344 result(s) for fidesz mep
Xpat Opinion: One ‘Yes’ & One ‘No’ For Navracsics In Brussels
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság thinks the future Hungarian Commissioner is an unprincipled man who dissociated himself from the government he has served for 4 years in order to get a seat in the European Commission. Magyar Nemzet writes that Tibor Navracsics kept his composure throughout the tough hearing.
Hungary’s Designate To EU Faces Further Questions In Brussels
- 3 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Further questions will be put to Commissioner-designate Tibor Navracsics in Brussels before MEPs decide whether or not to endorse his candidacy, a source close to the cultural committee said on condition of anonymity. Each group of representatives can submit two questions by Thursday 3pm to be put to Navracsics, the Hungarian Commissioner-designate for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship.
Hungary's EU Nominate Rejects Allegations Against His Impartiality
- 2 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Navracsics said he was committed to the freedom of opinions, in response to Danish conservative MEP Rikke Karlsson’s criticism that he had been a member of the Hungarian government when it approved its controversial media laws.
Prize Proposal For Ökotárs Supported By Hungarian Socialists
- 18 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian MEPs in the European Parliament’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats gave supporting signatures on Wednesday to a proposal by green group MEP Benedek Jávor, of the opposition E-PM, to nominate the Ökotárs Foundation for a Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
DK Accuses Hungarian Govt Of Scheme To Quit EU
- 28 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An MEP of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister and the government to drop “preparations to quit the European Union”. Speaking to MTI on Wednesday, Péter Niedermüller, who is also DK’s deputy leader, insisted that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was using every opportunity to criticise European values, which he interpreted as preparations for a shift “to a different ...
Hungary To Replace 24 Ambassadors
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s consul general to Shanghai Pál Péter Schmitt has been recalled after less than a year in the role, as part of a huge shake-up of the diplomatic corps that includes 24 ambassadorial changes, origo.hu learned. The nephew of the disgraced former president Pál Schmitt took the role in September 2013. Pál Schmitt was forced to relinquish his doctorate in 2013, after the plagiarism scandal ...
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Hot Topic At Martos Free University: Hungarian Affairs In Brussels
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The power relations which have emerged after the May European parliamentary elections and plans to intensify lobbying of Hungarian affairs in Brussels were central topics of discussion between Fidesz MEP József Szájer and Slovak-Hungarian MEP Pál Csáky at the closing event of the Martovce (Martos) Free University on Sunday.
Leftist MEPs To Ask EC’S Support For Review Of Hungary’s Election Laws
- 15 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are asking the European Commission to examine Hungary’s election law and turn to international courts in wake of a recent critical report by the OSCE, the party’s spokesman told MTI.
Xpat Opinion: One ‘Yes’ & One ‘No’ For Navracsics In Brussels
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság thinks the future Hungarian Commissioner is an unprincipled man who dissociated himself from the government he has served for 4 years in order to get a seat in the European Commission. Magyar Nemzet writes that Tibor Navracsics kept his composure throughout the tough hearing.
Hungary’s Designate To EU Faces Further Questions In Brussels
- 3 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Further questions will be put to Commissioner-designate Tibor Navracsics in Brussels before MEPs decide whether or not to endorse his candidacy, a source close to the cultural committee said on condition of anonymity. Each group of representatives can submit two questions by Thursday 3pm to be put to Navracsics, the Hungarian Commissioner-designate for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship.
Hungary's EU Nominate Rejects Allegations Against His Impartiality
- 2 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Navracsics said he was committed to the freedom of opinions, in response to Danish conservative MEP Rikke Karlsson’s criticism that he had been a member of the Hungarian government when it approved its controversial media laws.
Prize Proposal For Ökotárs Supported By Hungarian Socialists
- 18 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian MEPs in the European Parliament’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats gave supporting signatures on Wednesday to a proposal by green group MEP Benedek Jávor, of the opposition E-PM, to nominate the Ökotárs Foundation for a Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
DK Accuses Hungarian Govt Of Scheme To Quit EU
- 28 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An MEP of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister and the government to drop “preparations to quit the European Union”. Speaking to MTI on Wednesday, Péter Niedermüller, who is also DK’s deputy leader, insisted that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was using every opportunity to criticise European values, which he interpreted as preparations for a shift “to a different ...
Hungary To Replace 24 Ambassadors
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s consul general to Shanghai Pál Péter Schmitt has been recalled after less than a year in the role, as part of a huge shake-up of the diplomatic corps that includes 24 ambassadorial changes, origo.hu learned. The nephew of the disgraced former president Pál Schmitt took the role in September 2013. Pál Schmitt was forced to relinquish his doctorate in 2013, after the plagiarism scandal ...
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Hot Topic At Martos Free University: Hungarian Affairs In Brussels
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The power relations which have emerged after the May European parliamentary elections and plans to intensify lobbying of Hungarian affairs in Brussels were central topics of discussion between Fidesz MEP József Szájer and Slovak-Hungarian MEP Pál Csáky at the closing event of the Martovce (Martos) Free University on Sunday.
Leftist MEPs To Ask EC’S Support For Review Of Hungary’s Election Laws
- 15 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are asking the European Commission to examine Hungary’s election law and turn to international courts in wake of a recent critical report by the OSCE, the party’s spokesman told MTI.