17 result(s) for fighting poverty
EC Report Notes Hungary’s Progress In Cutting Unemployment
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary has moved forward in efforts to reduce unemployment while structural problems remain in the areas of fighting poverty, promoting social inclusion and running fostered work programmes effectively, a senior European Commission official said, citing the EC’s latest country report.
Hungarain Socialist Leader: Politics Based On Hate “Dead End”
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Addressing the 10th congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Hungarian Socialist Party’s leader, József Tóbiás, called the politics of hate a dead end. A migration policy based on “internal solidarity” and “shared responsibility” in the EU would lead to a good outcome, he insisted. The Socialists have a common belief that all men are created equal, and no one should be excluded on ...
Hungarian Welfare Workers Demonstrate Against Low Wages
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration by social and welfare workers demanding higher wages was held in Budapest on Friday. The protesters marched from Kodály Körönd on Andrássy Boulevard to Parliament in the evening. Addressing the demonstrators, Andrea Varga, the head of the Autonóm trade union, said all 93,000 workers in the social sector were fighting poverty and had difficulties in day-to-day subsistence.
EU Socialist Leader Slams Hungarian Government During Visit To Budapest
- 10 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not deserve being in a moral and social crisis arising from “bad government in the past few years”, the Social Democrat group leader of the European Parliament, said in Budapest. Gianni Pittella, who attended a board meeting of the opposition Socialists (MSZP), said it was “childish” to blame the European Union for Hungary’s problems. On the other hand, Europe cannot “stay passive ...
Festival Of German, Austrian & Swiss Films In Budapest
- 25 Sep 2014 7:55 AM
- entertainment
From September 25 – October 3, 2014, the EYEFUL Festival is back for the third time, sponsored jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Goethe Institute. They are bringing to Budapest’s Művész Cinema the best of new films from German-speaking lands, including a number of prizewinners.
Hungary’s Socialists To Scrap Government’s “Idiotic” Economic Policy
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, pledged to scrap what he called the Fidesz government’s “idiotic” economic policy and “perverted” social policy if it wins next year’s election.
'Forget- Me-Not' Series For Children In Budapest
- 29 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- entertainment
"9.30–11.00 Nefelejcs activities - 2010 is the European year of fighting against poverty and social discrimination. It seems to be too sober to deal with such a subject with children unless it is done in an entertaining way through playing, acting, dancing, making things and even learning from animals.
U.S. Embassy Makes A Splash At Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 18 Aug 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"For the third year in a row, the U.S. Embassy organized a tent at Sziget, the premier music festival in Central Europe, where hundreds of young people stopped by to learn more about the United States and opportunities to study there. As a theme of the festival this year was social inclusion and fighting poverty, the Embassy also organized various activities promoting tolerance during the ...
EC Report Notes Hungary’s Progress In Cutting Unemployment
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary has moved forward in efforts to reduce unemployment while structural problems remain in the areas of fighting poverty, promoting social inclusion and running fostered work programmes effectively, a senior European Commission official said, citing the EC’s latest country report.
Hungarain Socialist Leader: Politics Based On Hate “Dead End”
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Addressing the 10th congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Hungarian Socialist Party’s leader, József Tóbiás, called the politics of hate a dead end. A migration policy based on “internal solidarity” and “shared responsibility” in the EU would lead to a good outcome, he insisted. The Socialists have a common belief that all men are created equal, and no one should be excluded on ...
Hungarian Welfare Workers Demonstrate Against Low Wages
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration by social and welfare workers demanding higher wages was held in Budapest on Friday. The protesters marched from Kodály Körönd on Andrássy Boulevard to Parliament in the evening. Addressing the demonstrators, Andrea Varga, the head of the Autonóm trade union, said all 93,000 workers in the social sector were fighting poverty and had difficulties in day-to-day subsistence.
EU Socialist Leader Slams Hungarian Government During Visit To Budapest
- 10 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not deserve being in a moral and social crisis arising from “bad government in the past few years”, the Social Democrat group leader of the European Parliament, said in Budapest. Gianni Pittella, who attended a board meeting of the opposition Socialists (MSZP), said it was “childish” to blame the European Union for Hungary’s problems. On the other hand, Europe cannot “stay passive ...
Festival Of German, Austrian & Swiss Films In Budapest
- 25 Sep 2014 7:55 AM
- entertainment
From September 25 – October 3, 2014, the EYEFUL Festival is back for the third time, sponsored jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Goethe Institute. They are bringing to Budapest’s Művész Cinema the best of new films from German-speaking lands, including a number of prizewinners.
Hungary’s Socialists To Scrap Government’s “Idiotic” Economic Policy
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, pledged to scrap what he called the Fidesz government’s “idiotic” economic policy and “perverted” social policy if it wins next year’s election.
'Forget- Me-Not' Series For Children In Budapest
- 29 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- entertainment
"9.30–11.00 Nefelejcs activities - 2010 is the European year of fighting against poverty and social discrimination. It seems to be too sober to deal with such a subject with children unless it is done in an entertaining way through playing, acting, dancing, making things and even learning from animals.
U.S. Embassy Makes A Splash At Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 18 Aug 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"For the third year in a row, the U.S. Embassy organized a tent at Sziget, the premier music festival in Central Europe, where hundreds of young people stopped by to learn more about the United States and opportunities to study there. As a theme of the festival this year was social inclusion and fighting poverty, the Embassy also organized various activities promoting tolerance during the ...