126 result(s) for language school in Current Affairs
Hungary Lags Behind In Foreign Language Learning
- 2 Feb 2016 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary ranked low among EU member states as regards learning two or more foreign languages in secondary school, a survey conducted by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, showed. In Hungary only 6.3% of secondary school students aged between 11 and 14 learned two or more foreign languages, similar to Austria where their proportion was 9.5%, the survey conducted in 2014 showed.
Vast Majority Of Hungarians Reject Stadium Spending
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Four-fifths of Hungarians would like to see the government spend less money on football stadiums, Socialist Party executive committee member Balázs Bárány told reporters on Monday, citing a new survey. In all, 77% of respondents to a survey by the Publicus Institute commissioned by Vasárnapi Hírek said they have never been to a first division football game, and 88% do not plan to do so.
Grenade Find Prompts Evacuations In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 600 people had to temporarily leave their homes in the Second District yesterday after construction workers found a Soviet shrapnel grenade on Széll Kálmán tér. The square was evacuated and sealed off in a 150-metre radius while the ignition device was examined. The district council directed those who had to evacuate their homes to the Mammut shopping mall and the II. Rákóczi Ferenc high ...
Roughly 200 Children At Hungarian Reception Centres
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian immigration office (BÁH) data indicates there are around 200 children staying at refugee reception centres, the daily Magyar Nemzet reported. BÁH said 158 of the children are of school age, while 47 of them should be starting kindergarten in September. Out of all the reception centres, the one in Debrecen has the most children, a total of 70, BÁH told the paper.
Hungarian American Institute Attempts To Mend US-Hungarian Relations
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A new organization calling itself the Hungarian American Institute has invited members of the US Congress to meet with a number of Hungarian politicians and business leaders next week in Washington DC, according to a BuzzFeed News journalist, Rosie Gray.
Two Men Electrocuted In Mishap In Budapest
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two men died instantly when they pushed their mobile metal scaffolding into contact with an overhead electricity cable as they were working on renovating a school in Monor, Pest county on Tuesday. A co-worker received a massive electric shock as he tried to help them, and is receiving medical treatment at Honvéd hospital.
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
Hungary's Jobbik Offers Public Safety Proposals
- 27 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
CCTV cameras in public places are part of a Jobbik package to be submitted to Parliament aimed at improving public safety. The proposal would provide an emergency alarm system for the elderly. CCTV systems would be installed near kindergartens, schools and social care institutions. Jobbik also proposes that police officers be assigned to all secondary schools.
Hungarian State Employees Fired, Rehired As Public Workers
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a widespread practice in several institutions of the Human Resources Ministry to dismiss employees and then rehire them as public workers, Világgazdaság reports. The problem is most prevalent at the Klebelsberg Centre, which, as the overseer of Hungary’s schools, is Hungary’s second largest public service employer.
Hungary Lags Behind In Foreign Language Learning
- 2 Feb 2016 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary ranked low among EU member states as regards learning two or more foreign languages in secondary school, a survey conducted by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, showed. In Hungary only 6.3% of secondary school students aged between 11 and 14 learned two or more foreign languages, similar to Austria where their proportion was 9.5%, the survey conducted in 2014 showed.
Vast Majority Of Hungarians Reject Stadium Spending
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Four-fifths of Hungarians would like to see the government spend less money on football stadiums, Socialist Party executive committee member Balázs Bárány told reporters on Monday, citing a new survey. In all, 77% of respondents to a survey by the Publicus Institute commissioned by Vasárnapi Hírek said they have never been to a first division football game, and 88% do not plan to do so.
Grenade Find Prompts Evacuations In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 600 people had to temporarily leave their homes in the Second District yesterday after construction workers found a Soviet shrapnel grenade on Széll Kálmán tér. The square was evacuated and sealed off in a 150-metre radius while the ignition device was examined. The district council directed those who had to evacuate their homes to the Mammut shopping mall and the II. Rákóczi Ferenc high ...
Roughly 200 Children At Hungarian Reception Centres
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian immigration office (BÁH) data indicates there are around 200 children staying at refugee reception centres, the daily Magyar Nemzet reported. BÁH said 158 of the children are of school age, while 47 of them should be starting kindergarten in September. Out of all the reception centres, the one in Debrecen has the most children, a total of 70, BÁH told the paper.
Hungarian American Institute Attempts To Mend US-Hungarian Relations
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A new organization calling itself the Hungarian American Institute has invited members of the US Congress to meet with a number of Hungarian politicians and business leaders next week in Washington DC, according to a BuzzFeed News journalist, Rosie Gray.
Two Men Electrocuted In Mishap In Budapest
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two men died instantly when they pushed their mobile metal scaffolding into contact with an overhead electricity cable as they were working on renovating a school in Monor, Pest county on Tuesday. A co-worker received a massive electric shock as he tried to help them, and is receiving medical treatment at Honvéd hospital.
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
Hungary's Jobbik Offers Public Safety Proposals
- 27 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
CCTV cameras in public places are part of a Jobbik package to be submitted to Parliament aimed at improving public safety. The proposal would provide an emergency alarm system for the elderly. CCTV systems would be installed near kindergartens, schools and social care institutions. Jobbik also proposes that police officers be assigned to all secondary schools.
Hungarian State Employees Fired, Rehired As Public Workers
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a widespread practice in several institutions of the Human Resources Ministry to dismiss employees and then rehire them as public workers, Világgazdaság reports. The problem is most prevalent at the Klebelsberg Centre, which, as the overseer of Hungary’s schools, is Hungary’s second largest public service employer.