27 result(s) for higher teacher wages
Ambulance Workers Protest For Higher Wages In Budapest
- 1 Jun 2017 6:00 AM
- health & wellness
Around 200 ambulance workers and supporters held a demonstration in front of the National Ambulance Headquarters in Budapest demanding higher wages and better working conditions on Wednesday.
Hungarian Government: Education Spending Up Significantly
- 1 Feb 2017 6:07 AM
- current affairs
Government spending on education came to 2,000 billion forints (EUR 6.4bn) last year, up significantly from the 1,800 billion forints spent on the sector in 2015, the state secretary for education said on Tuesday. Public school and higher education workers are both set to receive wage increases starting September this year, László Palkovics told a press conference.
Gross Wage Growth Continues To Slow In July
- 21 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The average monthly wage in Hungary rose by an annual 5.1% to 256,900 forints (EUR 835) in July, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported. Wage growth slowed for the third month in a row after peaking this year at 6.5% in March and April. Net wages rose at a faster clip during the period, climbing 6.7% to 170,800 forints (EUR 578) on the back of a one percentage point reduction in the ...
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Teachers Plan Feb. 13 Demo Over Working Conditions, Centralized Curriculum
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian teachers are organizing a day of demonstrations on February 13, with protests scheduled in Budapest and elsewhere around the country, to push their demands for better working conditions and a reversal of the centralization of the education system that began after the 2010 elections, Istvánné Galló, president of teachers union PSZ, said.
Social Media & Political Change: Case Of Hungarian “Teachers’ Revolt”
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I am following with fascination the Orbán government’s reaction to the “teachers’ revolt” that originated with a single complaining letter from a high school in Miskolc, a town that’s not exactly the center of Hungarian liberalism.
2013 Deficit Target Will Be Met, States Hungarian Govt.
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The central sub-sector of the state budget posted a deficit of HUF 110.0bn for the month of August 2013. The financial transfer data of the central budget at the end of August is in line with the Government's prior expectations. Revenues and expenditures anticipated for the current and the following months - including an outstanding surplus prognosticated for the month of December - confirm the ...
Hungary's Economy Is Back On A Growth Path
- 10 Sep 2013 10:00 AM
- business
The repayment of its 2008 loan to the International Monetary Fund and the abrogation of the excessive deficit procedure launched by the European Union upon the country’s accession to the EU mark Hungary’s economic upswing and the Government forecasts 2 per cent growth in 2014, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told lawmakers in his pre-agenda speech on Monday at the opening of the autumn session of ...
Xpat Opinion: Matolcsy’s 397 Billion Forint Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 9 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Columnists wonder whether or not the government’s announcement that it will restructure the 2013 budget in order to save 397 billion Forints means that it has abandoned its previous economic strategy . Left-wing and liberal analysts believe that the government has thereby admitted the failure of its previous earlier policies. A pro-government pundit suggests that it is too early to reach a ...
Ambulance Workers Protest For Higher Wages In Budapest
- 1 Jun 2017 6:00 AM
- health & wellness
Around 200 ambulance workers and supporters held a demonstration in front of the National Ambulance Headquarters in Budapest demanding higher wages and better working conditions on Wednesday.
Hungarian Government: Education Spending Up Significantly
- 1 Feb 2017 6:07 AM
- current affairs
Government spending on education came to 2,000 billion forints (EUR 6.4bn) last year, up significantly from the 1,800 billion forints spent on the sector in 2015, the state secretary for education said on Tuesday. Public school and higher education workers are both set to receive wage increases starting September this year, László Palkovics told a press conference.
Gross Wage Growth Continues To Slow In July
- 21 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The average monthly wage in Hungary rose by an annual 5.1% to 256,900 forints (EUR 835) in July, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported. Wage growth slowed for the third month in a row after peaking this year at 6.5% in March and April. Net wages rose at a faster clip during the period, climbing 6.7% to 170,800 forints (EUR 578) on the back of a one percentage point reduction in the ...
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Teachers Plan Feb. 13 Demo Over Working Conditions, Centralized Curriculum
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian teachers are organizing a day of demonstrations on February 13, with protests scheduled in Budapest and elsewhere around the country, to push their demands for better working conditions and a reversal of the centralization of the education system that began after the 2010 elections, Istvánné Galló, president of teachers union PSZ, said.
Social Media & Political Change: Case Of Hungarian “Teachers’ Revolt”
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I am following with fascination the Orbán government’s reaction to the “teachers’ revolt” that originated with a single complaining letter from a high school in Miskolc, a town that’s not exactly the center of Hungarian liberalism.
2013 Deficit Target Will Be Met, States Hungarian Govt.
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The central sub-sector of the state budget posted a deficit of HUF 110.0bn for the month of August 2013. The financial transfer data of the central budget at the end of August is in line with the Government's prior expectations. Revenues and expenditures anticipated for the current and the following months - including an outstanding surplus prognosticated for the month of December - confirm the ...
Hungary's Economy Is Back On A Growth Path
- 10 Sep 2013 10:00 AM
- business
The repayment of its 2008 loan to the International Monetary Fund and the abrogation of the excessive deficit procedure launched by the European Union upon the country’s accession to the EU mark Hungary’s economic upswing and the Government forecasts 2 per cent growth in 2014, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told lawmakers in his pre-agenda speech on Monday at the opening of the autumn session of ...
Xpat Opinion: Matolcsy’s 397 Billion Forint Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 9 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Columnists wonder whether or not the government’s announcement that it will restructure the 2013 budget in order to save 397 billion Forints means that it has abandoned its previous economic strategy . Left-wing and liberal analysts believe that the government has thereby admitted the failure of its previous earlier policies. A pro-government pundit suggests that it is too early to reach a ...