2,452 result(s) for hungarian opposition
Hungary’s Fidesz Rejects Socialist Criticism Over Employment Situation
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist claim that Hungary has now fewer employed than before the crisis is “not true”, the ruling Fidesz party said. Currently 235,000 more Hungarians have jobs than earlier, it added.
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
Hungarian Govt To Limit Executive Bonuses At State - Owned Companies
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government on Wednesday asked state-owned company executives to pay back any bonuses above 2 million forints (EUR 6,644) they received this year. Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics told Wednesday’s cabinet meeting that no bonuses had been paid in the public administration in 2013.
36% Of Hungarians Support Ruling Parties
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 36% of all voters support the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats in line with a poll prepared by the Nézőpont Institute. Within the whole sample, 10% said they preferred the main opposition Socialists, 6% expressed support for the E14-PM alliance, 3% for Democratic Coalition, also 3% for LMP and 10% for radical nationalist Jobbik.
Socialists Blame Fidesz Government For Hungary’s Poor Pisa Results
- 6 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It is not due to the Fidesz government’s Socialist predecessor that Hungary’s latest PISA results measuring the performance of school pupils were poor but to current education policymaking, the opposition party said. Hungarian students fared worse than the OECD average in the 2012 PISA tests.
EU Rules Allow Top Court In Hungary To Set FX Rate In Loan Cases
- 6 Dec 2013 2:00 AM
- property
European Union regulations on unfair contractual obligations enable the top court Kúria to assess the fairness of contracts and in certain cases set the exchange rate, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing a position by the European Commission.
A Quarter Of Hungarians Never Go To Polls
- 5 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 2 million people, or abound 20% of Hungarian voting-age adults, never cast their ballots and another 5-20 % stay away from one or two elections, a paper by Policy Solutions, a think-tank, shows. The most important motivation for casting ballots is ideological commitment, Tamás Boros of Policy Solutions said, commenting on the European Social Survey research conducted in 2012.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Hungary’s Fidesz Rejects Socialist Criticism Over Employment Situation
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist claim that Hungary has now fewer employed than before the crisis is “not true”, the ruling Fidesz party said. Currently 235,000 more Hungarians have jobs than earlier, it added.
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
Hungarian Govt To Limit Executive Bonuses At State - Owned Companies
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government on Wednesday asked state-owned company executives to pay back any bonuses above 2 million forints (EUR 6,644) they received this year. Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics told Wednesday’s cabinet meeting that no bonuses had been paid in the public administration in 2013.
36% Of Hungarians Support Ruling Parties
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 36% of all voters support the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats in line with a poll prepared by the Nézőpont Institute. Within the whole sample, 10% said they preferred the main opposition Socialists, 6% expressed support for the E14-PM alliance, 3% for Democratic Coalition, also 3% for LMP and 10% for radical nationalist Jobbik.
Socialists Blame Fidesz Government For Hungary’s Poor Pisa Results
- 6 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It is not due to the Fidesz government’s Socialist predecessor that Hungary’s latest PISA results measuring the performance of school pupils were poor but to current education policymaking, the opposition party said. Hungarian students fared worse than the OECD average in the 2012 PISA tests.
EU Rules Allow Top Court In Hungary To Set FX Rate In Loan Cases
- 6 Dec 2013 2:00 AM
- property
European Union regulations on unfair contractual obligations enable the top court Kúria to assess the fairness of contracts and in certain cases set the exchange rate, daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing a position by the European Commission.
A Quarter Of Hungarians Never Go To Polls
- 5 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 2 million people, or abound 20% of Hungarian voting-age adults, never cast their ballots and another 5-20 % stay away from one or two elections, a paper by Policy Solutions, a think-tank, shows. The most important motivation for casting ballots is ideological commitment, Tamás Boros of Policy Solutions said, commenting on the European Social Survey research conducted in 2012.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.