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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 ...
FX Bill To Be Passed In Hungary In One Day
- 27 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- property
Parliament will debate the bill on foreign-currency mortgage borrowers on July 4 and pass it that same day, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Thursday. In addition, courts are asked not to take a summer recess, he said, in order to close cases as soon as possible.
Hungary Wants Expansion To Remain Strategic EU Target
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The further expansion of the European Union should remain a strategic target, state secretary for EU affairs Enikő Győri said after a meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg. Győri said Hungary was among those member countries that want further EU expansion to be considered a strategic issue. Commenting on a decision to give candidate status to Albania, she said this demonstrated that expansion was ...
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.
Hungary's President János Áder Signs Local Elections Act
- 18 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party is asking the fundamental rights ombudsman to send the new local council election law to the Constitutional Court for a review after President János Áder signed it yesterday.
Speak Easy Project, Trafó, Budapest, 13 June
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Leave / Stay is an independent documentary series produced by SpeakEasy Project on the migration trends, life experiences, dilemmas and world of the contemporary Hungarian youth, the generation of the “new mobility”. Shown with English subtitles.
Hungary's Fidesz Caucus Leader Rogán Dismisses Opposition To Ad Tax
- 6 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition to the planned tax on advertising is similar to the opposition to the bank tax when that was first introduced, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Thursday. Fidesz is initiating that the bill be debated by Parliament on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Boasts Biggest GDP Growth In Eight Years
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
In the first quarter of 2014, Hungary’s economy grew at the highest rate we have seen in eight years, 3.5 percent, drubbing analyst forecasts predicting 2.7 percent. Industrial output is at a three-year high.
Hungary's E-PM Supports Debate Involving Jobbik
- 16 May 2014 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Participation in a public debate including Jobbik would not mean cooperation with radical nationalists but rather serve to “reveal an unacceptably extremist” power, E-PM leader Gordon Bajnai said in a letter on Friday. Bajnai responded to a call by Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the Democratic Coalition (DK), who appealed to leaders of E-PM and the Socialists to call off an EP election debate ...
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 ...
FX Bill To Be Passed In Hungary In One Day
- 27 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- property
Parliament will debate the bill on foreign-currency mortgage borrowers on July 4 and pass it that same day, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Thursday. In addition, courts are asked not to take a summer recess, he said, in order to close cases as soon as possible.
Hungary Wants Expansion To Remain Strategic EU Target
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The further expansion of the European Union should remain a strategic target, state secretary for EU affairs Enikő Győri said after a meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg. Győri said Hungary was among those member countries that want further EU expansion to be considered a strategic issue. Commenting on a decision to give candidate status to Albania, she said this demonstrated that expansion was ...
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.
Hungary's President János Áder Signs Local Elections Act
- 18 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party is asking the fundamental rights ombudsman to send the new local council election law to the Constitutional Court for a review after President János Áder signed it yesterday.
Speak Easy Project, Trafó, Budapest, 13 June
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Leave / Stay is an independent documentary series produced by SpeakEasy Project on the migration trends, life experiences, dilemmas and world of the contemporary Hungarian youth, the generation of the “new mobility”. Shown with English subtitles.
Hungary's Fidesz Caucus Leader Rogán Dismisses Opposition To Ad Tax
- 6 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition to the planned tax on advertising is similar to the opposition to the bank tax when that was first introduced, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Thursday. Fidesz is initiating that the bill be debated by Parliament on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Boasts Biggest GDP Growth In Eight Years
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
In the first quarter of 2014, Hungary’s economy grew at the highest rate we have seen in eight years, 3.5 percent, drubbing analyst forecasts predicting 2.7 percent. Industrial output is at a three-year high.
Hungary's E-PM Supports Debate Involving Jobbik
- 16 May 2014 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Participation in a public debate including Jobbik would not mean cooperation with radical nationalists but rather serve to “reveal an unacceptably extremist” power, E-PM leader Gordon Bajnai said in a letter on Friday. Bajnai responded to a call by Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the Democratic Coalition (DK), who appealed to leaders of E-PM and the Socialists to call off an EP election debate ...