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Huffington Post: Hungary Slides Into Authoritarianism As Government Smears Independent Journalists
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a summing-up of Hungary’s current political climate, the Huffington Post calls the country “a 1980s retro version of itself” and cites the bullying of Budapest Beacon contributor Lili Bayer by government spokesman Zoltán Kovács and government mouthpiece 888.hu as evidence of Hungary’s steady slide into authoritarianism.
EU Upholds Wage Differences For Haulers
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- business
The Hungarian delegation has successfully protected haulers at a Tuesday meeting of EU labour ministers in Luxembourg, PMO state secretary Szabolcs Takács said on Tuesday.
1956 – Orbán: ‘If Freedom Is Lost, So Are We’
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“If freedom and national independence are lost, then so are we,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum on Monday. “Soviet rule tossed us into a space without history; it wanted to destroy our past and our culture,” Orbán said.
1956 – Former PM Gyurcsány: Government ‘Enemy’ Of Free Hungary
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government an “enemy of the civic, European and free Hungary” at a ceremony marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 and the sixth anniversary of the founding of DK on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “regime itself is a lie”, Gyurcsány insisted.
PM Orbán: Hungarian Way Of Life Under Threat Again
- 24 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Thirty years after the fall of communism, there is once again a global power that seeks to make European nations identical, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti- Soviet uprising of 1956. “Now, three decades later, everything we consider the Hungarian way of life is under threat again,” he said. “After achieving freedom in 1990, we have again come to a ...
COE Report: Hungarian Measures Raise Serious Concerns
- 20 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Hungary faced enormous challenges after the massive arrivals of migrants and refugees during 2015 and 2016 but several measures taken to respond to the situation raise serious concerns about the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants and refugees, a report by the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General’s Special Representative on migration and refugees Tomáš Boček said.
CEU Calls On Gov’t To Sign The New York-Hungary Agreement Without Delay To End Uncertainty
- 18 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s amendment proposal to extend by one year the deadline for “foreign universities to comply with new regulations” prolongs the state of uncertainty over the university’s future, the Central European University said.
Passenger Traffic Hits New Record In Budapest
- 16 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- travel
Liszt Ferenc International airport posted its best September ever with a passenger traffic figure of 1,247,352, Budapest Airport announced. Traffic in the first nine months climbed 14.5% to just below 9.9 million.
Orbán’s Cabinet Submits Amendment To Higher Education Law
- 16 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has submitted an amendment to Hungary’s higher education law, aimed at extending the deadline for foreign universities to meet the law’s criteria, enacted in spring, by one year. Justice Minister László Trócsányi told a press conference on Friday that despite “all pressure lacking any legal foundations” the government upholds its position that “Hungarian laws apply to all, even to ...
Huffington Post: Hungary Slides Into Authoritarianism As Government Smears Independent Journalists
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a summing-up of Hungary’s current political climate, the Huffington Post calls the country “a 1980s retro version of itself” and cites the bullying of Budapest Beacon contributor Lili Bayer by government spokesman Zoltán Kovács and government mouthpiece 888.hu as evidence of Hungary’s steady slide into authoritarianism.
EU Upholds Wage Differences For Haulers
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- business
The Hungarian delegation has successfully protected haulers at a Tuesday meeting of EU labour ministers in Luxembourg, PMO state secretary Szabolcs Takács said on Tuesday.
1956 – Orbán: ‘If Freedom Is Lost, So Are We’
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“If freedom and national independence are lost, then so are we,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum on Monday. “Soviet rule tossed us into a space without history; it wanted to destroy our past and our culture,” Orbán said.
1956 – Former PM Gyurcsány: Government ‘Enemy’ Of Free Hungary
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government an “enemy of the civic, European and free Hungary” at a ceremony marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 and the sixth anniversary of the founding of DK on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “regime itself is a lie”, Gyurcsány insisted.
PM Orbán: Hungarian Way Of Life Under Threat Again
- 24 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Thirty years after the fall of communism, there is once again a global power that seeks to make European nations identical, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti- Soviet uprising of 1956. “Now, three decades later, everything we consider the Hungarian way of life is under threat again,” he said. “After achieving freedom in 1990, we have again come to a ...
COE Report: Hungarian Measures Raise Serious Concerns
- 20 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Hungary faced enormous challenges after the massive arrivals of migrants and refugees during 2015 and 2016 but several measures taken to respond to the situation raise serious concerns about the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants and refugees, a report by the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General’s Special Representative on migration and refugees Tomáš Boček said.
CEU Calls On Gov’t To Sign The New York-Hungary Agreement Without Delay To End Uncertainty
- 18 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s amendment proposal to extend by one year the deadline for “foreign universities to comply with new regulations” prolongs the state of uncertainty over the university’s future, the Central European University said.
Passenger Traffic Hits New Record In Budapest
- 16 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- travel
Liszt Ferenc International airport posted its best September ever with a passenger traffic figure of 1,247,352, Budapest Airport announced. Traffic in the first nine months climbed 14.5% to just below 9.9 million.
Orbán’s Cabinet Submits Amendment To Higher Education Law
- 16 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has submitted an amendment to Hungary’s higher education law, aimed at extending the deadline for foreign universities to meet the law’s criteria, enacted in spring, by one year. Justice Minister László Trócsányi told a press conference on Friday that despite “all pressure lacking any legal foundations” the government upholds its position that “Hungarian laws apply to all, even to ...