298 result(s) for hungarian parliament speaker
State Award Presented To Transylvanian - Hungarian Politician
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy House Speaker Sándor Lezsák presented a state award to ethnic Hungarian politician Károly Király, founder of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), in Parliament. The Hungarian Medal Middle Cross with the Star was awarded by President János Áder to the politician in recognition of his efforts to advocate the rights of Transylvanian Hungarians and towards their self ...
Hungarian MPs Welcome US Steps To Restore Int’l Trust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian lawmakers attended an international intelligence and security forum organised in Washington, DC, and welcomed the steps taken by the United States to rebuild trust with the international community after revelations about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. The lawmakers said after the forum, attended by some 100 representatives from 22 countries, that although ...
Uniquely Hungary: Árpád Göncz, A Man With Three Hums, By Anne Zwack
- 29 Oct 2015 12:45 AM
- community & culture
I read somewhere that everyone should have three Hums: Humanity, Humour and Humility. And President Göncz had all three in spades, although his most endearing quality was his humility.
Hungary’s House Speaker, Czech Senate President Discuss Migrant Crisis
- 28 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
House Speaker László Kövér met Milan Štěch, president of the Senate of the Czech Republic, to discuss their two countries’ handling of the migrant crisis. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Kövér said the help provided by the Czech Republic to Hungary in managing the migrant crisis was a “symbol of solidarity” and a message to the European Union that the Visegrad Four (V4) countries “are ...
Budapest Road Named After Spanish Diplomat Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A road in Aquincum, in the third district of Budapest, was named at a ceremony after Angel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Addressing the ceremony, Gergely Gulyás, deputy speaker of parliament, noted that the diplomat saved over 5,000 Hungarians. As such, he was the embodiment of the Spanish saying “Do good, regardless of whom you do it to,” Gulyás ...
House Speaker Pays Tribute To Göncz In Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér paid tribute to the late Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first post-communist president between 1990 and 2000, ahead of a plenary session of parliament. The life path of Árpád Göncz coincided with major events in Hungary’s 20th century history, Kövér said. In his tribute, the House speaker quoted the late Ferenc Mádl, Göncz’s successor, as saying that Göncz “made the ...
Hungary’s Former President Árpád Göncz Dies Aged 93
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first postcommunist president who held office between 1990 and 2000, has died at the age of 93. Parliament observed a minute of silence, while the government paid tribute to Göncz in a statement of condolences, saying that as the first head of state of a free democratic Hungary, Göncz had “served his ten years in office to the best of his ability”.
Demonstration Against Border Fence Held By Basilica
- 15 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held against the border fence being erected on Hungary’s border with Serbia and tightened migrant laws, the organising migrants rights group MigSzol said. Protesters gathered in front of the Basilica in central Budapest voiced their opposition to the government’s “portrayal of migrants as economic immigrants”. Speakers addressing the event said building a fence on the border ...
Balkan Countries To Attend EU Migration Conference In Budapest
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Representatives of Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkey will receive invitations to attend a conference on illegal migration to be held in Hungary in the autumn, the Hungarian foreign minister said. Representatives of European Union member states and institutions will attend alongside the seven non-EU countries, Péter Szijjártó said after holding bilateral ...
State Award Presented To Transylvanian - Hungarian Politician
- 2 Nov 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy House Speaker Sándor Lezsák presented a state award to ethnic Hungarian politician Károly Király, founder of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), in Parliament. The Hungarian Medal Middle Cross with the Star was awarded by President János Áder to the politician in recognition of his efforts to advocate the rights of Transylvanian Hungarians and towards their self ...
Hungarian MPs Welcome US Steps To Restore Int’l Trust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian lawmakers attended an international intelligence and security forum organised in Washington, DC, and welcomed the steps taken by the United States to rebuild trust with the international community after revelations about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. The lawmakers said after the forum, attended by some 100 representatives from 22 countries, that although ...
Uniquely Hungary: Árpád Göncz, A Man With Three Hums, By Anne Zwack
- 29 Oct 2015 12:45 AM
- community & culture
I read somewhere that everyone should have three Hums: Humanity, Humour and Humility. And President Göncz had all three in spades, although his most endearing quality was his humility.
Hungary’s House Speaker, Czech Senate President Discuss Migrant Crisis
- 28 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
House Speaker László Kövér met Milan Štěch, president of the Senate of the Czech Republic, to discuss their two countries’ handling of the migrant crisis. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Kövér said the help provided by the Czech Republic to Hungary in managing the migrant crisis was a “symbol of solidarity” and a message to the European Union that the Visegrad Four (V4) countries “are ...
Budapest Road Named After Spanish Diplomat Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A road in Aquincum, in the third district of Budapest, was named at a ceremony after Angel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Addressing the ceremony, Gergely Gulyás, deputy speaker of parliament, noted that the diplomat saved over 5,000 Hungarians. As such, he was the embodiment of the Spanish saying “Do good, regardless of whom you do it to,” Gulyás ...
House Speaker Pays Tribute To Göncz In Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér paid tribute to the late Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first post-communist president between 1990 and 2000, ahead of a plenary session of parliament. The life path of Árpád Göncz coincided with major events in Hungary’s 20th century history, Kövér said. In his tribute, the House speaker quoted the late Ferenc Mádl, Göncz’s successor, as saying that Göncz “made the ...
Hungary’s Former President Árpád Göncz Dies Aged 93
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first postcommunist president who held office between 1990 and 2000, has died at the age of 93. Parliament observed a minute of silence, while the government paid tribute to Göncz in a statement of condolences, saying that as the first head of state of a free democratic Hungary, Göncz had “served his ten years in office to the best of his ability”.
Demonstration Against Border Fence Held By Basilica
- 15 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held against the border fence being erected on Hungary’s border with Serbia and tightened migrant laws, the organising migrants rights group MigSzol said. Protesters gathered in front of the Basilica in central Budapest voiced their opposition to the government’s “portrayal of migrants as economic immigrants”. Speakers addressing the event said building a fence on the border ...
Balkan Countries To Attend EU Migration Conference In Budapest
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Representatives of Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkey will receive invitations to attend a conference on illegal migration to be held in Hungary in the autumn, the Hungarian foreign minister said. Representatives of European Union member states and institutions will attend alongside the seven non-EU countries, Péter Szijjártó said after holding bilateral ...