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Hungary’s Opposition Reacts To Local Election Date
- 24 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Zoltán Gőgös, deputy chair of the Socialist Party, called on the opposition to find a joint candidate in each district against nominees of the ruling parties possibly in the next two weeks. Gőgös said he trusted that the Socialists will do well at the upcoming election despite ruling Fidesz’s “efforts before any election to make it difficult for the opposition”.
Hungary’s Metropolitan Court Rejects Referendum On WWII Memorial
- 21 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Metropolitan Court has rejected in a final ruling a local referendum initiated by the Socialists on the construction of a contested memorial to the victims of Hungary’s 1944 German occupation in central Budapest, a lawmaker of the party said on Saturday. The ruling disallows any further possibility of legal remedy and has thwarted stopping the construction of the memorial in the 5th ...
Hungary’s Forint Conversion Of FX Loans Expected In 2015
- 21 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- property
The conversion of foreign currencydenominated loans into forints is expected to take place in 2015, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in an interview published on the website of weekly HVG. Legislation on the conversion is expected to be submitted to parliament at the end of November or early December, and the relevant laws should be passed before the end of the year, Varga told hvg.hu.
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
150,000 Hungarian Companies Fail To Pay Chamber Fee
- 16 Jul 2014 4:00 AM
- business
As many as 150,000 Hungarian companies have failed to pay an annual business chamber registration fee this year, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Wednesday. Last year, about 600,000 companies paid the 5,000 forint registration fee, but this year, just 440,000 have paid it, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) chief secretary Péter Dunai told the paper.
Police Chief Denies Reports Of Discrimination Against Roma In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police do not discriminate against people based on religion, skin colour, gender or ethnicity, national police chief Károly Papp said, after media reports of police discrimination against Roma. Papp said that every police action needs to be assessed individually and that citizens under current laws have the opportunity to raise complaints.
Leftist MEPs To Ask EC’S Support For Review Of Hungary’s Election Laws
- 15 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are asking the European Commission to examine Hungary’s election law and turn to international courts in wake of a recent critical report by the OSCE, the party’s spokesman told MTI.
Hungary Film Week To Return In October
- 13 Jul 2014 8:08 AM
- entertainment
Hungary will organise a film week again this year, Ágnes Havas, head of the Hungarian National Film Fund, told the US entertainment website variety.com. Hungarian Film Week was last held in 2012 and has been facing funding problems for years.
Jobbik Pushes Proposals To Staunch Outflow Of Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2014 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Addressing the outflow of Hungarians to abroad should be top priority yet the government has failed to tackle the problem, a Jobbik lawmaker has said.
Hungary’s Opposition Reacts To Local Election Date
- 24 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Zoltán Gőgös, deputy chair of the Socialist Party, called on the opposition to find a joint candidate in each district against nominees of the ruling parties possibly in the next two weeks. Gőgös said he trusted that the Socialists will do well at the upcoming election despite ruling Fidesz’s “efforts before any election to make it difficult for the opposition”.
Hungary’s Metropolitan Court Rejects Referendum On WWII Memorial
- 21 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Metropolitan Court has rejected in a final ruling a local referendum initiated by the Socialists on the construction of a contested memorial to the victims of Hungary’s 1944 German occupation in central Budapest, a lawmaker of the party said on Saturday. The ruling disallows any further possibility of legal remedy and has thwarted stopping the construction of the memorial in the 5th ...
Hungary’s Forint Conversion Of FX Loans Expected In 2015
- 21 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- property
The conversion of foreign currencydenominated loans into forints is expected to take place in 2015, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in an interview published on the website of weekly HVG. Legislation on the conversion is expected to be submitted to parliament at the end of November or early December, and the relevant laws should be passed before the end of the year, Varga told hvg.hu.
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
150,000 Hungarian Companies Fail To Pay Chamber Fee
- 16 Jul 2014 4:00 AM
- business
As many as 150,000 Hungarian companies have failed to pay an annual business chamber registration fee this year, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Wednesday. Last year, about 600,000 companies paid the 5,000 forint registration fee, but this year, just 440,000 have paid it, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) chief secretary Péter Dunai told the paper.
Police Chief Denies Reports Of Discrimination Against Roma In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police do not discriminate against people based on religion, skin colour, gender or ethnicity, national police chief Károly Papp said, after media reports of police discrimination against Roma. Papp said that every police action needs to be assessed individually and that citizens under current laws have the opportunity to raise complaints.
Leftist MEPs To Ask EC’S Support For Review Of Hungary’s Election Laws
- 15 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are asking the European Commission to examine Hungary’s election law and turn to international courts in wake of a recent critical report by the OSCE, the party’s spokesman told MTI.
Hungary Film Week To Return In October
- 13 Jul 2014 8:08 AM
- entertainment
Hungary will organise a film week again this year, Ágnes Havas, head of the Hungarian National Film Fund, told the US entertainment website variety.com. Hungarian Film Week was last held in 2012 and has been facing funding problems for years.
Jobbik Pushes Proposals To Staunch Outflow Of Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2014 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Addressing the outflow of Hungarians to abroad should be top priority yet the government has failed to tackle the problem, a Jobbik lawmaker has said.