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Water Summit To Be Held In Budapest In December 2016
- 15 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Another global summit on water will be held in Budapest late in November or in early December, President János Áder announced on public news television M1 on Sunday evening. Áder referred to the United Nations’ objectives of sustainable development and noted water management as a crucial area.
Lázár Calls On Opposition To Back Anti-Terror Measures
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The parliamentary parties should unite to pass the necessary laws enabling the army and police to take joint steps to ensure security in the country, János Lázár, the government office chief, said.
Govt In Talks With Russia’s Sukhoi About New National Airline
- 11 Feb 2016 10:50 AM
- travel
Representatives of the development ministry and Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi held talks on founding a new Hungarian national airline, public news channel M1 reported. Sukhoi plans to supply six new aircraft and contribute capital for setting up the new company. Initial consultations with the ministry were held in October last year.
Xpat Opinion: Szydlo’s Talks In Budapest
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A new kind of partnership has emerged in which the countries of the Visegrád Four (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) have a chance to bolster their voice in a divided Europe, proclaims Magyar Idők, while Népszabadság suspects Poland has something much bigger in mind.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Demos In Eleven Hungarian Cities
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily welcomes demonstrations initiated by the teachers of a Miskolc high school as an example of “the courage and autonomy of citizens”, while a right-wing webmagazine suggests that the teachers’ “legitimate protest movement” is being used by Soros-funded NGOs.
Hungary Must Not Return To Education System In Place Before 2010
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Mr. Orbán explained that the Cabinet supports the principle of open governance: it wants to hear everyone’s opinions and it has great hopes for the National Teachers’ Chamber, which was established in order to discuss internal specialist matters in an apolitical manner. He added that he understands teachers’ concerns, and these will be discussed: there is continuous dialogue, the Round Table for ...
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Foreign Minister Rejects EP President’s ‘Insults’
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó rejected “insults” directed towards Hungary by European Parliament President Martin Schulz, who recently said “selfish” acts by certain European governments, including that of Hungary, were part of the reason why the EU has so far failed to secure the bloc’s external borders.
Tóbiás Insists Hungarian Socialists Poised As 2018 ‘Party Of Change’
- 28 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leader of the Socialist opposition party, József Tóbiás, told the daily Magyar Idők that his party is poised to be the “party of change” in the next general election held in two years’ time. He said the result of the latest election, a local by-election held in Szolnok, showed that it is the Socialists rather than radical nationalist Jobbik that will provide the alternative to the ruling ...
Water Summit To Be Held In Budapest In December 2016
- 15 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Another global summit on water will be held in Budapest late in November or in early December, President János Áder announced on public news television M1 on Sunday evening. Áder referred to the United Nations’ objectives of sustainable development and noted water management as a crucial area.
Lázár Calls On Opposition To Back Anti-Terror Measures
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The parliamentary parties should unite to pass the necessary laws enabling the army and police to take joint steps to ensure security in the country, János Lázár, the government office chief, said.
Govt In Talks With Russia’s Sukhoi About New National Airline
- 11 Feb 2016 10:50 AM
- travel
Representatives of the development ministry and Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi held talks on founding a new Hungarian national airline, public news channel M1 reported. Sukhoi plans to supply six new aircraft and contribute capital for setting up the new company. Initial consultations with the ministry were held in October last year.
Xpat Opinion: Szydlo’s Talks In Budapest
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A new kind of partnership has emerged in which the countries of the Visegrád Four (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) have a chance to bolster their voice in a divided Europe, proclaims Magyar Idők, while Népszabadság suspects Poland has something much bigger in mind.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Demos In Eleven Hungarian Cities
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily welcomes demonstrations initiated by the teachers of a Miskolc high school as an example of “the courage and autonomy of citizens”, while a right-wing webmagazine suggests that the teachers’ “legitimate protest movement” is being used by Soros-funded NGOs.
Hungary Must Not Return To Education System In Place Before 2010
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Mr. Orbán explained that the Cabinet supports the principle of open governance: it wants to hear everyone’s opinions and it has great hopes for the National Teachers’ Chamber, which was established in order to discuss internal specialist matters in an apolitical manner. He added that he understands teachers’ concerns, and these will be discussed: there is continuous dialogue, the Round Table for ...
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Foreign Minister Rejects EP President’s ‘Insults’
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó rejected “insults” directed towards Hungary by European Parliament President Martin Schulz, who recently said “selfish” acts by certain European governments, including that of Hungary, were part of the reason why the EU has so far failed to secure the bloc’s external borders.
Tóbiás Insists Hungarian Socialists Poised As 2018 ‘Party Of Change’
- 28 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leader of the Socialist opposition party, József Tóbiás, told the daily Magyar Idők that his party is poised to be the “party of change” in the next general election held in two years’ time. He said the result of the latest election, a local by-election held in Szolnok, showed that it is the Socialists rather than radical nationalist Jobbik that will provide the alternative to the ruling ...