352 result(s) for community matters
New Israeli Ambassador Presents Credentials To President Áder
- 24 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Yossi Amrani, Israel’s new ambassador to Hungary, presented his credentials to President Janos Áder. After the ceremony, the ambassador told MTI that he would seek to convey his country’s message of cooperation to the Hungarian people and its leaders.
Video: Fresh Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Force Weapons Raids
- 17 Nov 2016 12:30 AM
- current affairs
Police arrested 12 people in illegal weapons raids conducted across northern Hungary on Tuesday afternoon, the national police said on its website. The raids, which were ordered by counter-terrorism force TEK, also netted automatic weapons, handguns and explosives.
Hungary Contributes Hundreds Of Billions In Intl Aid
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has contributed several hundreds of billions of forints in international aid to meet its international obligations stemming from solidarity, a foreign ministry state secretary said.
Hungary Gets Observer Status In Community Of Portuguese Language Countries
- 2 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has been granted associate observer status in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Hungary Roma Have Poor School Qualifications, Jobs
- 2 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Members of Hungary’s Roma community have rather poor school qualifications and employment opportunities, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Monday, citing a labour market survey by the Central Statistical Office (KSH). As much as 80% of the Roma aged between 15 and 64 have only finished primary school, compared with 20% of the non-Roma population, the paper said, citing the survey.
Kövér: Europe Must Preseve Its Identity
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The lesson to be drawn from the 1956 revolution and freedom fight is that unless Europe’s identity is protected, the European Union could “tragically lose out” to “unscrupulous outside powers in the background enforcing their interests above the heads of states, bypassing democratic mandates and controls,” László Kövér, speaker of Hungary’s parliament, said in a speech commemorating the events of ...
1956, State Commemoration – Orbán: October 23 A ‘Day To Be Proud’
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
October 23 is a day on which Hungarians should be proud, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Sunday. Even after 60 years, October 23 is still a day that “lifts up and cleanses us”, the prime minister said, calling the national holiday a “shared heritage” of the Hungarian people.
Hungary Wants ‘Flexible’ EU - UK Ties
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Speaking on the topic of Britain’s exit from the EU, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public television in an interview that Hungary is insistent that economic, trade and investment ties between the EU and Britain should remain as flexible as possible and the over three million EU citizens working in Britain should have their rights protected.
Orbán: ‘No Room For Anarchy’ - Passauer Neue Presse
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“We cannot allow room for anarchy”, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published in Germany’s Passauer Neue Presse, commenting on migration into Europe. Orbán insisted that if Greece had protected its borders Europe would have not faced a migrant crisis.
New Israeli Ambassador Presents Credentials To President Áder
- 24 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Yossi Amrani, Israel’s new ambassador to Hungary, presented his credentials to President Janos Áder. After the ceremony, the ambassador told MTI that he would seek to convey his country’s message of cooperation to the Hungarian people and its leaders.
Video: Fresh Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Force Weapons Raids
- 17 Nov 2016 12:30 AM
- current affairs
Police arrested 12 people in illegal weapons raids conducted across northern Hungary on Tuesday afternoon, the national police said on its website. The raids, which were ordered by counter-terrorism force TEK, also netted automatic weapons, handguns and explosives.
Hungary Contributes Hundreds Of Billions In Intl Aid
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has contributed several hundreds of billions of forints in international aid to meet its international obligations stemming from solidarity, a foreign ministry state secretary said.
Hungary Gets Observer Status In Community Of Portuguese Language Countries
- 2 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has been granted associate observer status in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Hungary Roma Have Poor School Qualifications, Jobs
- 2 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Members of Hungary’s Roma community have rather poor school qualifications and employment opportunities, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Monday, citing a labour market survey by the Central Statistical Office (KSH). As much as 80% of the Roma aged between 15 and 64 have only finished primary school, compared with 20% of the non-Roma population, the paper said, citing the survey.
Kövér: Europe Must Preseve Its Identity
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The lesson to be drawn from the 1956 revolution and freedom fight is that unless Europe’s identity is protected, the European Union could “tragically lose out” to “unscrupulous outside powers in the background enforcing their interests above the heads of states, bypassing democratic mandates and controls,” László Kövér, speaker of Hungary’s parliament, said in a speech commemorating the events of ...
1956, State Commemoration – Orbán: October 23 A ‘Day To Be Proud’
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
October 23 is a day on which Hungarians should be proud, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Sunday. Even after 60 years, October 23 is still a day that “lifts up and cleanses us”, the prime minister said, calling the national holiday a “shared heritage” of the Hungarian people.
Hungary Wants ‘Flexible’ EU - UK Ties
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Speaking on the topic of Britain’s exit from the EU, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public television in an interview that Hungary is insistent that economic, trade and investment ties between the EU and Britain should remain as flexible as possible and the over three million EU citizens working in Britain should have their rights protected.
Orbán: ‘No Room For Anarchy’ - Passauer Neue Presse
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“We cannot allow room for anarchy”, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published in Germany’s Passauer Neue Presse, commenting on migration into Europe. Orbán insisted that if Greece had protected its borders Europe would have not faced a migrant crisis.