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Socialists To Move Ahead With Signature Drive For Sunday Shopping Referendum
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Socialist Party said it would move ahead with collecting supporting signatures for a referendum on scrapping the law on Sunday shopping restrictions despite parliament revoking the law earlier in the day. Party leader József Tóbiás said that his party believed the government was not ready to rule out reintroducing the law.
ECHR Rules Hungary Failed To Adequately Investigate Racially Motivated Abuse
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Hungary in a nonfinal ruling, stating that an applicant’s allegations of racially motived abuse had been inadequately investigated in 2011. The applicant, of Roma origin, filed the lawsuit against the Hungarian state after four men had insulted her and her children outside their house in Gyöngyöspata, in northern Hungary.
‘No Obstacle’ To Counter-Terrorism Action Plan
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost all obstacles barring approval of the government’s counterterrorism action plan have been overcome, a government official said after five-party talks on the package. An expert consultation will be held on the package on Wednesday and the government plans to submit it next week, meaning parliament can discuss it from April 25, interior ministry state secretary Károly Kontrát said.
Government Proposes Revoking Sunday Closing Law
- 12 Apr 2016 10:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government submitted a proposal today to abolish the Sunday closings law –legislation passed last year that requires retailers to remain closed on Sundays – and Parliament is scheduled to vote on the proposal tomorrow in an expedited procedure, according to reports.
Retailers Play Down Sunday Shopping Change
- 12 Apr 2016 9:20 AM
- shopping
Large food retail chains responded coolly to the news that the law on restricting shopping on Sundays is to be repealed. Spar said it will do its best to establish conditions for Sunday reopening. Only those units will be opened where consumer demand justifies it, the company said, most likely in city centres and tourist areas.
Teachers Fail To Reach Agreement With Govt, Strike Looms
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the sides came closer, no agreement was reached at talks between a teachers’ strike committee and the government. The talks focused on the amount of mandatory services to be provided under strike laws on the day of the strike teachers called for April 20, statements by Piroska Galló, the head of the PSZ union, and Imre Sipos, the state secretary for public education, said.
Hungary’s PM: Orbán: ‘I Am Not A Wealthy Man’
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he was not a wealthy man and he did not have a “strawman”, in response to a question by Jobbik in parliament. “I never had a strawman, nor do I have one now or will I ever have one in the future,” Orbán said, responding to a question on whether Lőrinc Mészáros, the mayor of his native Felcsút, was acting as his “front”. Orbán added that he had been a Member of ...
Opposition Hails Govt Climbdown As ‘Victory’
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist lawmaker István Nyakó said that the government decision to revoke the law on Sunday shopping restrictions was “a small victory for the opposition Socialists and a big one for the electorate”. For the second time, the ruling parties have been forced to “back off”, Nyakó said, referring to demonstrations that resulted in the withdrawal of plans to introduce an internet tax in the past.
Report: Government Revokes Sunday Closings Law
- 12 Apr 2016 4:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian Parliament today approved legislation putting an end to a year-old law that required retailers to stay closed on Sundays, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. The legislation was approved in an expedited procedure after the government proposed it yesterday. According to reports, the law will still remain in effect for this Sunday.
Socialists To Move Ahead With Signature Drive For Sunday Shopping Referendum
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Socialist Party said it would move ahead with collecting supporting signatures for a referendum on scrapping the law on Sunday shopping restrictions despite parliament revoking the law earlier in the day. Party leader József Tóbiás said that his party believed the government was not ready to rule out reintroducing the law.
ECHR Rules Hungary Failed To Adequately Investigate Racially Motivated Abuse
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Hungary in a nonfinal ruling, stating that an applicant’s allegations of racially motived abuse had been inadequately investigated in 2011. The applicant, of Roma origin, filed the lawsuit against the Hungarian state after four men had insulted her and her children outside their house in Gyöngyöspata, in northern Hungary.
‘No Obstacle’ To Counter-Terrorism Action Plan
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost all obstacles barring approval of the government’s counterterrorism action plan have been overcome, a government official said after five-party talks on the package. An expert consultation will be held on the package on Wednesday and the government plans to submit it next week, meaning parliament can discuss it from April 25, interior ministry state secretary Károly Kontrát said.
Government Proposes Revoking Sunday Closing Law
- 12 Apr 2016 10:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government submitted a proposal today to abolish the Sunday closings law –legislation passed last year that requires retailers to remain closed on Sundays – and Parliament is scheduled to vote on the proposal tomorrow in an expedited procedure, according to reports.
Retailers Play Down Sunday Shopping Change
- 12 Apr 2016 9:20 AM
- shopping
Large food retail chains responded coolly to the news that the law on restricting shopping on Sundays is to be repealed. Spar said it will do its best to establish conditions for Sunday reopening. Only those units will be opened where consumer demand justifies it, the company said, most likely in city centres and tourist areas.
Teachers Fail To Reach Agreement With Govt, Strike Looms
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the sides came closer, no agreement was reached at talks between a teachers’ strike committee and the government. The talks focused on the amount of mandatory services to be provided under strike laws on the day of the strike teachers called for April 20, statements by Piroska Galló, the head of the PSZ union, and Imre Sipos, the state secretary for public education, said.
Hungary’s PM: Orbán: ‘I Am Not A Wealthy Man’
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he was not a wealthy man and he did not have a “strawman”, in response to a question by Jobbik in parliament. “I never had a strawman, nor do I have one now or will I ever have one in the future,” Orbán said, responding to a question on whether Lőrinc Mészáros, the mayor of his native Felcsút, was acting as his “front”. Orbán added that he had been a Member of ...
Opposition Hails Govt Climbdown As ‘Victory’
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist lawmaker István Nyakó said that the government decision to revoke the law on Sunday shopping restrictions was “a small victory for the opposition Socialists and a big one for the electorate”. For the second time, the ruling parties have been forced to “back off”, Nyakó said, referring to demonstrations that resulted in the withdrawal of plans to introduce an internet tax in the past.
Report: Government Revokes Sunday Closings Law
- 12 Apr 2016 4:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian Parliament today approved legislation putting an end to a year-old law that required retailers to stay closed on Sundays, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. The legislation was approved in an expedited procedure after the government proposed it yesterday. According to reports, the law will still remain in effect for this Sunday.