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UNHCR Calls On V4 Leaders To Show Solidarity With Refugees
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The UNHCR has called on leaders of the Visegrad Group of countries to show greater solidarity with refugees who are trying to find safe harbour in Europe from wars and extremism.
Invitation: 'Flashback', By Éva Duda Dance Company, 19 February
- 11 Feb 2016 10:40 AM
- entertainment
This is a cooperation between the National Dance Theatre and the Eva Duda Dance Company, and we have an exclusive offer for readers of Xpatloop: for a special price of 1500 Ft you can watch Flashback at Marczibányi Cultural Center on the 19th of February. This is a retrospection intertwined with our present. The performance is based on Mussorgsky’ s Pictures of an Exchibition. The past gets ...
Xpat Opinion: Zoltán Balog Dismisses Public Education Undersecretary
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In a surprise move,the minister in charge of education fired his undersecretary, just days before she was to due to sit down for talks with protesting teachers. Magyar Nemzet and Népszabadság say this will not be enough to defuse the planned mass demonstrations.Magyar Nemzet ‘s op-ed piece calls the move an old-fashioned technique in the game of politics.
Hungary Applies To Host World Food Programme Service Centre
- 10 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
- food & drink
Hungary is applying to put a World Food Programme service centre in Budapest. A government resolution clearing the application for the centre was published in the latest issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny.
Mel Horwitch, Former Dean, CEU Business School
- 9 Feb 2016 11:00 AM
Mel Horwitch is Dean and University Professor at Central European University Business School, located in Budapest, Hungary. Previously, he was Professor of Technology Management and Chair of the Department of Technology Management, at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU (now NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering).
UN Special Rights Rapporteur To Visit Hungary
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Michel Forst, United Nations special rapporteur, will visit Hungary next week to examine the situation regarding the protection of human rights in the country, the Hungarian office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees told the daily Népszava. Forst will gather information over nine days on the difficulties faced by civil organisations and examine how the space for democracy can be expanded, ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Demos In Eleven Hungarian Cities
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily welcomes demonstrations initiated by the teachers of a Miskolc high school as an example of “the courage and autonomy of citizens”, while a right-wing webmagazine suggests that the teachers’ “legitimate protest movement” is being used by Soros-funded NGOs.
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.
Palkovics Pledges “Calm, Stability” For Hungarian Teachers
- 8 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers need calm, stable and predictable conditions so that they focus on their work, Hungary’s new state secretary of education said. László Palkovics said he expected Tuesday’s public education roundtable to be a “constructive” conference with teachers’ demands and the government’s expectations on its agenda.
UNHCR Calls On V4 Leaders To Show Solidarity With Refugees
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The UNHCR has called on leaders of the Visegrad Group of countries to show greater solidarity with refugees who are trying to find safe harbour in Europe from wars and extremism.
Invitation: 'Flashback', By Éva Duda Dance Company, 19 February
- 11 Feb 2016 10:40 AM
- entertainment
This is a cooperation between the National Dance Theatre and the Eva Duda Dance Company, and we have an exclusive offer for readers of Xpatloop: for a special price of 1500 Ft you can watch Flashback at Marczibányi Cultural Center on the 19th of February. This is a retrospection intertwined with our present. The performance is based on Mussorgsky’ s Pictures of an Exchibition. The past gets ...
Xpat Opinion: Zoltán Balog Dismisses Public Education Undersecretary
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In a surprise move,the minister in charge of education fired his undersecretary, just days before she was to due to sit down for talks with protesting teachers. Magyar Nemzet and Népszabadság say this will not be enough to defuse the planned mass demonstrations.Magyar Nemzet ‘s op-ed piece calls the move an old-fashioned technique in the game of politics.
Hungary Applies To Host World Food Programme Service Centre
- 10 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
- food & drink
Hungary is applying to put a World Food Programme service centre in Budapest. A government resolution clearing the application for the centre was published in the latest issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny.
Mel Horwitch, Former Dean, CEU Business School
- 9 Feb 2016 11:00 AM
Mel Horwitch is Dean and University Professor at Central European University Business School, located in Budapest, Hungary. Previously, he was Professor of Technology Management and Chair of the Department of Technology Management, at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU (now NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering).
UN Special Rights Rapporteur To Visit Hungary
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Michel Forst, United Nations special rapporteur, will visit Hungary next week to examine the situation regarding the protection of human rights in the country, the Hungarian office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees told the daily Népszava. Forst will gather information over nine days on the difficulties faced by civil organisations and examine how the space for democracy can be expanded, ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Demos In Eleven Hungarian Cities
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily welcomes demonstrations initiated by the teachers of a Miskolc high school as an example of “the courage and autonomy of citizens”, while a right-wing webmagazine suggests that the teachers’ “legitimate protest movement” is being used by Soros-funded NGOs.
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.
Palkovics Pledges “Calm, Stability” For Hungarian Teachers
- 8 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers need calm, stable and predictable conditions so that they focus on their work, Hungary’s new state secretary of education said. László Palkovics said he expected Tuesday’s public education roundtable to be a “constructive” conference with teachers’ demands and the government’s expectations on its agenda.