390 result(s) for finance minister in Current Affairs
Hidden Businesses Of Influential Hungarians Revealed In New Massive Offshore Leak
- 8 Nov 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
One and a half year after the story of Panama Papers broke, another huge leak shed light on the operations of tens of thousands of offshore entities. Several Hungarian companies and individuals appear in the 13.4 million leaked files, though this time there are no politicians among them. Still, the documents reveal details of hitherto unknown business dealings of some influential Hungarian public ...
Democratic Coalition Sues Gov’t For Whitewashing Anti-Orbán Billboards
- 12 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
The government has ordered Democratic Coalition (DK) political billboard ads to be whitewashed nationwide, DK MEP Csaba Molnár said, adding that DK will sue the government offices which issued the relevant decrees. Referring to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the DK ads read: “Choose between Orbán and Europe”.
PM Orbán: Hungary To Build ‘Special Relations’ To Vietnam
- 26 Sep 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government aims to establish “special relations” with Vietnam, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, in Hanoi on Monday. Hungary has chosen Vietnam as its regional strategic partner because of the long-standing, thriving diplomatic ties between the two countries, Orbán told a joint press conference.
Visegrad Group Foreign Ministers & British Finance Minister Hold Talks In Budapest
- 15 Sep 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
Britain and the European Union must negotiate as comprehensive and broad free-trade deal as possible so that economic, trade and investment cooperation remains free of obstacles, the foreign affairs and trade minister said after meeting his Visegrad Group counterparts and British Finance Minister Philip Hammond in Budapest on Thursday.
EP Budgetary Fact-Finding Mission Set To Arrive To Hungary Next Week
- 14 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) is coming on a fact-finding mission to Hungary from September 18-20.
Orbán To Juncker: ‘Hungary Not Immigrant Country’
- 8 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
In a letter to the European Commission president, Hungary’s prime minister has insisted that the commission president’s “interpretation of solidarity conforms neither to EU law nor the historical traditions of Hungary”. “Unlike some other major EU member states, Hungary does not have a colonial past,” the PM said, adding that immigrant countries had obligations arising from their colonial past. ...
PM Orbán: European Court Decision Must Be Taken Into Account
- 8 Sep 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in an interview to public radio on Friday, said he completely agreed with Slovak premier Robert Fico that the European Court of Justice decision to dismiss Slovakia and Hungary’s complaint concerning EU mandatory migrant quotas had to be acknowledged.
Fidesz Protests EU Investigation Into Felcsút Miniature Railway
- 7 Sep 2017 4:00 AM
- current affairs
A September 4 meeting of the EU Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) will result in the dispatch of a fact-finding mission to Hungary to determine whether EU funds had been spent properly on development projects, 24.hu reports. Delegates of the mission, who will visit Hungary between September 18-20, will meet with members of civil society, Prosecutor General Péter Polt and members of the ...
Szijjártó On Merkel Remarks: Hungary Upheld Schengen Rules In 2015
- 5 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Responding to the German chancellor, who said in a recent election debate that Hungary’s premier had failed to show solidarity by refusing to help refugees in 2015, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó countered that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had ordered the authorities to uphold Schengen rules in all circumstances.
Hidden Businesses Of Influential Hungarians Revealed In New Massive Offshore Leak
- 8 Nov 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
One and a half year after the story of Panama Papers broke, another huge leak shed light on the operations of tens of thousands of offshore entities. Several Hungarian companies and individuals appear in the 13.4 million leaked files, though this time there are no politicians among them. Still, the documents reveal details of hitherto unknown business dealings of some influential Hungarian public ...
Democratic Coalition Sues Gov’t For Whitewashing Anti-Orbán Billboards
- 12 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
The government has ordered Democratic Coalition (DK) political billboard ads to be whitewashed nationwide, DK MEP Csaba Molnár said, adding that DK will sue the government offices which issued the relevant decrees. Referring to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the DK ads read: “Choose between Orbán and Europe”.
PM Orbán: Hungary To Build ‘Special Relations’ To Vietnam
- 26 Sep 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government aims to establish “special relations” with Vietnam, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, in Hanoi on Monday. Hungary has chosen Vietnam as its regional strategic partner because of the long-standing, thriving diplomatic ties between the two countries, Orbán told a joint press conference.
Visegrad Group Foreign Ministers & British Finance Minister Hold Talks In Budapest
- 15 Sep 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
Britain and the European Union must negotiate as comprehensive and broad free-trade deal as possible so that economic, trade and investment cooperation remains free of obstacles, the foreign affairs and trade minister said after meeting his Visegrad Group counterparts and British Finance Minister Philip Hammond in Budapest on Thursday.
EP Budgetary Fact-Finding Mission Set To Arrive To Hungary Next Week
- 14 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) is coming on a fact-finding mission to Hungary from September 18-20.
Orbán To Juncker: ‘Hungary Not Immigrant Country’
- 8 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
In a letter to the European Commission president, Hungary’s prime minister has insisted that the commission president’s “interpretation of solidarity conforms neither to EU law nor the historical traditions of Hungary”. “Unlike some other major EU member states, Hungary does not have a colonial past,” the PM said, adding that immigrant countries had obligations arising from their colonial past. ...
PM Orbán: European Court Decision Must Be Taken Into Account
- 8 Sep 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in an interview to public radio on Friday, said he completely agreed with Slovak premier Robert Fico that the European Court of Justice decision to dismiss Slovakia and Hungary’s complaint concerning EU mandatory migrant quotas had to be acknowledged.
Fidesz Protests EU Investigation Into Felcsút Miniature Railway
- 7 Sep 2017 4:00 AM
- current affairs
A September 4 meeting of the EU Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) will result in the dispatch of a fact-finding mission to Hungary to determine whether EU funds had been spent properly on development projects, 24.hu reports. Delegates of the mission, who will visit Hungary between September 18-20, will meet with members of civil society, Prosecutor General Péter Polt and members of the ...
Szijjártó On Merkel Remarks: Hungary Upheld Schengen Rules In 2015
- 5 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Responding to the German chancellor, who said in a recent election debate that Hungary’s premier had failed to show solidarity by refusing to help refugees in 2015, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó countered that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had ordered the authorities to uphold Schengen rules in all circumstances.