370 result(s) for community matters
EU Laser Research Centre Inaugurated In Szeged
- 24 May 2017 8:00 AM
- business
The ELI Attosecond laser research centre was inaugurated in Szeged, in southern Hungary. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the centre was the largest scientific investment in Hungary in modern history.
Jewish Community Plans To Open Three New Synagogues
- 22 May 2017 8:12 AM
- property
The Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) is working to open three new synagogues in Hungary, the organisation’s chief rabbi Slomó Köves said in an interview to the daily Magyar Hírlap. Köves said that the Jewish community was undergoing a renaissance and there were more and more cultural events, openair festivals and exhibitions taking place nationwide.
Hungarian Govt Official Calls On Timmermans To Resign
- 11 May 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian government official on Wednesday sent a letter to Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, calling on him to quit his post, citing comments the commissioner made in an interview to German daily Die Zeit concerning his view that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had been motivated by anti- Semitism when criticising US financier George Soros during his recent speech ...
CEU Refutes Orban’s Remarks At EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central European University (CEU) has refuted remarks that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made at Wednesday’s European Parliament plenary session. CEU said in a statement that Orbán had claimed, referring to a letter written by CEU President-Rector Michael Ignatieff to the students and teachers, that Ignatieff is not worried that CEU, operating in Budapest, may be closed down.
No Need For Immigration To Solve Demographic Challenges, Says Orbán in EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will use its own resources and meet “challenges of the European demographic crisis” without immigrants, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. Orbán spoke following a plenary in the European Parliament focusing on fundamental rights in Hungary, which Orbán said was in fact centered around migration and related issues.
ECTHR Orders Govt To Compensate Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship
- 26 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship, a Methodist church headed by Gábor Iványi who was a founder of the now-defunct liberal Free Democrats, is entitled to 3 million euros in damages from the Hungarian state in compensation for loss of donations and subsidies, among other monetary losses, stemming from Hungary’s law on the legal status of ...
Hundreds Rally In March For Science In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds gathered in Budapest on Saturday to take part in the March for Science, a global event aimed at supporting and celebrating science. The March for Science, coinciding with Earth Day, was organised in over 400 cities around the world to bring together scientists, teachers and supporters of science. The march started in front of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences where plant biologist János ...
DK Calls On Govt To Cancel Nuclear Cooperation Deal With Iran
- 19 Apr 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to cancel an agreement it had signed with Iran on a joint mini nuclear power plant project. Hungary has no business in Iran’s nuclear programme, DK lawmaker Lajos Oláh told a press conference.
Municipal Court Fines Protesters Throwing Paint At Soviet Monument
- 19 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The municipal court of Budapest has found two men, who recently threw balloons containing orange paint at a Soviet monument in the city centre, guilty of rowdy behaviour and fined them 30,000 forints each (EUR 96). During the trial on Tuesday, the defendants said their act had been a way of expressing a political opinion.
EU Laser Research Centre Inaugurated In Szeged
- 24 May 2017 8:00 AM
- business
The ELI Attosecond laser research centre was inaugurated in Szeged, in southern Hungary. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the centre was the largest scientific investment in Hungary in modern history.
Jewish Community Plans To Open Three New Synagogues
- 22 May 2017 8:12 AM
- property
The Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) is working to open three new synagogues in Hungary, the organisation’s chief rabbi Slomó Köves said in an interview to the daily Magyar Hírlap. Köves said that the Jewish community was undergoing a renaissance and there were more and more cultural events, openair festivals and exhibitions taking place nationwide.
Hungarian Govt Official Calls On Timmermans To Resign
- 11 May 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian government official on Wednesday sent a letter to Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, calling on him to quit his post, citing comments the commissioner made in an interview to German daily Die Zeit concerning his view that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had been motivated by anti- Semitism when criticising US financier George Soros during his recent speech ...
CEU Refutes Orban’s Remarks At EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central European University (CEU) has refuted remarks that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made at Wednesday’s European Parliament plenary session. CEU said in a statement that Orbán had claimed, referring to a letter written by CEU President-Rector Michael Ignatieff to the students and teachers, that Ignatieff is not worried that CEU, operating in Budapest, may be closed down.
No Need For Immigration To Solve Demographic Challenges, Says Orbán in EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will use its own resources and meet “challenges of the European demographic crisis” without immigrants, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. Orbán spoke following a plenary in the European Parliament focusing on fundamental rights in Hungary, which Orbán said was in fact centered around migration and related issues.
ECTHR Orders Govt To Compensate Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship
- 26 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship, a Methodist church headed by Gábor Iványi who was a founder of the now-defunct liberal Free Democrats, is entitled to 3 million euros in damages from the Hungarian state in compensation for loss of donations and subsidies, among other monetary losses, stemming from Hungary’s law on the legal status of ...
Hundreds Rally In March For Science In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds gathered in Budapest on Saturday to take part in the March for Science, a global event aimed at supporting and celebrating science. The March for Science, coinciding with Earth Day, was organised in over 400 cities around the world to bring together scientists, teachers and supporters of science. The march started in front of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences where plant biologist János ...
DK Calls On Govt To Cancel Nuclear Cooperation Deal With Iran
- 19 Apr 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to cancel an agreement it had signed with Iran on a joint mini nuclear power plant project. Hungary has no business in Iran’s nuclear programme, DK lawmaker Lajos Oláh told a press conference.
Municipal Court Fines Protesters Throwing Paint At Soviet Monument
- 19 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The municipal court of Budapest has found two men, who recently threw balloons containing orange paint at a Soviet monument in the city centre, guilty of rowdy behaviour and fined them 30,000 forints each (EUR 96). During the trial on Tuesday, the defendants said their act had been a way of expressing a political opinion.