372 result(s) for environment protection
Hungary EU’s Top Spender Per GDP On Recreation, Culture, Religion
- 8 Aug 2017 8:48 AM
- business
Hungary spends the most on recreation, culture and religion as a percentage of its GDP in the European Union with 2.1% of government expenditures going towards this area compared with the EU average of 1%, a report released by Eurostat shows.
Citizens Losing Fight Against Unbearable Noise From Budapest Airport
- 12 Jul 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
Life in the southern suburbs of Budapest, near Budapest Airport, is noisy and unhealthy. Planes taking off and landing make sleep at night impossible. At certain areas, the noise created cracks in walls and some people stay indoors all day in order to avoid kerosene drizzling from the sky. The problem affects hundreds of thousands of people who have been fighting the airport in courts for years – ...
NGOs Hold Discussion On Civil Disobedience As They Refuse To Comply With New Law
- 6 Jul 2017 9:32 AM
- current affairs
In a crowded hall in Buda Tuesday night, a man stood reading out loud an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. But this was not a Fourth of July celebration.
Századvég Survey: Europeans Want Border Security
- 30 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
The majority of Europeans want more effective protections of the bloc’s external borders, according to a survey of citizens in 28 European Union member states by the Századvég Foundation. Fully 77% believed that the EU should be doing a better job of protecting the external border, Századvég said, adding that the same opinion was represented by 80-90% of centrists in Germany.
Hungarian President Signs The Criticized Civil Organisations Law
- 20 Jun 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
President Janos Ader signed Hungary’s new law concerning transparency of civil organisations receiving foreign support, on Friday. “I cannot see any legal or constitutional concerns that should hinder publication of the law,” the president said, adding that the law would not affect the operations of the organisations it is to govern.
Treasures Of Guardsmen’s Land In Hungary
- 12 Jun 2017 8:56 AM
- getting around
‘Õrség’area (Guardsmen’s Land), the former frontier – border guard area of the country- is today the only region in Hungary which has been continuously inhabited by the same people since the time of ‘ Honfoglalás’ (Conquest of the fatherland), time of the occupationof the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in the 9th century. The vast, once nearlyuninhabited woodland was peopled by border guards.
Wamp Market: "Design That Suits You", Erzsébet Square, 28 May
- 27 May 2017 9:00 AM
- shopping
These days urban lifestyle concentrates more and more on the protection and sustainability of our environment. As our natural living space is constantly shrinking we thrive to create our own environment more liveable. Weather we consider our daily outfit where environmental friendly materials, functionality and trendiness are now equally principal or our everyday objects, the point is that ...
Greenpeace, Energiaklub Launch Legal Attack Against Paks II Environmental Permit
- 25 May 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The environmental organisations Greenpeace Magyarország and Energiaklub said they have asked a court to withdraw the environmental protection permit awarded for the planned upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant.
New Far-Right Party On The Horizon?
- 25 May 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A new far-right party could be on the horizon in Hungary, reports index.hu. According to the online daily, a number of disparate groups are in the process of forming a new extreme-right movement which Hungary’s pro-government media has been eager to laud as a challenger to Jobbik.
Hungary EU’s Top Spender Per GDP On Recreation, Culture, Religion
- 8 Aug 2017 8:48 AM
- business
Hungary spends the most on recreation, culture and religion as a percentage of its GDP in the European Union with 2.1% of government expenditures going towards this area compared with the EU average of 1%, a report released by Eurostat shows.
Citizens Losing Fight Against Unbearable Noise From Budapest Airport
- 12 Jul 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
Life in the southern suburbs of Budapest, near Budapest Airport, is noisy and unhealthy. Planes taking off and landing make sleep at night impossible. At certain areas, the noise created cracks in walls and some people stay indoors all day in order to avoid kerosene drizzling from the sky. The problem affects hundreds of thousands of people who have been fighting the airport in courts for years – ...
NGOs Hold Discussion On Civil Disobedience As They Refuse To Comply With New Law
- 6 Jul 2017 9:32 AM
- current affairs
In a crowded hall in Buda Tuesday night, a man stood reading out loud an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. But this was not a Fourth of July celebration.
Századvég Survey: Europeans Want Border Security
- 30 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
The majority of Europeans want more effective protections of the bloc’s external borders, according to a survey of citizens in 28 European Union member states by the Századvég Foundation. Fully 77% believed that the EU should be doing a better job of protecting the external border, Századvég said, adding that the same opinion was represented by 80-90% of centrists in Germany.
Hungarian President Signs The Criticized Civil Organisations Law
- 20 Jun 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
President Janos Ader signed Hungary’s new law concerning transparency of civil organisations receiving foreign support, on Friday. “I cannot see any legal or constitutional concerns that should hinder publication of the law,” the president said, adding that the law would not affect the operations of the organisations it is to govern.
Treasures Of Guardsmen’s Land In Hungary
- 12 Jun 2017 8:56 AM
- getting around
‘Õrség’area (Guardsmen’s Land), the former frontier – border guard area of the country- is today the only region in Hungary which has been continuously inhabited by the same people since the time of ‘ Honfoglalás’ (Conquest of the fatherland), time of the occupationof the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in the 9th century. The vast, once nearlyuninhabited woodland was peopled by border guards.
Wamp Market: "Design That Suits You", Erzsébet Square, 28 May
- 27 May 2017 9:00 AM
- shopping
These days urban lifestyle concentrates more and more on the protection and sustainability of our environment. As our natural living space is constantly shrinking we thrive to create our own environment more liveable. Weather we consider our daily outfit where environmental friendly materials, functionality and trendiness are now equally principal or our everyday objects, the point is that ...
Greenpeace, Energiaklub Launch Legal Attack Against Paks II Environmental Permit
- 25 May 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The environmental organisations Greenpeace Magyarország and Energiaklub said they have asked a court to withdraw the environmental protection permit awarded for the planned upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant.
New Far-Right Party On The Horizon?
- 25 May 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A new far-right party could be on the horizon in Hungary, reports index.hu. According to the online daily, a number of disparate groups are in the process of forming a new extreme-right movement which Hungary’s pro-government media has been eager to laud as a challenger to Jobbik.