406 result(s) for closure
Retailers Play Down Sunday Shopping Change
- 12 Apr 2016 9:20 AM
- shopping
Large food retail chains responded coolly to the news that the law on restricting shopping on Sundays is to be repealed. Spar said it will do its best to establish conditions for Sunday reopening. Only those units will be opened where consumer demand justifies it, the company said, most likely in city centres and tourist areas.
Socialists Seek To Combine Three Referendum Questions
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party announced its intention to combine signature collections for referendum questions on the Sunday shop restrictions, the sale of state-owned farmland and on putting a 2 million forint cap on public officials’ salaries.
Xpat Opinion: Kúria Clears The Way For Referendum On Sunday-Closing
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s top court has authorised an opposition referendum designed to overturn the government ban on shops opening on Sundays. In response, commentators who have for years complained about ‘the end of the rule of law’, express both surprise and cautious satisfaction.
Xpat Opinion: ‘State Of Migration Emergency’ Under Fire
- 17 Mar 2016 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Mandiner doubts whether the declaration of a special state of emergency in view of a potential wave of irregular migrants is legally justified. Magyar Idők quotes experts who believe that it will eventually prove useful.
Hungary’s National State Of Emergency “Unlawful And Pointless” Says Helsinki Committee
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is unlawfully and pointlessly preparing to announce a national state of emergency throughout the entire country. According to today’s government statement a migration state of emergency has been announced for the entire country.
Xpat Opinion: Referendum On Sunday Shop Closures Gets Green Light, After All
- 5 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
Commenting on the decision by the National Election Commission, analysts at Index believe the opposition could still profit from a potential referendum on the Sunday shop ban – even if the question submitted by a Socialist MP was botched with 7 votes against 5.
Parl CTTEE Head Reports ‘National Risk’ Over Election Office Incident
- 26 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of parliament’s national security committee reported “a national security risk” to the interior minister over events that took place during the submission of a referendum question at the National Election Office (NVI) earlier this week.
Migrants Reappear At Sealed-Off Hungarian-Serbian Border
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Smaller groups of migrants, numbering up to sixty people, have started to resurface at Hungary’s sealed-off southern border with Serbia. The migrants are believed to have travelled to Hungary’s southern neighbour across Bulgaria, according to a local Hungarian-language television channel.
Teacher Demonstrations In 10 Hungarian Cities Oppose Centralization
- 6 Feb 2016 5:10 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarian teachers, and supporters of their cause, rallied simultaneously in ten Hungarian cities yesterday, to demand the closure of the governmentʼs central education body and to call for better financial support of schools and teachers, according to reports.
Retailers Play Down Sunday Shopping Change
- 12 Apr 2016 9:20 AM
- shopping
Large food retail chains responded coolly to the news that the law on restricting shopping on Sundays is to be repealed. Spar said it will do its best to establish conditions for Sunday reopening. Only those units will be opened where consumer demand justifies it, the company said, most likely in city centres and tourist areas.
Socialists Seek To Combine Three Referendum Questions
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party announced its intention to combine signature collections for referendum questions on the Sunday shop restrictions, the sale of state-owned farmland and on putting a 2 million forint cap on public officials’ salaries.
Xpat Opinion: Kúria Clears The Way For Referendum On Sunday-Closing
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s top court has authorised an opposition referendum designed to overturn the government ban on shops opening on Sundays. In response, commentators who have for years complained about ‘the end of the rule of law’, express both surprise and cautious satisfaction.
Xpat Opinion: ‘State Of Migration Emergency’ Under Fire
- 17 Mar 2016 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Mandiner doubts whether the declaration of a special state of emergency in view of a potential wave of irregular migrants is legally justified. Magyar Idők quotes experts who believe that it will eventually prove useful.
Hungary’s National State Of Emergency “Unlawful And Pointless” Says Helsinki Committee
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is unlawfully and pointlessly preparing to announce a national state of emergency throughout the entire country. According to today’s government statement a migration state of emergency has been announced for the entire country.
Xpat Opinion: Referendum On Sunday Shop Closures Gets Green Light, After All
- 5 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
Commenting on the decision by the National Election Commission, analysts at Index believe the opposition could still profit from a potential referendum on the Sunday shop ban – even if the question submitted by a Socialist MP was botched with 7 votes against 5.
Parl CTTEE Head Reports ‘National Risk’ Over Election Office Incident
- 26 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of parliament’s national security committee reported “a national security risk” to the interior minister over events that took place during the submission of a referendum question at the National Election Office (NVI) earlier this week.
Migrants Reappear At Sealed-Off Hungarian-Serbian Border
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Smaller groups of migrants, numbering up to sixty people, have started to resurface at Hungary’s sealed-off southern border with Serbia. The migrants are believed to have travelled to Hungary’s southern neighbour across Bulgaria, according to a local Hungarian-language television channel.
Teacher Demonstrations In 10 Hungarian Cities Oppose Centralization
- 6 Feb 2016 5:10 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarian teachers, and supporters of their cause, rallied simultaneously in ten Hungarian cities yesterday, to demand the closure of the governmentʼs central education body and to call for better financial support of schools and teachers, according to reports.