100 result(s) for independent investigation
Information Note: Norway Grants In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EEA and Norway Grants are the financial contribution of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to support the development of certain EU Member States. Hungary has been a recipient since 2004.
Foundation Involved In Norway Grants Refuses To Cooperate With Hungarian Government
- 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Krétakör Foundation has said it will refuse to cooperate with an investigation mounted by the Government Control Office (Kehi) in connection with money it won under the Norway Grants scheme. Its managing director, Márton Gulyás, told the office by phone of its decision. Several NGOs, including Krétakör, received a letter from the Kehi informing them that they would be subject to an ...
Hungarian Krétakör Theatre Foundation Says No To KEHI Inquest
- 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Krétakör Theatre Foundation yesterday announced that it has refused to co-operate with a government inquiry into NGOs that receive funds under the Norway Grant scheme.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian “Foreign Language Examination Factory”
- 21 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
For those of you who don’t follow the comments to my blog posts there is a huge debate among readers of Hungarian Spectrum over who is responsible for the video of a fake meeting of six Roma in Baja. Most of us couldn’t make head or tail of the story of R. (Róbert) G.
Phantom Art Groups Gained Hundreds Of Millions From Tax Allowance In Hungary
- 7 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Not only sports federations or teams can be granted by the tax allowance system (TAO): a law-amendment allowed companies to support ’spectacular team sports’ from their charges instead of paying it to the state. According to the regulations, performing-art organisations can be granted as well and as Atlatszo.hu’s investigation has shown several companies are seem to be granted with hundreds of ...
Fidesz-Leaning Oligarch And Aide Missing From The Country’s Top 100 Rich-List
- 11 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Similar to Forbes Magazine, the Hungarian financial newspaper Napi Gazdaság compiles a list of the 100 richest Hungarians, some of whom are businessmen often with close ties to government. The two most prominent figures in Hungarian business life (and in conspiracy theories), who are literally unknown to foreign decision-makers, diplomats or investors, Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges are ...
Xpat Opinion: Exploiting The Roma Murder Trial In Hungary
- 30 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media gave ample coverage to the guilty verdicts delivered recently in what was a closely watched murder trial in Hungary. The four defendants were found guilty in the death of six Roma, shocking murders committed in 2008 and 2009. Three were sentenced to life in prison without parole and one of them, an accomplice, to 13 years without parole.
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
Information Note: Norway Grants In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EEA and Norway Grants are the financial contribution of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to support the development of certain EU Member States. Hungary has been a recipient since 2004.
Foundation Involved In Norway Grants Refuses To Cooperate With Hungarian Government
- 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Krétakör Foundation has said it will refuse to cooperate with an investigation mounted by the Government Control Office (Kehi) in connection with money it won under the Norway Grants scheme. Its managing director, Márton Gulyás, told the office by phone of its decision. Several NGOs, including Krétakör, received a letter from the Kehi informing them that they would be subject to an ...
Hungarian Krétakör Theatre Foundation Says No To KEHI Inquest
- 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Krétakör Theatre Foundation yesterday announced that it has refused to co-operate with a government inquiry into NGOs that receive funds under the Norway Grant scheme.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian “Foreign Language Examination Factory”
- 21 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
For those of you who don’t follow the comments to my blog posts there is a huge debate among readers of Hungarian Spectrum over who is responsible for the video of a fake meeting of six Roma in Baja. Most of us couldn’t make head or tail of the story of R. (Róbert) G.
Phantom Art Groups Gained Hundreds Of Millions From Tax Allowance In Hungary
- 7 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Not only sports federations or teams can be granted by the tax allowance system (TAO): a law-amendment allowed companies to support ’spectacular team sports’ from their charges instead of paying it to the state. According to the regulations, performing-art organisations can be granted as well and as Atlatszo.hu’s investigation has shown several companies are seem to be granted with hundreds of ...
Fidesz-Leaning Oligarch And Aide Missing From The Country’s Top 100 Rich-List
- 11 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Similar to Forbes Magazine, the Hungarian financial newspaper Napi Gazdaság compiles a list of the 100 richest Hungarians, some of whom are businessmen often with close ties to government. The two most prominent figures in Hungarian business life (and in conspiracy theories), who are literally unknown to foreign decision-makers, diplomats or investors, Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges are ...
Xpat Opinion: Exploiting The Roma Murder Trial In Hungary
- 30 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media gave ample coverage to the guilty verdicts delivered recently in what was a closely watched murder trial in Hungary. The four defendants were found guilty in the death of six Roma, shocking murders committed in 2008 and 2009. Three were sentenced to life in prison without parole and one of them, an accomplice, to 13 years without parole.
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).