485 result(s) for government spokesman
US State Department Urges Orbán’s Government To Suspend Implementation Of Higher Education Law
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States Department of State is urging the Hungarian government to suspend implementation of an amended law on higher education, acting spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing in Washington, DC on Monday, local time. He said the US government is “very concerned” about the legislation which was passed by Hungary’s parliament last week and signed into law by the president this week.
US State Department Urges Orbán’s Govt To Suspend Implementation Of Higher Education Law
- 12 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The United States Department of State is urging the Hungarian government to suspend implementation of an amended law on higher education, acting spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing in Washington, DC on Monday, local time. He said the US government is “very concerned” about the legislation which was passed by Hungary’s parliament last week and signed into law by the president this week.
Orbán’s Cabinet: German Government ‘Taken In’ By Soros ‘Lies’
- 6 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government regrets that “lies” by Hungarian-born US financier George Soros can “even deceive” the German government, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács told MTI on Wednesday, in response to German concerns expressed over Hungary’s recently amended higher education law.
Freedom House: Hungarian Democracy ‘Semi-Consolidated’
- 5 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
US-based human rights watchdog Freedom House published its latest assessment of the state of democratic governance, election procedures, civil society, freedom of the media, local democracy, legislation and corruption in 29 post-communist countries.
Fidesz-KDNP Passes Lex CEU
- 5 Apr 2017 8:20 AM
- current affairs
The National Assembly of Hungary has adopted legislation to effectively rid the country of Central European University, despite a growing domestic and international bloc of opposition to the measures. The bill, proposed last Tuesday and made more stringent with a modification on Monday, would impose unfulfillable requirements on CEU, which could strip it of its Hungarian accreditation.
Local Opinion: US State Department Disagrees With CEU Bill
- 3 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
A statement by the spokesman of the State Department has added further vigour to the debate over the future of Budapest’s Central European University. One side forthrightly condemns the planned new legislation, while the other dismisses the unfolding protest as mere hysteria.
Bill Would Ban Use Of Totalitarian Symbols For Commercial Purposes In Hungary
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A bill submitted by lawmakers of the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance would ban the use of totalitarian symbols for commercial purposes. Allowing the use of the symbols gives them “a kind of legitimacy”, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and government office chief János Lázár said in the bill’s justification.
Border Fence Protects EU, Not Hungary
- 7 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence on its border with Serbia protects the European Union, not Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said at the Hungarian embassy in Vienna. If Hungary succeeds in stopping illegal migration into the EU with the fence, “then there is no need for the traffic jams on the Hungarian-Austrian border” caused by tightened controls there, as the fence would also protect Austria, Kovács ...
Govt To Launch Online Consultation In Wake Of Italy Bus Crash
- 16 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will launch an online consultation on regulatory issues in the aftermath of a bus crash in Italy in which 16 Hungarians died last month, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Eleven students and five adults died and several others were injured in the bus accident that occurred on Jan. 20 just before midnight.
US State Department Urges Orbán’s Government To Suspend Implementation Of Higher Education Law
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States Department of State is urging the Hungarian government to suspend implementation of an amended law on higher education, acting spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing in Washington, DC on Monday, local time. He said the US government is “very concerned” about the legislation which was passed by Hungary’s parliament last week and signed into law by the president this week.
US State Department Urges Orbán’s Govt To Suspend Implementation Of Higher Education Law
- 12 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The United States Department of State is urging the Hungarian government to suspend implementation of an amended law on higher education, acting spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing in Washington, DC on Monday, local time. He said the US government is “very concerned” about the legislation which was passed by Hungary’s parliament last week and signed into law by the president this week.
Orbán’s Cabinet: German Government ‘Taken In’ By Soros ‘Lies’
- 6 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government regrets that “lies” by Hungarian-born US financier George Soros can “even deceive” the German government, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács told MTI on Wednesday, in response to German concerns expressed over Hungary’s recently amended higher education law.
Freedom House: Hungarian Democracy ‘Semi-Consolidated’
- 5 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
US-based human rights watchdog Freedom House published its latest assessment of the state of democratic governance, election procedures, civil society, freedom of the media, local democracy, legislation and corruption in 29 post-communist countries.
Fidesz-KDNP Passes Lex CEU
- 5 Apr 2017 8:20 AM
- current affairs
The National Assembly of Hungary has adopted legislation to effectively rid the country of Central European University, despite a growing domestic and international bloc of opposition to the measures. The bill, proposed last Tuesday and made more stringent with a modification on Monday, would impose unfulfillable requirements on CEU, which could strip it of its Hungarian accreditation.
Local Opinion: US State Department Disagrees With CEU Bill
- 3 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
A statement by the spokesman of the State Department has added further vigour to the debate over the future of Budapest’s Central European University. One side forthrightly condemns the planned new legislation, while the other dismisses the unfolding protest as mere hysteria.
Bill Would Ban Use Of Totalitarian Symbols For Commercial Purposes In Hungary
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A bill submitted by lawmakers of the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance would ban the use of totalitarian symbols for commercial purposes. Allowing the use of the symbols gives them “a kind of legitimacy”, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and government office chief János Lázár said in the bill’s justification.
Border Fence Protects EU, Not Hungary
- 7 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s fence on its border with Serbia protects the European Union, not Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said at the Hungarian embassy in Vienna. If Hungary succeeds in stopping illegal migration into the EU with the fence, “then there is no need for the traffic jams on the Hungarian-Austrian border” caused by tightened controls there, as the fence would also protect Austria, Kovács ...
Govt To Launch Online Consultation In Wake Of Italy Bus Crash
- 16 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will launch an online consultation on regulatory issues in the aftermath of a bus crash in Italy in which 16 Hungarians died last month, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Eleven students and five adults died and several others were injured in the bus accident that occurred on Jan. 20 just before midnight.