983 result(s) for eu funding
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Eastern Partners Of Strategic Importance To V4
- 1 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Expanding the European Union’s list of Eastern partner countries is of strategic importance to the Visegrad Group, Hungary’s foreign minister told a press conference after a meeting of V4 leaders, European Commission and Estonian officials and politicians from the Eastern Partnership countries in Budapest.
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 ...
Botka: Socialists Pledge To Double Education Funding
- 30 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, László Botka, pledged to double the amount of funding for education, which he called the party’s top priority. Botka told a press conference that state funding for the sector would rise to 6% of GDP under a Socialist administration in the next governing cycle after the 2018 elections.
Nigerian Expats Protest Against ‘Unacceptable’ Hungarian Loan To Nigeria
- 29 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An umbrella organization for expat Nigerians in Hungary has come out against plans for Hungary to offer a EUR 54 million loan to Nigeria for writing “a detailed study” about river flooding on the Niger and Benue rivers. On Thursday, the Association of Nigerians in Hungary along with other members of Hungary’s Nigerian community protested the planned loan by personally dropping off letters at the ...
Univer Product Inaugurates EUR 14m Plant
- 24 Aug 2017 8:50 AM
- business
Hungarian condiments maker Univer Product (Kecskemét, C Hungary) has inaugurated a 4.3 billion forints (EUR 14m) tomato processing plant, the biggest of its kind in central Europe, on Thursday. Hungary’s government awarded the company a 2.1 billion forint grant for the project, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said at the ceremony.
Budget Deficit EUR 2.69bn In July, Ministry Confirms
- 22 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, reached 816.8 billion forints (EUR 2.69bn) by the end of July, the economy ministry said in a second reading of data on Monday. The deficit reached 70.0 percent of the full-year target, the ministry said. In July alone, the budget ran a 94.4 billion forint surplus compared to a monthly deficit of 62.7 billion forints a year ...
Government Steadfast Amid Mounting Pressure On Hungary To Comply With EU Migration Policy
- 18 Aug 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is steadfast in its opposition to EU mandatory migrant quotas in the face of mounting pressure on the country, including the European Union infringement procedure initiated in June and threats to curb funding unless Hungary falls in line, a cabinet official said on Thursday.
Hungary Sends Response To EC Regarding Infringement Procedures
- 15 Aug 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has sent its response to the European Commission regarding the infringement procedures launched because of Hungary’s laws on NGOs financed from abroad and on foreign universities, a justice ministry official said on Monday.
Proportion Of Hungarian Youth Neither Studying Nor Employed Falls
- 14 Aug 2017 9:18 AM
- current affairs
The proportion of young Hungarians aged 20-24 neither in employment nor in education or training has fallen about one-sixth in the past ten years, even as the ratio increased for the European Union as a whole, state secretary Bence Rétvári told MTI, citing data compiled by Eurostat on the occasion of International Youth Day.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Eastern Partners Of Strategic Importance To V4
- 1 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Expanding the European Union’s list of Eastern partner countries is of strategic importance to the Visegrad Group, Hungary’s foreign minister told a press conference after a meeting of V4 leaders, European Commission and Estonian officials and politicians from the Eastern Partnership countries in Budapest.
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 ...
Botka: Socialists Pledge To Double Education Funding
- 30 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, László Botka, pledged to double the amount of funding for education, which he called the party’s top priority. Botka told a press conference that state funding for the sector would rise to 6% of GDP under a Socialist administration in the next governing cycle after the 2018 elections.
Nigerian Expats Protest Against ‘Unacceptable’ Hungarian Loan To Nigeria
- 29 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An umbrella organization for expat Nigerians in Hungary has come out against plans for Hungary to offer a EUR 54 million loan to Nigeria for writing “a detailed study” about river flooding on the Niger and Benue rivers. On Thursday, the Association of Nigerians in Hungary along with other members of Hungary’s Nigerian community protested the planned loan by personally dropping off letters at the ...
Univer Product Inaugurates EUR 14m Plant
- 24 Aug 2017 8:50 AM
- business
Hungarian condiments maker Univer Product (Kecskemét, C Hungary) has inaugurated a 4.3 billion forints (EUR 14m) tomato processing plant, the biggest of its kind in central Europe, on Thursday. Hungary’s government awarded the company a 2.1 billion forint grant for the project, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said at the ceremony.
Budget Deficit EUR 2.69bn In July, Ministry Confirms
- 22 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, reached 816.8 billion forints (EUR 2.69bn) by the end of July, the economy ministry said in a second reading of data on Monday. The deficit reached 70.0 percent of the full-year target, the ministry said. In July alone, the budget ran a 94.4 billion forint surplus compared to a monthly deficit of 62.7 billion forints a year ...
Government Steadfast Amid Mounting Pressure On Hungary To Comply With EU Migration Policy
- 18 Aug 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is steadfast in its opposition to EU mandatory migrant quotas in the face of mounting pressure on the country, including the European Union infringement procedure initiated in June and threats to curb funding unless Hungary falls in line, a cabinet official said on Thursday.
Hungary Sends Response To EC Regarding Infringement Procedures
- 15 Aug 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has sent its response to the European Commission regarding the infringement procedures launched because of Hungary’s laws on NGOs financed from abroad and on foreign universities, a justice ministry official said on Monday.
Proportion Of Hungarian Youth Neither Studying Nor Employed Falls
- 14 Aug 2017 9:18 AM
- current affairs
The proportion of young Hungarians aged 20-24 neither in employment nor in education or training has fallen about one-sixth in the past ten years, even as the ratio increased for the European Union as a whole, state secretary Bence Rétvári told MTI, citing data compiled by Eurostat on the occasion of International Youth Day.