670 result(s) for eu council in Current Affairs
Local Opinion: EU Court To Reject Hungarian-Slovak Anti-Relocation Suit
- 31 Jul 2017 8:34 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist agrees with the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice who has recommended to the judges that they reject a complaint by Hungary and Slovakia against a September 2015 decision to relocate migrants from Italy and Greece to other EU countries.
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 – ...
PM Orbán Wants Hungary To Be Among World’s Ten Safest Countries
- 7 Jul 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has told the government that he wants Hungary to become one of the ten safest countries in the world, the government office chief said on Thursday.
COE Delegation Inspects Hungary Transit Zones
- 6 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
A Council of Europe delegation has arrived in Hungary to inspect the living conditions of 14-18 year-old migrants in Hungary’s transit zones near the southern border towns of Röszke and Tompa. Claude Janizzi, who heads the CoE’s Lanzarote Committee and is in charge of the delegation, told a press conference on Wednesday that the delegation had been invited by the Hungarian government to verify ...
Update On UK/EU Citizens' Rights From British Embassy In Budapest
- 4 Jul 2017 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary On Turkey’s Side, Says Orbán In Ankara
- 3 Jul 2017 8:12 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will stick by its friends and is on Turkey‘s side, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Ankara on Friday at the opening of a Hungarian-Turkish business forum. Hungary’s backing of Turkey is not a one-off event but the consequence of a strategy, Orbán said.
Anti-Hungarian Hate Speech Have Risen To Alarming Proportions In Romania
- 27 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Anti-Hungarian sentiment and hate speech have risen to alarming proportions in recent days in Romania, as social media and news channels have been overflooded with nationalistic messages directed against the Hungarian community by Romanian politicians, journalists, social media influencers and opinion-makers.
Lázár: Migration At Heart Of Hungary’s V4 Presidency
- 23 Jun 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
Speaking about the Visegrad Group, whose rotating presidency Hungary will take over on July 1, Lázár said Hungary has a serious responsibility to clearly flag the interests of the Visegrad Group (V4) during its V4 presidency.
Venice Commission: Hungarian Law On Foreign-Funded NGOs Still Raises Concerns
- 19 Jun 2017 8:18 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian law on foreign-funded NGOs, despite amendments, still raises concerns, the Venice Commission said in an opinion published on Friday. The Council of Europe’s advisory body, composed of independent experts in constitutional law, said that it had adopted an opinion clarifying its preliminary opinion.
Local Opinion: EU Court To Reject Hungarian-Slovak Anti-Relocation Suit
- 31 Jul 2017 8:34 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist agrees with the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice who has recommended to the judges that they reject a complaint by Hungary and Slovakia against a September 2015 decision to relocate migrants from Italy and Greece to other EU countries.
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 – ...
PM Orbán Wants Hungary To Be Among World’s Ten Safest Countries
- 7 Jul 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has told the government that he wants Hungary to become one of the ten safest countries in the world, the government office chief said on Thursday.
COE Delegation Inspects Hungary Transit Zones
- 6 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
A Council of Europe delegation has arrived in Hungary to inspect the living conditions of 14-18 year-old migrants in Hungary’s transit zones near the southern border towns of Röszke and Tompa. Claude Janizzi, who heads the CoE’s Lanzarote Committee and is in charge of the delegation, told a press conference on Wednesday that the delegation had been invited by the Hungarian government to verify ...
Update On UK/EU Citizens' Rights From British Embassy In Budapest
- 4 Jul 2017 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary On Turkey’s Side, Says Orbán In Ankara
- 3 Jul 2017 8:12 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will stick by its friends and is on Turkey‘s side, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Ankara on Friday at the opening of a Hungarian-Turkish business forum. Hungary’s backing of Turkey is not a one-off event but the consequence of a strategy, Orbán said.
Anti-Hungarian Hate Speech Have Risen To Alarming Proportions In Romania
- 27 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Anti-Hungarian sentiment and hate speech have risen to alarming proportions in recent days in Romania, as social media and news channels have been overflooded with nationalistic messages directed against the Hungarian community by Romanian politicians, journalists, social media influencers and opinion-makers.
Lázár: Migration At Heart Of Hungary’s V4 Presidency
- 23 Jun 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
Speaking about the Visegrad Group, whose rotating presidency Hungary will take over on July 1, Lázár said Hungary has a serious responsibility to clearly flag the interests of the Visegrad Group (V4) during its V4 presidency.
Venice Commission: Hungarian Law On Foreign-Funded NGOs Still Raises Concerns
- 19 Jun 2017 8:18 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian law on foreign-funded NGOs, despite amendments, still raises concerns, the Venice Commission said in an opinion published on Friday. The Council of Europe’s advisory body, composed of independent experts in constitutional law, said that it had adopted an opinion clarifying its preliminary opinion.