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Over 5,000 Public Sector Employees Go On Strike In Hungary
- 17 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Over 5,000 people working in the public sector held a 2-hour strike on Monday morning demanding higher wages, Erzsébet Boros, head of trade union MKKSZ told a press conference.
Paks II Company Denies Claims Of Unsafe Fault Line Below Nuclear Plant
- 12 Jul 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The company responsible for operating the Paks nuclear energy facility has countered reports that an active fault line running below the area of the plant should cause safety concerns, Magyar Nemzet reports.
Orbán Meets Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi
- 7 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met David Lau, Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, for talks in Budapest on Thursday. Parties at the talks discussed issues around government support for the Jewish community in Hungary, the prime minister’s press chief told MTI.
Budapest Pride Parade, 8 July
- 29 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- entertainment
From the organisers: Is there freedom of choice? Is there freedom of thought? Is there freedom of love? Is there freedom of self-expression? Is there safety? Is there free life?
Local Opinion: MSZP Suspected Of Receiving Government Support
- 26 Jun 2017 8:30 AM
- current affairs
A fact-finding journalist discovers examples of surprising albeit indirect financial help from the government side to the MSZP, while an independent commentator dismisses the idea that the MSZP is kept afloat by Fidesz as just one more conspiracy theory. Jobbik’s new moderate strategy may play a role in the strategies of these two parties.
Hungarian Health-Care Experiencing Acute Shortage Of Professionals
- 20 Jun 2017 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
Even pro-government daily Magyar Idők is reporting on the huge human resources shortage in Hungary’s health-care system. According to the conservative online daily, more than 5,000 pension-aged physicians and nurses have been granted exemptions under the “work or retirement” governmental decree in force since 2013. Now health-care sector managers and interest groups are calling for the decree to ...
Hungarian Parliament Votes To Hand Over Communist Informant Files To Archives
- 16 Jun 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers on Thursday voted to authorise the government to hand over the magnetic tapes containing the files of secret service informants of Hungary’s communist era to the Historical Archives of Hungarian State Security Service. The motion was passed with 126 votes in favour, 57 against and 2 abstentions.
Local Opinion: UK Elections Give Hope To Hungary’s Opposition
- 13 Jun 2017 8:04 AM
- current affairs
Critics of the government see the surprising failure of the British Conservative Party as proof that in politics nothing can be taken for granted. Including, they hope, the highly probable victory of the incumbent Hungarian government at next year’s parliamentary elections.
Hungarian Author Anna Jókai Dies
- 8 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian author Anna Jókai, an Artist of the Nation, has died after a long illness, at the age of 84. Born in Budapest in 1932, Jókai graduated at Eötvös Lóránd University of Arts and Sciences as teacher of history and Hungarian literature. She worked as a teacher in a primary school, then in a secondary one before becoming a full-time writer in 1976. Her first book, published in 1968 and ...
Over 5,000 Public Sector Employees Go On Strike In Hungary
- 17 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Over 5,000 people working in the public sector held a 2-hour strike on Monday morning demanding higher wages, Erzsébet Boros, head of trade union MKKSZ told a press conference.
Paks II Company Denies Claims Of Unsafe Fault Line Below Nuclear Plant
- 12 Jul 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The company responsible for operating the Paks nuclear energy facility has countered reports that an active fault line running below the area of the plant should cause safety concerns, Magyar Nemzet reports.
Orbán Meets Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi
- 7 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met David Lau, Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, for talks in Budapest on Thursday. Parties at the talks discussed issues around government support for the Jewish community in Hungary, the prime minister’s press chief told MTI.
Budapest Pride Parade, 8 July
- 29 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- entertainment
From the organisers: Is there freedom of choice? Is there freedom of thought? Is there freedom of love? Is there freedom of self-expression? Is there safety? Is there free life?
Local Opinion: MSZP Suspected Of Receiving Government Support
- 26 Jun 2017 8:30 AM
- current affairs
A fact-finding journalist discovers examples of surprising albeit indirect financial help from the government side to the MSZP, while an independent commentator dismisses the idea that the MSZP is kept afloat by Fidesz as just one more conspiracy theory. Jobbik’s new moderate strategy may play a role in the strategies of these two parties.
Hungarian Health-Care Experiencing Acute Shortage Of Professionals
- 20 Jun 2017 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
Even pro-government daily Magyar Idők is reporting on the huge human resources shortage in Hungary’s health-care system. According to the conservative online daily, more than 5,000 pension-aged physicians and nurses have been granted exemptions under the “work or retirement” governmental decree in force since 2013. Now health-care sector managers and interest groups are calling for the decree to ...
Hungarian Parliament Votes To Hand Over Communist Informant Files To Archives
- 16 Jun 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers on Thursday voted to authorise the government to hand over the magnetic tapes containing the files of secret service informants of Hungary’s communist era to the Historical Archives of Hungarian State Security Service. The motion was passed with 126 votes in favour, 57 against and 2 abstentions.
Local Opinion: UK Elections Give Hope To Hungary’s Opposition
- 13 Jun 2017 8:04 AM
- current affairs
Critics of the government see the surprising failure of the British Conservative Party as proof that in politics nothing can be taken for granted. Including, they hope, the highly probable victory of the incumbent Hungarian government at next year’s parliamentary elections.
Hungarian Author Anna Jókai Dies
- 8 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian author Anna Jókai, an Artist of the Nation, has died after a long illness, at the age of 84. Born in Budapest in 1932, Jókai graduated at Eötvös Lóránd University of Arts and Sciences as teacher of history and Hungarian literature. She worked as a teacher in a primary school, then in a secondary one before becoming a full-time writer in 1976. Her first book, published in 1968 and ...