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Billions Of State Funds Spent On Traditional Chinese Medicine
- 3 Aug 2017 8:52 AM
- health & wellness
A small scandal broke out in Hungary when it was announced last week that the Semmelweis medical school is going to receive HUF 1.35 billion (EUR 4.5 million) to construct a brand new building for a center for traditional Chinese medicine. Independent media immediately criticized the fact that the government is spending taxpayer money on medical treatment whose effectiveness has never been ...
Opposition DK Questions Decision To Deploy Army During FINA Championships
- 12 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- sport
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has said it opposes the government’s decision to deploy soldiers to secure sites at the FINA World Aquatics Championships this month. The party’s deputy leader, Ágnes Vadai, in a statement on Tuesday referred to the decree published in the official government gazette relating to security provision for the championships between July 13 and July 30 “If ...
Passenger Jet Intercepted By Hungarian Gripens
- 5 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian army’s Gripen fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept a passenger jet which entered unannounced Slovenia‘s airspace patrolled by Hungary, the defence ministry said.
Public Space Crime Halved Over Last Seven Years
- 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Criminal activity in public spaces has been halved over the past seven years thanks to the joint efforts of Hungary’s civil guard patrol officers and police forces, the interior minister said in Nyíregyháza, in northeast Hungary, on Saturday.
Hungary To Extradite Holocaust Denier To Germany
- 7 Jun 2017 8:12 AM
- current affairs
Horst Mahler, a former German lawyer sentenced to prison for Holocaust denial, is to be extradited to his homeland, the Budapest Court of Appeals said. Mahler was apprehended in the western Hungarian town of Sopron on May 15 on the basis of an international arrest warrant.
New Far-Right Party On The Horizon?
- 25 May 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A new far-right party could be on the horizon in Hungary, reports index.hu. According to the online daily, a number of disparate groups are in the process of forming a new extreme-right movement which Hungary’s pro-government media has been eager to laud as a challenger to Jobbik.
Upgrade Of Voluntary Reserves System Under Way In Hungary
- 18 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade of the Hungarian army’s volunteer reserves system is under way to meet the goal of tripling the number of such troops over the next nine years, a senior army official said on Thursday.
Four Demos This Saturday In Budapest
- 20 Apr 2017 11:50 AM
- current affairs
Activists will take to the capital's streets again in what they call the “Soros army”, a public call posted on Facebook said. Those interested will meet at Nyugati tér for a “health walk” from 7 p.m.
Local Opinion: A Debate Over ‘Putinophobia’
- 6 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative blogger accuses the Left of baseless anti-Putin fear mongering. In his response, another conservative commentator thinks that fears over Hungary’s Putinization are legitimate to a certain extent.
Billions Of State Funds Spent On Traditional Chinese Medicine
- 3 Aug 2017 8:52 AM
- health & wellness
A small scandal broke out in Hungary when it was announced last week that the Semmelweis medical school is going to receive HUF 1.35 billion (EUR 4.5 million) to construct a brand new building for a center for traditional Chinese medicine. Independent media immediately criticized the fact that the government is spending taxpayer money on medical treatment whose effectiveness has never been ...
Opposition DK Questions Decision To Deploy Army During FINA Championships
- 12 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- sport
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has said it opposes the government’s decision to deploy soldiers to secure sites at the FINA World Aquatics Championships this month. The party’s deputy leader, Ágnes Vadai, in a statement on Tuesday referred to the decree published in the official government gazette relating to security provision for the championships between July 13 and July 30 “If ...
Passenger Jet Intercepted By Hungarian Gripens
- 5 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian army’s Gripen fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept a passenger jet which entered unannounced Slovenia‘s airspace patrolled by Hungary, the defence ministry said.
Public Space Crime Halved Over Last Seven Years
- 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Criminal activity in public spaces has been halved over the past seven years thanks to the joint efforts of Hungary’s civil guard patrol officers and police forces, the interior minister said in Nyíregyháza, in northeast Hungary, on Saturday.
Hungary To Extradite Holocaust Denier To Germany
- 7 Jun 2017 8:12 AM
- current affairs
Horst Mahler, a former German lawyer sentenced to prison for Holocaust denial, is to be extradited to his homeland, the Budapest Court of Appeals said. Mahler was apprehended in the western Hungarian town of Sopron on May 15 on the basis of an international arrest warrant.
New Far-Right Party On The Horizon?
- 25 May 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A new far-right party could be on the horizon in Hungary, reports index.hu. According to the online daily, a number of disparate groups are in the process of forming a new extreme-right movement which Hungary’s pro-government media has been eager to laud as a challenger to Jobbik.
Upgrade Of Voluntary Reserves System Under Way In Hungary
- 18 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The upgrade of the Hungarian army’s volunteer reserves system is under way to meet the goal of tripling the number of such troops over the next nine years, a senior army official said on Thursday.
Four Demos This Saturday In Budapest
- 20 Apr 2017 11:50 AM
- current affairs
Activists will take to the capital's streets again in what they call the “Soros army”, a public call posted on Facebook said. Those interested will meet at Nyugati tér for a “health walk” from 7 p.m.
Local Opinion: A Debate Over ‘Putinophobia’
- 6 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative blogger accuses the Left of baseless anti-Putin fear mongering. In his response, another conservative commentator thinks that fears over Hungary’s Putinization are legitimate to a certain extent.