2,071 result(s) for law of hungary
Hungary’s Fidesz Cabinet Chief Lázár Renounces Eligibility For Travel Expenses
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Janos Lázár, the cabinet chief, said on Wednesday that he would renounce his “eligibility for travel expenses guaranteed by law” and pay back 2 million forints (EUR 6,500) in response to an article on news website origo.hu. The website on Tuesday reported that it had been revealed during a lawsuit it launched that János Lázár and a colleague had spent “nearly two million forints for seven days’ ...
Hungarian Prosecutor Proposes Changing Law On Health-Care Gratuity Payments
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The public prosecutor has proposed changing the law in connection with gratuity payments in the health-care sector. The junior doctors’ association asked for the changes because the legal definition of “passive bribery” raised in connection with doctors accepting gratuity payments is unclear, spokesman for the prosecutor, Géza Fazekas, said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that current situation ...
Hungary's Prime Minister: Europe Needs To Undergo Renewal
- 26 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe needs to undergo renewal Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on public radio Kossuth on Friday and expressed support for the enlargement of the bloc, which he stated is in Hungary's interest.
Hungary’s Supreme Court Kúria Acquits Former Budapest District Leaders
- 21 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, acquitted on Tuesday the former mayor and his deputy of abusing their office. The two former officials, Socialist Mayor Gyula Molnár of the 11th district and Imre Lakos, his Free Democrat deputy, were accused of attempting to sell a valuable property owned by the local council to a private company without a public tender in 2006.
Hungarian Jobbik Mep Kovacs Spied For Russia, Says Parlt Official
- 19 May 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács was in regular contact with the Russian secret services, Szilard Németh, deputy head of the parliamentary committee hearing the case on Monday, said. Németh, a lawmaker for Fidesz, told journalists after the closed-door meeting that the Russian secret services had provided detailed evidence, both in the form of recordings and documents, proving that ...
Tobacco Franchises In Hungary Only Awarded To Fidesz Friends?
- 15 May 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
A second-level court has ruled that the National Development Ministry (NFM) must release all relevant documentation relating to last year’s tobacco concession tender, according to Democratic Coalition (DK) deputy chairman Csaba Molnar.
Jobbik Raises Questions Over Casino Concessions In Hungary Awarded To Vajna
- 14 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to make public the criteria under which it awarded a casino concession to the company of a government commissioner. Jobbik lawmaker Enikő Hegedűs criticized the economy ministry for its recent decision to issue permits to Andrew Vajna’s company, the Las Vegas Casino Ltd, for operating another five casinos in Budapest and in ...
New Hungarian Cabinet To Be Formed On June 6
- 14 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will present his new government on June 6, János Lázár, the head of the PM’s Office, announced in parliament on Tuesday. Speaking in a debate on the future structure of Hungary’s ministries, Lázár said the new governmental structure would be “clear, simple and straightforward” rather than one “seeking political equilibrium”.
Former Communist Party Official Biszku Convicted Of War Crimes In Hungary
- 14 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court on Tuesday sentenced former Communist party official Béla Biszku to five and a half years in prison after convicting him of being an abettor to war crimes for his role in ordering security forces to shoot protesters after the 1956 Uprising was crushed.
Hungary’s Fidesz Cabinet Chief Lázár Renounces Eligibility For Travel Expenses
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Janos Lázár, the cabinet chief, said on Wednesday that he would renounce his “eligibility for travel expenses guaranteed by law” and pay back 2 million forints (EUR 6,500) in response to an article on news website origo.hu. The website on Tuesday reported that it had been revealed during a lawsuit it launched that János Lázár and a colleague had spent “nearly two million forints for seven days’ ...
Hungarian Prosecutor Proposes Changing Law On Health-Care Gratuity Payments
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The public prosecutor has proposed changing the law in connection with gratuity payments in the health-care sector. The junior doctors’ association asked for the changes because the legal definition of “passive bribery” raised in connection with doctors accepting gratuity payments is unclear, spokesman for the prosecutor, Géza Fazekas, said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that current situation ...
Hungary's Prime Minister: Europe Needs To Undergo Renewal
- 26 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe needs to undergo renewal Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on public radio Kossuth on Friday and expressed support for the enlargement of the bloc, which he stated is in Hungary's interest.
Hungary’s Supreme Court Kúria Acquits Former Budapest District Leaders
- 21 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, acquitted on Tuesday the former mayor and his deputy of abusing their office. The two former officials, Socialist Mayor Gyula Molnár of the 11th district and Imre Lakos, his Free Democrat deputy, were accused of attempting to sell a valuable property owned by the local council to a private company without a public tender in 2006.
Hungarian Jobbik Mep Kovacs Spied For Russia, Says Parlt Official
- 19 May 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács was in regular contact with the Russian secret services, Szilard Németh, deputy head of the parliamentary committee hearing the case on Monday, said. Németh, a lawmaker for Fidesz, told journalists after the closed-door meeting that the Russian secret services had provided detailed evidence, both in the form of recordings and documents, proving that ...
Tobacco Franchises In Hungary Only Awarded To Fidesz Friends?
- 15 May 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
A second-level court has ruled that the National Development Ministry (NFM) must release all relevant documentation relating to last year’s tobacco concession tender, according to Democratic Coalition (DK) deputy chairman Csaba Molnar.
Jobbik Raises Questions Over Casino Concessions In Hungary Awarded To Vajna
- 14 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to make public the criteria under which it awarded a casino concession to the company of a government commissioner. Jobbik lawmaker Enikő Hegedűs criticized the economy ministry for its recent decision to issue permits to Andrew Vajna’s company, the Las Vegas Casino Ltd, for operating another five casinos in Budapest and in ...
New Hungarian Cabinet To Be Formed On June 6
- 14 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will present his new government on June 6, János Lázár, the head of the PM’s Office, announced in parliament on Tuesday. Speaking in a debate on the future structure of Hungary’s ministries, Lázár said the new governmental structure would be “clear, simple and straightforward” rather than one “seeking political equilibrium”.
Former Communist Party Official Biszku Convicted Of War Crimes In Hungary
- 14 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court on Tuesday sentenced former Communist party official Béla Biszku to five and a half years in prison after convicting him of being an abettor to war crimes for his role in ordering security forces to shoot protesters after the 1956 Uprising was crushed.