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Hungarian FM Calls On UN High Commissioner To Resign
- 27 Feb 2018 7:47 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein to resign after the high commissioner accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of xenophobia and racism during a speech at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
Lázár: Govt Focused On Building Central European Alliances
- 5 Feb 2018 8:30 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is focused on building alliances with its central European peers, as evidenced by last week’s Visegrad Group summit in Budapest and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s official visit to Vienna earlier this week, the government office chief said on Thursday.
EC Mulls Legal Procedure Against Hungary Over Air Pollution Infringement
- 31 Jan 2018 8:30 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is mulling launching a legal procedure against nine European Union member states, including Hungary, for having exceeded the limits of air pollution, Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for the Environment, said in Brussels.
Hungary Has One Of Europe’s Fastest Growing Agriculture Sectors
- 25 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- business
‘Hungarian agriculture is one of the fastest growing agrarian sectors in Europe, and in the last 8 years it has grown by over fifty percent and created more than 70,000 jobs”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said at the launch of a publication by the Alliance for Hungarian Agriculture.
Natl Road Company Takes Over Upkeep Of Interurban Cycle Paths
- 10 Jan 2018 7:57 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government has decided to assign the upkeep of some 1,100km of interurban cycle paths to state-owned road company Magyar Közút, the government’s commissioner for cycling and active recreation said.
VAT On Internet Services To Drop To 5 % From 2018
- 2 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- tech
VAT on internet services will continue to drop, from the current 18 percent to 5 percent, from Jan. 1. The economy ministry previously said that the 13 percentage point drop is expected to leave 22 billion forints (EUR 70m) in the pockets of consumers.
Hungary’s Government Agrees With Tusk’s View That Mandatory Quota Divisive, Ineffective
- 15 Dec 2017 9:06 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government agrees with European Council President Donald Tusk that the European Union’s mandatory quota for refugees is “a divisive and ineffective way to handle the migration crisis”, the Hungarian government office chief said at his weekly press conference on Thursday.
Amid Growing Expenses, Reconstruction Of Budapest’s Puskás Ferenc Stadium Underway
- 29 Nov 2017 7:58 AM
- sport
One of the 13 venues of the 2020 European Football Championship will be Puskás Ferenc Stadium, which is currently being rebuilt, and is expected to be completed in 2019. The stadium will host group matches and an eighth final.
Interior Minister Can’t Find Evidence To Support Gov’t Claims Of “Soros Network”
- 24 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Interior Minister Sándor Pintér left through a back door after appearing at a closed session of the parliamentary National Security Committee on Tuesday, where he took questions regarding potential threats posed to Hungary’s national security by what the government has called the “Soros network.”
Hungarian FM Calls On UN High Commissioner To Resign
- 27 Feb 2018 7:47 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein to resign after the high commissioner accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of xenophobia and racism during a speech at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
Lázár: Govt Focused On Building Central European Alliances
- 5 Feb 2018 8:30 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is focused on building alliances with its central European peers, as evidenced by last week’s Visegrad Group summit in Budapest and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s official visit to Vienna earlier this week, the government office chief said on Thursday.
EC Mulls Legal Procedure Against Hungary Over Air Pollution Infringement
- 31 Jan 2018 8:30 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is mulling launching a legal procedure against nine European Union member states, including Hungary, for having exceeded the limits of air pollution, Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for the Environment, said in Brussels.
Hungary Has One Of Europe’s Fastest Growing Agriculture Sectors
- 25 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- business
‘Hungarian agriculture is one of the fastest growing agrarian sectors in Europe, and in the last 8 years it has grown by over fifty percent and created more than 70,000 jobs”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said at the launch of a publication by the Alliance for Hungarian Agriculture.
Natl Road Company Takes Over Upkeep Of Interurban Cycle Paths
- 10 Jan 2018 7:57 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government has decided to assign the upkeep of some 1,100km of interurban cycle paths to state-owned road company Magyar Közút, the government’s commissioner for cycling and active recreation said.
VAT On Internet Services To Drop To 5 % From 2018
- 2 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- tech
VAT on internet services will continue to drop, from the current 18 percent to 5 percent, from Jan. 1. The economy ministry previously said that the 13 percentage point drop is expected to leave 22 billion forints (EUR 70m) in the pockets of consumers.
Hungary’s Government Agrees With Tusk’s View That Mandatory Quota Divisive, Ineffective
- 15 Dec 2017 9:06 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government agrees with European Council President Donald Tusk that the European Union’s mandatory quota for refugees is “a divisive and ineffective way to handle the migration crisis”, the Hungarian government office chief said at his weekly press conference on Thursday.
Amid Growing Expenses, Reconstruction Of Budapest’s Puskás Ferenc Stadium Underway
- 29 Nov 2017 7:58 AM
- sport
One of the 13 venues of the 2020 European Football Championship will be Puskás Ferenc Stadium, which is currently being rebuilt, and is expected to be completed in 2019. The stadium will host group matches and an eighth final.
Interior Minister Can’t Find Evidence To Support Gov’t Claims Of “Soros Network”
- 24 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Interior Minister Sándor Pintér left through a back door after appearing at a closed session of the parliamentary National Security Committee on Tuesday, where he took questions regarding potential threats posed to Hungary’s national security by what the government has called the “Soros network.”