752 result(s) for government aid
Govt: Brussels Refuses To Help Hungary On Migrants Where It Counts
- 11 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has rejected Hungary’s plea for financial assistance for an orphanage which caters to child migrants, a government official told Monday’s Magyar Hírlap newspaper. Bence Rétvári, parliamentary state secretary at the ministry of human resources, told the paper that Brussels “speaks of solidarity in vain” when it comes to actually contributing humanitarian aid.
European Countries, Agencies Discuss Migration Crisis In Budapest
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The key to combating illegal migration is cooperation and information sharing, Hungary’s police chief Károly Papp said at a meeting of thirteen European countries, EU law enforcement agency Europol and border agency Frontex in Budapest. Illegal migration is not just a border protection challenge but also a criminal and public order issue, Papp said in his opening address at the meeting that ...
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
Lázár: EC Forcing Migrant Quotas Onto Member States
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government office chief János Lázár said the European Commission was attempting to force mandatory migrant quotas onto member states but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is looking for political allies against the plan. At a regular government press briefing Lázár noted that Hungary has challenged the mandatory quota scheme at the European Court of Justice and that Poland has joined the ...
Greenpeace : Paks Upgrade Violates EU Directives
- 15 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The planned upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant is in breach of several EU directives, Greenpeace Hungary said after formally submitting its position to the European Commission.
Hungary’s PM On Europe’s Migrant Crisis
- 9 Feb 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
On the topic of Europe’s migrant crisis, Orbán said Europe’s southern external borders remain unprotected and Greece is incapable of protecting the continent, which is why the Hungarian government believes that a new line of defence is needed along the Greek- Macedonian and Greek-Bulgarian borders.
Foreign Minister: Migration Pressure On Europe ‘Won’t Ease Soon’
- 5 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The international community’s efforts to resolve the Syria crisis have so far failed, so migration pressure on Europe cannot be expected to let up anytime soon, the foreign minister told journalists in London.
Hungarian Gov’t Plans New Tax On Retail Chains
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
The government could introduce a new tax on large retail chains in the spring, government commissioner for retail policy Kristóf Szatmáry told Magyar Idõk. The levy would hit high turnover retail chains in order to "correct biased market conditions," and help smaller businesses, which, he noted, are mostly owned by Hungarians.
Govt: Brussels Refuses To Help Hungary On Migrants Where It Counts
- 11 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has rejected Hungary’s plea for financial assistance for an orphanage which caters to child migrants, a government official told Monday’s Magyar Hírlap newspaper. Bence Rétvári, parliamentary state secretary at the ministry of human resources, told the paper that Brussels “speaks of solidarity in vain” when it comes to actually contributing humanitarian aid.
European Countries, Agencies Discuss Migration Crisis In Budapest
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The key to combating illegal migration is cooperation and information sharing, Hungary’s police chief Károly Papp said at a meeting of thirteen European countries, EU law enforcement agency Europol and border agency Frontex in Budapest. Illegal migration is not just a border protection challenge but also a criminal and public order issue, Papp said in his opening address at the meeting that ...
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
Lázár: EC Forcing Migrant Quotas Onto Member States
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government office chief János Lázár said the European Commission was attempting to force mandatory migrant quotas onto member states but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is looking for political allies against the plan. At a regular government press briefing Lázár noted that Hungary has challenged the mandatory quota scheme at the European Court of Justice and that Poland has joined the ...
Greenpeace : Paks Upgrade Violates EU Directives
- 15 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The planned upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant is in breach of several EU directives, Greenpeace Hungary said after formally submitting its position to the European Commission.
Hungary’s PM On Europe’s Migrant Crisis
- 9 Feb 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
On the topic of Europe’s migrant crisis, Orbán said Europe’s southern external borders remain unprotected and Greece is incapable of protecting the continent, which is why the Hungarian government believes that a new line of defence is needed along the Greek- Macedonian and Greek-Bulgarian borders.
Foreign Minister: Migration Pressure On Europe ‘Won’t Ease Soon’
- 5 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The international community’s efforts to resolve the Syria crisis have so far failed, so migration pressure on Europe cannot be expected to let up anytime soon, the foreign minister told journalists in London.
Hungarian Gov’t Plans New Tax On Retail Chains
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
The government could introduce a new tax on large retail chains in the spring, government commissioner for retail policy Kristóf Szatmáry told Magyar Idõk. The levy would hit high turnover retail chains in order to "correct biased market conditions," and help smaller businesses, which, he noted, are mostly owned by Hungarians.