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Socialists To Launch Anti-Poverty Campaign
- 17 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party is to start a nationwide political campaign for promoting a fairer sharing of public burdens, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday. The campaign has been designed to demonstrate “how Hungary could be made a more equitable country,” Molnár said.
Orbán: Asylum-Seekers Not To Be Detained
- 17 Mar 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaking of Hungary’s recent tightening of its asylum rules, Orbán said asylum-seekers must remain in the transit zones set up on the border until their cases are ruled on. “This does not constitute detention,” he said, arguing that migrants have the option of turning back to Serbia whenever they want.
Orbán At Talks With Polish, German, Austrian Deputy Speakers
- 17 Mar 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met the deputy speakers of Poland, Germany and Austria in Budapest, the head of Orbán’s press office said. Deputy Marshal of the Senate of Poland Maria Koc, Second President of the National Council of Austria Karlheinz Kopf and Vice-President of the Bundestag Johannes Singhammer met Orbán in his office for informal talks, Bertalan Havasi said.
Hungary To Increase Spending On Culture By Euro 201 Million
- 16 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The government will spend 65 billion forints (EUR 201m) more on cultural projects in 2017 than last year, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Addressing a gala dinner in honour of recipients of the Kossuth Prize on Hungary’s March 15 national holiday, Viktor Orbán said that the country’s new economic model was working well and could ensure the necessary funds.
Bill Would Ban Use Of Totalitarian Symbols For Commercial Purposes In Hungary
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A bill submitted by lawmakers of the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance would ban the use of totalitarian symbols for commercial purposes. Allowing the use of the symbols gives them “a kind of legitimacy”, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and government office chief János Lázár said in the bill’s justification.
Áder Presents High State Awards
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder presented Hungary’s state orders as well as the prestigious Kossuth and Széchenyi prizes to recognise public personalities, artists and scientists on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1848 revolution in Parliament. In his address to the awardees, the president highlighted their achievements, which he said could “motivate many to come up with better results”.
March 15 – Hungary’s National Flag Hoisted By Parliament
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The national flag was hoisted in front of Parliament on Wednesday morning, marking the start of state celebrations of the anniversary of Hungary’s anti-Habsburg revolution that started on March 15, 1848. The ceremony was attended by President János Áder, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér, representatives of state organisations, diplomats, and several hundred others.
March 15 - Prime Minister Orbán: Brussels Must Be Halted
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called March 15 an “indisputable proof” of the Hungarian nation’s past, present and future, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the National Museum, the prime minister said that European nations are in a “state of revolt”, with the “winds of 48 blowing again on the continent”.
March 15 - Dialogue & Liberals Commemoration In Budapest
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Freedom without equality remains but a compromise between elites, a co-leader of the opposition Dialogue party told a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday.
Socialists To Launch Anti-Poverty Campaign
- 17 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party is to start a nationwide political campaign for promoting a fairer sharing of public burdens, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday. The campaign has been designed to demonstrate “how Hungary could be made a more equitable country,” Molnár said.
Orbán: Asylum-Seekers Not To Be Detained
- 17 Mar 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaking of Hungary’s recent tightening of its asylum rules, Orbán said asylum-seekers must remain in the transit zones set up on the border until their cases are ruled on. “This does not constitute detention,” he said, arguing that migrants have the option of turning back to Serbia whenever they want.
Orbán At Talks With Polish, German, Austrian Deputy Speakers
- 17 Mar 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met the deputy speakers of Poland, Germany and Austria in Budapest, the head of Orbán’s press office said. Deputy Marshal of the Senate of Poland Maria Koc, Second President of the National Council of Austria Karlheinz Kopf and Vice-President of the Bundestag Johannes Singhammer met Orbán in his office for informal talks, Bertalan Havasi said.
Hungary To Increase Spending On Culture By Euro 201 Million
- 16 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The government will spend 65 billion forints (EUR 201m) more on cultural projects in 2017 than last year, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Addressing a gala dinner in honour of recipients of the Kossuth Prize on Hungary’s March 15 national holiday, Viktor Orbán said that the country’s new economic model was working well and could ensure the necessary funds.
Bill Would Ban Use Of Totalitarian Symbols For Commercial Purposes In Hungary
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A bill submitted by lawmakers of the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance would ban the use of totalitarian symbols for commercial purposes. Allowing the use of the symbols gives them “a kind of legitimacy”, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and government office chief János Lázár said in the bill’s justification.
Áder Presents High State Awards
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder presented Hungary’s state orders as well as the prestigious Kossuth and Széchenyi prizes to recognise public personalities, artists and scientists on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1848 revolution in Parliament. In his address to the awardees, the president highlighted their achievements, which he said could “motivate many to come up with better results”.
March 15 – Hungary’s National Flag Hoisted By Parliament
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The national flag was hoisted in front of Parliament on Wednesday morning, marking the start of state celebrations of the anniversary of Hungary’s anti-Habsburg revolution that started on March 15, 1848. The ceremony was attended by President János Áder, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér, representatives of state organisations, diplomats, and several hundred others.
March 15 - Prime Minister Orbán: Brussels Must Be Halted
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called March 15 an “indisputable proof” of the Hungarian nation’s past, present and future, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the National Museum, the prime minister said that European nations are in a “state of revolt”, with the “winds of 48 blowing again on the continent”.
March 15 - Dialogue & Liberals Commemoration In Budapest
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Freedom without equality remains but a compromise between elites, a co-leader of the opposition Dialogue party told a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday.