179 result(s) for constitutional court ruling
Hungary's Top Court Rejects Referendum On Paks
- 9 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld decisions by the National Election Committee and the Kúria in declaring that no referendum can be held on the €10 billion loan agreement with Russia for financing the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.
Hungary’s Jobbik Protests Government Plans To Elect University Chancellors
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it would turn to the Constitutional Court in protest against the government’s planned amendment of the higher education law. Jobbik spokeswoman Duró Dóra told a press conference that the party firmly rejects the proposed system of chancellors appointed by the government, under which ruling Fidesz wants to “put its own party secretaries at the helm of ...
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
FH Sees Democracy Losing Ground In Hungary
- 13 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The decline of Hungarian governance in the past few years is the most shocking reminder that democratisation is neither complete nor irreversible in post-Communist Europe, US-based human rights group Freedom House writes in its latest annual study, Népszabadság reports.
Speaker Of Hungarian Parliament Kövér Envisages More Predictable Government
- 10 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A “steadier and more predictable” government is to be expected in the next four years, alongside with a slower pace of legislation, László Kövér, the parliamentary speaker, told MTI. The current international economic environment and the pick-up in Hungary’s growth rate will underpin more predictable governmental operations, he said in the interview, adding he trusted that “external factors will ...
Hungary’s Socialists To Appeal Against Municipal Election Changes
- 2 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party will appeal to the Constitutional Court and to the ombudsman over changes to the municipal election system in Budapest as proposed by the ruling Fidesz party. Csaba Horváth, Socialist group leader of the capital, told reporters that his party will work to prevent the planned changes from taking effect.
Hungary’s Top Court Rejects Complaint Against Kúria Ruling On Internet Comments
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out a complaint filed by the Association of Hungarian Content Providers against a ruling by Hungary’s supreme court, the Kúria, concerning derogatory comments made on the internet. The Kúria had earlier ruled against the association, saying that commenters on a website under the association’s control had “overstepped the boundaries of free expression” ...
Hungarian Court Says Websites Responsible For All Comments
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Websites are responsible for the content of comments posted on them, regardless of whether the comments are withdrawn in response to objections, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
Hungarian Socialist Lawmaker Accuses Fidesz Of “Robbing Children”
- 8 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz now has a document justifying that it has “robbed children,” Ildikó Borbély Bangó, a lawmaker of the opposition Socialists, said on Wednesday, in response to the Constitutional Court’s ruling on family benefit.
Hungary's Top Court Rejects Referendum On Paks
- 9 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld decisions by the National Election Committee and the Kúria in declaring that no referendum can be held on the €10 billion loan agreement with Russia for financing the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.
Hungary’s Jobbik Protests Government Plans To Elect University Chancellors
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it would turn to the Constitutional Court in protest against the government’s planned amendment of the higher education law. Jobbik spokeswoman Duró Dóra told a press conference that the party firmly rejects the proposed system of chancellors appointed by the government, under which ruling Fidesz wants to “put its own party secretaries at the helm of ...
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
FH Sees Democracy Losing Ground In Hungary
- 13 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The decline of Hungarian governance in the past few years is the most shocking reminder that democratisation is neither complete nor irreversible in post-Communist Europe, US-based human rights group Freedom House writes in its latest annual study, Népszabadság reports.
Speaker Of Hungarian Parliament Kövér Envisages More Predictable Government
- 10 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A “steadier and more predictable” government is to be expected in the next four years, alongside with a slower pace of legislation, László Kövér, the parliamentary speaker, told MTI. The current international economic environment and the pick-up in Hungary’s growth rate will underpin more predictable governmental operations, he said in the interview, adding he trusted that “external factors will ...
Hungary’s Socialists To Appeal Against Municipal Election Changes
- 2 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party will appeal to the Constitutional Court and to the ombudsman over changes to the municipal election system in Budapest as proposed by the ruling Fidesz party. Csaba Horváth, Socialist group leader of the capital, told reporters that his party will work to prevent the planned changes from taking effect.
Hungary’s Top Court Rejects Complaint Against Kúria Ruling On Internet Comments
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out a complaint filed by the Association of Hungarian Content Providers against a ruling by Hungary’s supreme court, the Kúria, concerning derogatory comments made on the internet. The Kúria had earlier ruled against the association, saying that commenters on a website under the association’s control had “overstepped the boundaries of free expression” ...
Hungarian Court Says Websites Responsible For All Comments
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Websites are responsible for the content of comments posted on them, regardless of whether the comments are withdrawn in response to objections, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
Hungarian Socialist Lawmaker Accuses Fidesz Of “Robbing Children”
- 8 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz now has a document justifying that it has “robbed children,” Ildikó Borbély Bangó, a lawmaker of the opposition Socialists, said on Wednesday, in response to the Constitutional Court’s ruling on family benefit.