199 result(s) for helsinki
Helsinki Co-Chair: ‘Many of the Criticisms Are Unfair’ By Ferenc Kumin
- 25 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications In Hungary: You may be interested to know what other members of the US Congress had to say about the Helsinki Commission’s hearing on Hungary last Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: The War Around Utility Tariffs In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The planned legislation on a 10% reduction in all utility prices for households is described as a popular but risky move by business analysts, while partisan commentators criticise or praise it according to their political affiliations.
Shadow Report On Children's Rights In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
On 21 February 2013, MDAC took part in the launch of the alternative report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Hungary for period 2016 – 2012 and the accompanying publication „Figyeljetek ránk” (Pay attention to us - only in Hungarian) on the situation of the rights of the child.
Suspended Jail Term For Far-Right Activist In Hungary
- 10 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An unspecified court has given far-right activist Tamás Polgár, also known as Tomcat, a 14-month jail sentence, suspended for five years, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee announced Wednesday. Tomcat wrote “collect 20 people, go down and beat them up without a word,” in a 2009 blog.
Hungarian Minister Balog Opens Helsinki Book Fair
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog opened the Helsinki Book Fair, at which Hungary is the guest of honour. The Minister stated that the best instrument to strengthen Finnish-Hungarian friendship is culture, which is the noblest tie since it is not driven by selfish interests.
Regulation Of The Appointment Of Defence Lawyers In Need Of Reform – Findings Of The Ombudsman In Hungary
- 11 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If in the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings the accused person is unable to pay for the services of a lawyer of his or her own choice or the lawyer prescribed by law, the defence counsel for the accused is chosen by the same authorities which are otherwise interested in the success of the accusation. The present system of appointing lawyers in such a manner does not serve the effective ...
Finnish Design & Gastro Culture At Budapest Design Week
- 20 Sep 2012 12:45 PM
- entertainment
Following the success of our Polish programs last year, the guest of honour at Budapest Design Week organised between 28th September and 7th October this year is Finland, more precisely Fiskars Village that is located about 100 kilometres form Helsinki. In the past two decades a new quality that is attractive and emblematic even for the world at large was created in the small, magical artists' ...
Finnish Museum Opening, Iszkaszentgyörgy, Hungary
- 23 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
I have had a plan to open a museum for some years now. A couple of years ago I received from the Finnish Foreign Ministry a very special suite of furniture which has a long and interesting history. This suite of furniture consisting of a sofa, armchairs, chairs and a table, was made in Vienna during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in late 19th century and was bought to the residence of ...
Strasbourg Court Has Admonished Hungary For Dismissing Employee Without Reason
- 11 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has admonished Hungary and said a public servant was right who had been dismissed from her post in September, 2010 based on a law later annulled by the Constitutional Court. The Hungarian state was ordered to pay €6,000 in compensation and €3,000 in EU procedural costs.
Helsinki Co-Chair: ‘Many of the Criticisms Are Unfair’ By Ferenc Kumin
- 25 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications In Hungary: You may be interested to know what other members of the US Congress had to say about the Helsinki Commission’s hearing on Hungary last Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: The War Around Utility Tariffs In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The planned legislation on a 10% reduction in all utility prices for households is described as a popular but risky move by business analysts, while partisan commentators criticise or praise it according to their political affiliations.
Shadow Report On Children's Rights In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
On 21 February 2013, MDAC took part in the launch of the alternative report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Hungary for period 2016 – 2012 and the accompanying publication „Figyeljetek ránk” (Pay attention to us - only in Hungarian) on the situation of the rights of the child.
Suspended Jail Term For Far-Right Activist In Hungary
- 10 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An unspecified court has given far-right activist Tamás Polgár, also known as Tomcat, a 14-month jail sentence, suspended for five years, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee announced Wednesday. Tomcat wrote “collect 20 people, go down and beat them up without a word,” in a 2009 blog.
Hungarian Minister Balog Opens Helsinki Book Fair
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog opened the Helsinki Book Fair, at which Hungary is the guest of honour. The Minister stated that the best instrument to strengthen Finnish-Hungarian friendship is culture, which is the noblest tie since it is not driven by selfish interests.
Regulation Of The Appointment Of Defence Lawyers In Need Of Reform – Findings Of The Ombudsman In Hungary
- 11 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
If in the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings the accused person is unable to pay for the services of a lawyer of his or her own choice or the lawyer prescribed by law, the defence counsel for the accused is chosen by the same authorities which are otherwise interested in the success of the accusation. The present system of appointing lawyers in such a manner does not serve the effective ...
Finnish Design & Gastro Culture At Budapest Design Week
- 20 Sep 2012 12:45 PM
- entertainment
Following the success of our Polish programs last year, the guest of honour at Budapest Design Week organised between 28th September and 7th October this year is Finland, more precisely Fiskars Village that is located about 100 kilometres form Helsinki. In the past two decades a new quality that is attractive and emblematic even for the world at large was created in the small, magical artists' ...
Finnish Museum Opening, Iszkaszentgyörgy, Hungary
- 23 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
I have had a plan to open a museum for some years now. A couple of years ago I received from the Finnish Foreign Ministry a very special suite of furniture which has a long and interesting history. This suite of furniture consisting of a sofa, armchairs, chairs and a table, was made in Vienna during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in late 19th century and was bought to the residence of ...
Strasbourg Court Has Admonished Hungary For Dismissing Employee Without Reason
- 11 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has admonished Hungary and said a public servant was right who had been dismissed from her post in September, 2010 based on a law later annulled by the Constitutional Court. The Hungarian state was ordered to pay €6,000 in compensation and €3,000 in EU procedural costs.