016 12:55 AM
- current affairs
Most people said last year had yielded positive results in general for their families but saw developments at a national level in a negative light, according to a survey by Ipsos - ZRI Závecz. Pollster Nézőpont reported that of the people asked in a December survey, 48% had optimistic expectations concerning the year ahead, as opposed to 34% at the end of 2014. They added that 32% voiced a ...
Szijjártó: Hungary Opened Up To South At Right Time
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference. Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, ...
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Anti-Refugee Online Commenters Meet Actual Refugees In Hungary
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ongoing refugee crisis in Budapest has brought with it the inevitable wave of anti-refugee commentary and trolling in various Facebook groups and on the comment pages of local news media covering the situation.