314 result(s) for employment in Current Affairs
Hungary’s Growth Potential Low, Says OECD
- 28 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s growth potential is “worryingly low”, the OECD said in a country survey released on Monday. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development stuck to its growth forecast for Hungary’s economy made in November of 2% this year and 1.7% in 2015.
Hungarians Working Abroad Up 14% In Autumn
- 8 Jan 2014 2:30 AM
- current affairs
There were about 98,000-99,000 Hungarians working abroad in the autumn of 2013. The Central Statistical Office (KSH) said that the number rose about 12,000 from a year earlier.
Number Of Women In Employment In Hungary Exceeds 1.8 Million
- 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai said, who is responsible for improving the labour prospects of women, it is an outstanding achievement that the number of women in employment has been steadily above 1.8 million for the fourth consecutive month which constitutes an employment rate of 53 percent. In November, of women aged 15-64 years, 1 825 thousand had a job, the best monthly figure ...
Employment Level Set To Exceed 4 Million In Hungary In 2014
- 31 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s employment level grew in 2013 and is set to exceed 4 million people in 2014, Sándor Czomba, the state secretary in charge of labour, said in an end-of-year assessment. Hungary’s jobless rate fell below 10% in a recent count and the number of employed was 235,000 higher than in 2010, at the time the current government came into power.
Hungary’s Fidesz Rejects Socialist Criticism Over Employment Situation
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist claim that Hungary has now fewer employed than before the crisis is “not true”, the ruling Fidesz party said. Currently 235,000 more Hungarians have jobs than earlier, it added.
Hungary’s Fidesz MEP : Third Of Poor In Europe Are Of Roma Origin
- 14 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A third of poor people in Europe are of Roma origin, Livia Járóka, a Fidesz MEP, told a news conference on Friday. On the basis of demographic trends, children of this section of society will have huge significance by 2040, she said, adding that everything possible must be done to ensure their development.
Applicants For Hungarian Citizenship Have Various Motivations
- 4 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Over half a million persons have applied for Hungarian citizenship under the fast-lane procedure. “Always have a B plan!” – some of the members of the ethnic Hungarian communities beyond Hungary’s borders remind you if they speak about the fast-lane procedure to obtaining Hungarian citizenship. The fears so characteristic of the national minorities of Central Europe may be among the motivations ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Approach To Homelessness
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Homelessness in Hungary is back in the news. Recently, the municipal government of Budapest approved a local ordinance that prohibits so-called “habitual living” in certain designated areas of the capital – mostly Budapest’s world heritage sites and parts of downtown.
200,000 People Are Taking Part In Winter Public Work Programme In Hungary
- 28 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Two-hundred thousand people are taking part in the winter public work programme launched at the beginning of November, of whom one-hundred thousand are participating in further education", the Ministry of National Economy's Minister of State for Employment Policy announced on Tuesday in Ozora, Central Hungary.
Hungary’s Growth Potential Low, Says OECD
- 28 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s growth potential is “worryingly low”, the OECD said in a country survey released on Monday. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development stuck to its growth forecast for Hungary’s economy made in November of 2% this year and 1.7% in 2015.
Hungarians Working Abroad Up 14% In Autumn
- 8 Jan 2014 2:30 AM
- current affairs
There were about 98,000-99,000 Hungarians working abroad in the autumn of 2013. The Central Statistical Office (KSH) said that the number rose about 12,000 from a year earlier.
Number Of Women In Employment In Hungary Exceeds 1.8 Million
- 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai said, who is responsible for improving the labour prospects of women, it is an outstanding achievement that the number of women in employment has been steadily above 1.8 million for the fourth consecutive month which constitutes an employment rate of 53 percent. In November, of women aged 15-64 years, 1 825 thousand had a job, the best monthly figure ...
Employment Level Set To Exceed 4 Million In Hungary In 2014
- 31 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s employment level grew in 2013 and is set to exceed 4 million people in 2014, Sándor Czomba, the state secretary in charge of labour, said in an end-of-year assessment. Hungary’s jobless rate fell below 10% in a recent count and the number of employed was 235,000 higher than in 2010, at the time the current government came into power.
Hungary’s Fidesz Rejects Socialist Criticism Over Employment Situation
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist claim that Hungary has now fewer employed than before the crisis is “not true”, the ruling Fidesz party said. Currently 235,000 more Hungarians have jobs than earlier, it added.
Hungary’s Fidesz MEP : Third Of Poor In Europe Are Of Roma Origin
- 14 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A third of poor people in Europe are of Roma origin, Livia Járóka, a Fidesz MEP, told a news conference on Friday. On the basis of demographic trends, children of this section of society will have huge significance by 2040, she said, adding that everything possible must be done to ensure their development.
Applicants For Hungarian Citizenship Have Various Motivations
- 4 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Over half a million persons have applied for Hungarian citizenship under the fast-lane procedure. “Always have a B plan!” – some of the members of the ethnic Hungarian communities beyond Hungary’s borders remind you if they speak about the fast-lane procedure to obtaining Hungarian citizenship. The fears so characteristic of the national minorities of Central Europe may be among the motivations ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Approach To Homelessness
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Homelessness in Hungary is back in the news. Recently, the municipal government of Budapest approved a local ordinance that prohibits so-called “habitual living” in certain designated areas of the capital – mostly Budapest’s world heritage sites and parts of downtown.
200,000 People Are Taking Part In Winter Public Work Programme In Hungary
- 28 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Two-hundred thousand people are taking part in the winter public work programme launched at the beginning of November, of whom one-hundred thousand are participating in further education", the Ministry of National Economy's Minister of State for Employment Policy announced on Tuesday in Ozora, Central Hungary.