401 result(s) for constitutional court in Articles
Xpat Opinion: Echoes In Hungary Of US Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage Ruling
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States defining same sex marriage as a constitutional right splits Hungarian public life across the left liberal versus conservative divide line. The leftist argument is that the law must not stand in the way of love, while conservatives fear that same-sex marriage will further aggravate demographic decline in developed countries.
Hungary’s Kúria Keeps Real Life Sentence In Force
- 3 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s supreme court has decided that the real life sentence without parole can be maintained in Hungary. The Kúria referred to case law considered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and related Constitutional Court rulings. The ruling Fidesz party welcomed the decision, saying that maintaining the possibility of the real life sentence was a government achievement.
Hungary Slips In Freedom House Democracy Rankings
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary slipped in Freedom House’s democracy ratings for last year, according to the US-based human rights watchdog’s Nations in Transit 2015 report. Hungary was ranked among “semi-consolidated democracies”, slipping from being a “consolidated democracy” last year. It scored an overall 3.18 points for various democratic indicators on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score. Last year it ...
Venice Commission Calls For Further Changes To Hungary Media Law
- 22 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Though Hungary has improved its media regulations in recent years, increasing the freedom of the media in the country requires further measures, the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission said in an opinion. The Commission evaluated Hungary’s media laws adopted in 2010, and the law on last year’s advertisement tax.
Xpat Opinion: Plans For An All-Inclusive ID Card In Hungary
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing pundit voices privacy concerns over the new ID bill which plans to replace at least half a dozen ID cards with one single ‘e-card’.
Hungary's OTP Challenges Quaestor Law
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
OTP bank plans to go to the Constitutional Court to question the law ordering banks to pay into a fund set up to compensate investors in failed financial group Quaestor, chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi said on Friday. OTP will have to pay Ft 57 billion to the fund, Népszabadság estimates.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Advocates Death Penalty
- 29 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Capital punishment must again be put on the agenda in the wake of the Kaposvár tobacco store murder, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters during a visit to Pécs on Tuesday. Stating that existing punishments such as mandatory life sentences have not proved to be a sufficient deterrent, he said “it must be made clear to criminals that Hungary will not shy away from anything when it comes to ...
Tamás Sulyok Appointed Deputy President Of Top Court
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tamás Sulyok has been appointed deputy president of the Constitutional Court, the court said on its website. Sulyok was nominated by top court president Barna Lenkovics and was endorsed in a secret ballot to become his deputy as of Apr. 1. Sulyok has been member of the Constitutional Court since September 2014.
Sunday Shop Closures Hit Petrol Stations
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
The modification to the Sunday closing law was announced in the Friday issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny, thus bringing into force the new requirement that shops operated under a different entity at petrol stations must close on Sundays.
Xpat Opinion: Echoes In Hungary Of US Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage Ruling
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States defining same sex marriage as a constitutional right splits Hungarian public life across the left liberal versus conservative divide line. The leftist argument is that the law must not stand in the way of love, while conservatives fear that same-sex marriage will further aggravate demographic decline in developed countries.
Hungary’s Kúria Keeps Real Life Sentence In Force
- 3 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s supreme court has decided that the real life sentence without parole can be maintained in Hungary. The Kúria referred to case law considered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and related Constitutional Court rulings. The ruling Fidesz party welcomed the decision, saying that maintaining the possibility of the real life sentence was a government achievement.
Hungary Slips In Freedom House Democracy Rankings
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary slipped in Freedom House’s democracy ratings for last year, according to the US-based human rights watchdog’s Nations in Transit 2015 report. Hungary was ranked among “semi-consolidated democracies”, slipping from being a “consolidated democracy” last year. It scored an overall 3.18 points for various democratic indicators on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score. Last year it ...
Venice Commission Calls For Further Changes To Hungary Media Law
- 22 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Though Hungary has improved its media regulations in recent years, increasing the freedom of the media in the country requires further measures, the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission said in an opinion. The Commission evaluated Hungary’s media laws adopted in 2010, and the law on last year’s advertisement tax.
Xpat Opinion: Plans For An All-Inclusive ID Card In Hungary
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing pundit voices privacy concerns over the new ID bill which plans to replace at least half a dozen ID cards with one single ‘e-card’.
Hungary's OTP Challenges Quaestor Law
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
OTP bank plans to go to the Constitutional Court to question the law ordering banks to pay into a fund set up to compensate investors in failed financial group Quaestor, chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi said on Friday. OTP will have to pay Ft 57 billion to the fund, Népszabadság estimates.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Advocates Death Penalty
- 29 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Capital punishment must again be put on the agenda in the wake of the Kaposvár tobacco store murder, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters during a visit to Pécs on Tuesday. Stating that existing punishments such as mandatory life sentences have not proved to be a sufficient deterrent, he said “it must be made clear to criminals that Hungary will not shy away from anything when it comes to ...
Tamás Sulyok Appointed Deputy President Of Top Court
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tamás Sulyok has been appointed deputy president of the Constitutional Court, the court said on its website. Sulyok was nominated by top court president Barna Lenkovics and was endorsed in a secret ballot to become his deputy as of Apr. 1. Sulyok has been member of the Constitutional Court since September 2014.
Sunday Shop Closures Hit Petrol Stations
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- shopping
The modification to the Sunday closing law was announced in the Friday issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny, thus bringing into force the new requirement that shops operated under a different entity at petrol stations must close on Sundays.