995 result(s) for letter
Challenging Disability & Ethnicity Discrimination In Education Across C.E. Europe
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Today, the New York Times published a letter by Dezideriu Gergely (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Centre) and myself. It concerns the discrimination in education faced by Roma children and children with disabilities in central and eastern Europe." By Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest. Oliver tweets @olewis75. This article was first ...
Budapest To Symbolically Shut Down IMF Office
- 25 Jul 2013 11:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty. Hungary's ability to avoid the austerity programmes faced by many of its European neighbours will be the government's main selling point when it bids for re-election next year.
ADL Praises FB Decision To Ban Kuruc.info, Hungarian Language News Portal
- 22 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Anti-Defamation League, an organization dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism, praised Facebook for removing the page of Kuruc.info, a Hungarian-language news portal that disseminates anti-Semitic and anti-Roma hate speech.
Judith Sollosy, Former Editor of The Hungarian Quarterly
- 11 Jul 2013 12:00 PM
Judith Sollosy is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and the SUNY at Buffalo Graduate School. She is the translator of contemporary Hungarian authors Péter Esterházy, János Háy, Mihály Kornis, Lajos Parti Nagy, and István Örkény.
Xpat Opinion: Budapest Pride – Without Major Incidents
- 11 Jul 2013 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists believe that the mostly peaceful Budapest Pride 2013 walk proved a major success or even a breakthrough for gay rights activists. They find it disappointing, however, that the police showed little zeal to pursue radical protesters who beat up three marchers.
Government Continues To Stand For The Protection Of Foreign Currency Debtors
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- property
The European Commission notified Hungary already in December 2011 within an EU Pilot procedure which warns that the Government Decree stipulating that the monthly income of applicants of foreign currency loans shall exceed a sum equivalent of 15 times the amount of official minimum wage, and the income shall be received in the same currency in which the loan is denominated violates EU law.
Surgeon Fired Over “Gratitude Money” In Budapest
- 25 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Péterfy Sándor utca hospital in Budapest’s Seventh District is firing a surgeon suspected of accepting “gratitude money”, Népszabadság reports. Hospital director Dr. Antal Sásdi told the newspaper that a hospital commission heard testimony from a patient and the doctor last Thursday.
Invitation: 6th China Brands Exhibition, Budapest, 25 - 27 June
- 25 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The exhibition area of China Brand Trade Center is going to be extended by 3000 m² on 25 June, 2013. The extension is the result of the opening of Fujian Brand Trade Center, where products and services of 200 new companies from ten different industrial sectors will be showcased. Meeting and matchmaking with professional assistance and experienced translators will be possible during the 6th China ...
Right-Of-Centre Hungarian Opinion On The NSA Scandal
- 20 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Two leading columnists of pro-government dailies find it absurd that the US should take the high ground and lecture Hungary on human rights and the rule of law, while it spies on its own citizens. In Magyar Hírlap Zsolt Bayer starts his open letter to US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis with a description of a full body search performed by the military under Socialism when military service ...
Challenging Disability & Ethnicity Discrimination In Education Across C.E. Europe
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Today, the New York Times published a letter by Dezideriu Gergely (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Centre) and myself. It concerns the discrimination in education faced by Roma children and children with disabilities in central and eastern Europe." By Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest. Oliver tweets @olewis75. This article was first ...
Budapest To Symbolically Shut Down IMF Office
- 25 Jul 2013 11:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty. Hungary's ability to avoid the austerity programmes faced by many of its European neighbours will be the government's main selling point when it bids for re-election next year.
ADL Praises FB Decision To Ban Kuruc.info, Hungarian Language News Portal
- 22 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Anti-Defamation League, an organization dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism, praised Facebook for removing the page of Kuruc.info, a Hungarian-language news portal that disseminates anti-Semitic and anti-Roma hate speech.
Judith Sollosy, Former Editor of The Hungarian Quarterly
- 11 Jul 2013 12:00 PM
Judith Sollosy is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and the SUNY at Buffalo Graduate School. She is the translator of contemporary Hungarian authors Péter Esterházy, János Háy, Mihály Kornis, Lajos Parti Nagy, and István Örkény.
Xpat Opinion: Budapest Pride – Without Major Incidents
- 11 Jul 2013 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists believe that the mostly peaceful Budapest Pride 2013 walk proved a major success or even a breakthrough for gay rights activists. They find it disappointing, however, that the police showed little zeal to pursue radical protesters who beat up three marchers.
Government Continues To Stand For The Protection Of Foreign Currency Debtors
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- property
The European Commission notified Hungary already in December 2011 within an EU Pilot procedure which warns that the Government Decree stipulating that the monthly income of applicants of foreign currency loans shall exceed a sum equivalent of 15 times the amount of official minimum wage, and the income shall be received in the same currency in which the loan is denominated violates EU law.
Surgeon Fired Over “Gratitude Money” In Budapest
- 25 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Péterfy Sándor utca hospital in Budapest’s Seventh District is firing a surgeon suspected of accepting “gratitude money”, Népszabadság reports. Hospital director Dr. Antal Sásdi told the newspaper that a hospital commission heard testimony from a patient and the doctor last Thursday.
Invitation: 6th China Brands Exhibition, Budapest, 25 - 27 June
- 25 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The exhibition area of China Brand Trade Center is going to be extended by 3000 m² on 25 June, 2013. The extension is the result of the opening of Fujian Brand Trade Center, where products and services of 200 new companies from ten different industrial sectors will be showcased. Meeting and matchmaking with professional assistance and experienced translators will be possible during the 6th China ...
Right-Of-Centre Hungarian Opinion On The NSA Scandal
- 20 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Two leading columnists of pro-government dailies find it absurd that the US should take the high ground and lecture Hungary on human rights and the rule of law, while it spies on its own citizens. In Magyar Hírlap Zsolt Bayer starts his open letter to US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis with a description of a full body search performed by the military under Socialism when military service ...