197 result(s) for govt official
Official: Govt Has No Plans To Squeeze Out Foreign Retail Chains
- 9 Oct 2017 8:58 AM
- business
Commissioner for trade policy Kristóf Szatmáry dismissed the suggestion that the government plans to squeeze out foreign food retailers from the market. In an interview to daily Magyar Idők, he responded to a report suggesting that after the 2018 elections, the government wants to shrink the ownership slice of food retailers held by foreign multinationals, just as they have done in the media as ...
Govt Official Welcomes ECTHR Ruling On Bangladeshi Asylum Cases
- 21 Sep 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
Hungary welcomes the decision by the European Court of Human Rights to accept the government’s appeal concerning the case of two Bangladeshi asylum seekers, a justice ministry official said. The court originally ruled their detainment in autumn 2015 and subsequent return to Serbia unlawful.
Govt Spox: NYT Editors ‘Still Don’t Get It’ On Migrant Crisis
- 13 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács has hit back at New York Times, which criticised Hungary for its migration policy in a weekend editorial, saying they “really still don’t get it”. In a blog entry on the spokesman’s official website posted on Monday, Kovács said the government of Viktor Orbán had “built a fence on the southern border of Hungary because it’s an external border of the European ...
Áder Calls For Inter-Govt Body To Tackle Water Crisis
- 1 Sep 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has proposed setting up an international body of scientists under the aegis of the United Nations to tackle an impending shortage of drinking water. Addressing a World Water Week conference in Stockholm, the Hungarian president said that “the world has now understood the impact of climate change but not of the water crisis”.
Govt Awards HUF 6.4 Bn For Solar Power Plant Projects
- 23 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is providing support of 6.4 billion forints (EUR 21m) to a unit of Hungarian energy company MVM to build two solar energy plants, according to the official gazette Magyar Közlöny.
Govt Reacts To Venice Commission Opinion
- 14 Aug 2017 9:50 AM
- current affairs
In a Friday reaction to the Venice Commission’s opinion, the Government Information Centre (KIK) welcomed the commission’s view that the requirements in the law could be legitimately imposed on foreign universities not yet operating in Hungary. KIK said in a statement that it agreed with the commission that all countries have a right to set the rules by which foreign universities can operate on ...
Govt Earmarks HUF 388 M For 2021 World Hunting & Nature Expo
- 2 Aug 2017 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Hungary’s government has allocated 388 million forints (EUR 1.28m) for preparations to host the 2021 World Hunting and Nature Expo, a resolution published in the latest issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows.
Govt To Spend HUF 60bn On Nature Conservation
- 13 Jul 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government will spend over 60 billion forints (EUR 194.7m) on nature conservation developments in the 2014-2020 European Union funding cycle, a farm ministry official said.
Govt Official In Talks With NY Governor On CEU
- 26 Jun 2017 10:20 AM
- current affairs
Kristóf Altusz, the government’s negotiator on the operation of foreign universities in Hungary, held talks with Andrew Cuomo, the governor of the state of New York, to review whether the legal status of the Central European University (CEU) complies with Hungarian legislation, the foreign ministry’s press chief said over the weekend.
Official: Govt Has No Plans To Squeeze Out Foreign Retail Chains
- 9 Oct 2017 8:58 AM
- business
Commissioner for trade policy Kristóf Szatmáry dismissed the suggestion that the government plans to squeeze out foreign food retailers from the market. In an interview to daily Magyar Idők, he responded to a report suggesting that after the 2018 elections, the government wants to shrink the ownership slice of food retailers held by foreign multinationals, just as they have done in the media as ...
Govt Official Welcomes ECTHR Ruling On Bangladeshi Asylum Cases
- 21 Sep 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
Hungary welcomes the decision by the European Court of Human Rights to accept the government’s appeal concerning the case of two Bangladeshi asylum seekers, a justice ministry official said. The court originally ruled their detainment in autumn 2015 and subsequent return to Serbia unlawful.
Govt Spox: NYT Editors ‘Still Don’t Get It’ On Migrant Crisis
- 13 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács has hit back at New York Times, which criticised Hungary for its migration policy in a weekend editorial, saying they “really still don’t get it”. In a blog entry on the spokesman’s official website posted on Monday, Kovács said the government of Viktor Orbán had “built a fence on the southern border of Hungary because it’s an external border of the European ...
Áder Calls For Inter-Govt Body To Tackle Water Crisis
- 1 Sep 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has proposed setting up an international body of scientists under the aegis of the United Nations to tackle an impending shortage of drinking water. Addressing a World Water Week conference in Stockholm, the Hungarian president said that “the world has now understood the impact of climate change but not of the water crisis”.
Govt Awards HUF 6.4 Bn For Solar Power Plant Projects
- 23 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is providing support of 6.4 billion forints (EUR 21m) to a unit of Hungarian energy company MVM to build two solar energy plants, according to the official gazette Magyar Közlöny.
Govt Reacts To Venice Commission Opinion
- 14 Aug 2017 9:50 AM
- current affairs
In a Friday reaction to the Venice Commission’s opinion, the Government Information Centre (KIK) welcomed the commission’s view that the requirements in the law could be legitimately imposed on foreign universities not yet operating in Hungary. KIK said in a statement that it agreed with the commission that all countries have a right to set the rules by which foreign universities can operate on ...
Govt Earmarks HUF 388 M For 2021 World Hunting & Nature Expo
- 2 Aug 2017 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Hungary’s government has allocated 388 million forints (EUR 1.28m) for preparations to host the 2021 World Hunting and Nature Expo, a resolution published in the latest issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows.
Govt To Spend HUF 60bn On Nature Conservation
- 13 Jul 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government will spend over 60 billion forints (EUR 194.7m) on nature conservation developments in the 2014-2020 European Union funding cycle, a farm ministry official said.
Govt Official In Talks With NY Governor On CEU
- 26 Jun 2017 10:20 AM
- current affairs
Kristóf Altusz, the government’s negotiator on the operation of foreign universities in Hungary, held talks with Andrew Cuomo, the governor of the state of New York, to review whether the legal status of the Central European University (CEU) complies with Hungarian legislation, the foreign ministry’s press chief said over the weekend.