263 result(s) for court cases
Hungary's National Judicial Office: Fewer Court Proceedings Drag
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Contrary to predictions, the dismissal of judges over the change in retirement age has not caused any disastrous court situations, National Judicial Office (OBH) president Tünde Handó told an informal press briefing assessing the first eleven months on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Slovakia v. Hungary At The European Court Of Justice: The Sólyom Case
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Here is an old/new story that will provide us some relief from pondering the chances of the Hungarian opposition in 2014. It was more than three years ago, on August 21, 2009, that President László Sólyom tried to cross the Slovak-Hungarian border at Komárom-Komárno in order to attend the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen. The Slovak government warned him while he was en route to stay away. ...
Hungary Highly Ranked In Freedom On The Net Report 2012
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
This latest Freedon House report , edited by Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, and Mai Truong, is 'A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media'. Of the 47 countries examined, 20 have experienced a negative trajectory since January 2011, with Bahrain, Pakistan, and Ethiopia registering the greatest declines. At the same time, 14 countries registered a positive trajectory. In Hungary, the ...
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
EU Objects To Tax Exemption For Pálinka In Hungary
- 22 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The European Commission yesterday asked Hungary to change its regulation that gives a full excise tax exemption to those who brew pálinka for personal use. EU legislation allows a 50% tax allowance, but Hungary grants a 100% exemption to distillers who produce no more than 50 litres of fruit brandy a year.
Hungarian Parliament Adopts Amendments To The Media Act
- 7 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to amendments adopted by Parliament on 4 June, the identity of editorial boards’ sources will receive protection, the remits of the Media and Infocommunications Commissioner and the Media Authority will be more precisely defined, programme quotas will change and more programmes will be made accessible to those with hearing impairment.
Invitation: 'Law-Ful' Learning Party, Budapest, 26 May
- 25 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
What could be old and new, religious and secular, written and unwritten? The meaning of the words: rule, regulation and order are very close to each other. Did you get it? Your logic was right. The topic of Savuot this year is: the law – in every possible sense. Savout celebrates the Giving of the Torah. This time we spend the entire night with studying; this is our way to rectify a mistake ...
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Now On: 'Internal Landscapes', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 24 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
We rarely meet representations of the countryside amongst the monuments of antique art preserved to us, and there are practically no landscape pictures in the modern sense of the term. There is, however, one sphere in which landscape elements play an essential role: the decorative art of the first two centuries of the Roman imperial period.
Hungary's National Judicial Office: Fewer Court Proceedings Drag
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Contrary to predictions, the dismissal of judges over the change in retirement age has not caused any disastrous court situations, National Judicial Office (OBH) president Tünde Handó told an informal press briefing assessing the first eleven months on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Slovakia v. Hungary At The European Court Of Justice: The Sólyom Case
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Here is an old/new story that will provide us some relief from pondering the chances of the Hungarian opposition in 2014. It was more than three years ago, on August 21, 2009, that President László Sólyom tried to cross the Slovak-Hungarian border at Komárom-Komárno in order to attend the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen. The Slovak government warned him while he was en route to stay away. ...
Hungary Highly Ranked In Freedom On The Net Report 2012
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
This latest Freedon House report , edited by Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, and Mai Truong, is 'A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media'. Of the 47 countries examined, 20 have experienced a negative trajectory since January 2011, with Bahrain, Pakistan, and Ethiopia registering the greatest declines. At the same time, 14 countries registered a positive trajectory. In Hungary, the ...
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
EU Objects To Tax Exemption For Pálinka In Hungary
- 22 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The European Commission yesterday asked Hungary to change its regulation that gives a full excise tax exemption to those who brew pálinka for personal use. EU legislation allows a 50% tax allowance, but Hungary grants a 100% exemption to distillers who produce no more than 50 litres of fruit brandy a year.
Hungarian Parliament Adopts Amendments To The Media Act
- 7 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to amendments adopted by Parliament on 4 June, the identity of editorial boards’ sources will receive protection, the remits of the Media and Infocommunications Commissioner and the Media Authority will be more precisely defined, programme quotas will change and more programmes will be made accessible to those with hearing impairment.
Invitation: 'Law-Ful' Learning Party, Budapest, 26 May
- 25 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
What could be old and new, religious and secular, written and unwritten? The meaning of the words: rule, regulation and order are very close to each other. Did you get it? Your logic was right. The topic of Savuot this year is: the law – in every possible sense. Savout celebrates the Giving of the Torah. This time we spend the entire night with studying; this is our way to rectify a mistake ...
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Now On: 'Internal Landscapes', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 24 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
We rarely meet representations of the countryside amongst the monuments of antique art preserved to us, and there are practically no landscape pictures in the modern sense of the term. There is, however, one sphere in which landscape elements play an essential role: the decorative art of the first two centuries of the Roman imperial period.