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Hungarian Aid Workers Join Texas Hurricane Relief Effort
- 4 Sep 2017 8:14 AM
- current affairs
Aid workers of the Hungarian Baptist Charity have started work in Nederland, Texas, in the area savaged by hurricane Harvey.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Hungary Must Screen Terrorist Suspects From EU, Says Official
- 30 Aug 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Hungary must identify, screen and detain any terrorist suspect from the European Union, and efforts must concentrate on averting a terrorist attack, not only from the east, but from the west, too, a government official has said.
Szijjártó Addresses Seasonal Meeting Of Hungarian Diplomats
- 30 Aug 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met members of the Hungarian diplomatic corps for regular autumn consultations in Budapest.
S&P’s Revises Outlook On Hungary Rating To ‘Positive’
- 29 Aug 2017 12:40 PM
- business
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings on Friday said it revised the outlook on Hungary’s ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’. This new rating shows that the government has handled challenges well with its economic policies, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told MTI.
Nuclear Power Plant Paks Upgrade To Start In January
- 29 Aug 2017 10:04 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant in Paks will begin early next year, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said on Monday.
Catering Service Staff Strike May Affect 18-20 International Trains
- 29 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
A strike announced for August 29 by the catering services of the Hungarian state railways MÁV may affect 18-20 international trains, MÁV said on Monday. The VDSzSz union of railway workers announced a work stoppage by catering service workers from 8am until 11pm on Tuesday, to force MÁV to abandon its plans of terminating couchette and restaurant wagons aimed at offsetting their loss-making ...
State Secretary Outlines Further Expansion Of Designer Drug Blacklist
- 25 Aug 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The blacklist of designer drugs may be extended further in the coming months in an effort to adapt to changes on the “drug market”, the state secretary of the human resources ministry told the press.
Local Opinion: Dispute Over Charlottesville Violence
- 23 Aug 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing, libertarian and left-wing commentators interpret the Charlottesville events in the light of Hungarian politics.
Hungarian Aid Workers Join Texas Hurricane Relief Effort
- 4 Sep 2017 8:14 AM
- current affairs
Aid workers of the Hungarian Baptist Charity have started work in Nederland, Texas, in the area savaged by hurricane Harvey.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Hungary Must Screen Terrorist Suspects From EU, Says Official
- 30 Aug 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Hungary must identify, screen and detain any terrorist suspect from the European Union, and efforts must concentrate on averting a terrorist attack, not only from the east, but from the west, too, a government official has said.
Szijjártó Addresses Seasonal Meeting Of Hungarian Diplomats
- 30 Aug 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met members of the Hungarian diplomatic corps for regular autumn consultations in Budapest.
S&P’s Revises Outlook On Hungary Rating To ‘Positive’
- 29 Aug 2017 12:40 PM
- business
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings on Friday said it revised the outlook on Hungary’s ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’. This new rating shows that the government has handled challenges well with its economic policies, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told MTI.
Nuclear Power Plant Paks Upgrade To Start In January
- 29 Aug 2017 10:04 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant in Paks will begin early next year, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said on Monday.
Catering Service Staff Strike May Affect 18-20 International Trains
- 29 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
A strike announced for August 29 by the catering services of the Hungarian state railways MÁV may affect 18-20 international trains, MÁV said on Monday. The VDSzSz union of railway workers announced a work stoppage by catering service workers from 8am until 11pm on Tuesday, to force MÁV to abandon its plans of terminating couchette and restaurant wagons aimed at offsetting their loss-making ...
State Secretary Outlines Further Expansion Of Designer Drug Blacklist
- 25 Aug 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The blacklist of designer drugs may be extended further in the coming months in an effort to adapt to changes on the “drug market”, the state secretary of the human resources ministry told the press.
Local Opinion: Dispute Over Charlottesville Violence
- 23 Aug 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing, libertarian and left-wing commentators interpret the Charlottesville events in the light of Hungarian politics.