1,677 result(s) for majority
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Jobbik, Socialists Each Make Proposals For Hungarian Border Crisis Management
- 27 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed amending the constitution so that the armed forces can be mobilised without any legal uncertainties to protect Hungary’s border. The Socialists, on the other hand, called for setting up more reception centres and speeding up asylum procedures on site. “Hungary should make it clear that it does not allow illegal migrants to cross its territory and ...
New Book By Former Budapest Expat: 'The Accidental Ad-man'
- 24 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Norm Clark spent some 5 years in total in Budapest, whilst working as the Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing arm of Lintas. He first arrived like several of the early expats soon after the arrival of the newly democratic state, in 1992. It wasn't one single stint, but three separate ones in total, over a ten year span, as he was an independent and moved as the work demands appeared. Like the ...
Hungary Has No Better Solution Than Border Fence
- 18 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no better solution than to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia “to stop a daily 1,500-1,600 illegal entrants”, Justice Minister László Trócsányi told Serbia’s Pannon RTV. The minister said that the migrants, arriving in a “professionally organised way”, would choose alternative routes once the fence is completed. “We cannot stop them but we want them to avoid this ...
Xpat Opinion: First Border Fence Stretch In Place In Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the government tries to divert the current massive migration wave from Hungary, commentators tend to agree that Europe cannot take more migrants without seriously jeopardising its way of life. Opinions differ solely on whether that is inevitable or not.
Hungarian Danubius Hotel Chain Buyout Successful
- 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The majority shareholders of Danubius Hotels have made a successful buyout offer for outstanding shares of the company, it was announced yesterday, opening the way for the delisting of the company from the Budapest Stock Exchange.
110,000 Refugees Registered In Hungary This Year
- 12 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 110,000 refugees have been registered in Hungary this year, Immigration and Citizenship Office head Zsuzsanna Végh announced yesterday on Kossuth Rádió. At present there are over 4,000 people at refugee stations, twice as many as there are places, but everybody receives adequate accommodation. She said it is necessary to have more temporary stations, such as the new centre about to be ...
Full House For Robbie At Sziget Festival Budapest
- 12 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget hosted a huge crowd of 80 000 on the Robbie Williams day. The day was sold-out by late night. Passes and day tickets for the next days still available.
Majority Of Hungarians Feel Defenceless In Face Of Effects Of Climate Change
- 12 Aug 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Fully 80 % of Hungarians feel the effects of climate change on a daily basis, and worry about it, while every seventh feels correspondingly defenceless, according to a survey published by the Energiaklub thinktank. People in small towns and villages especially feel summers are getting hotter and hotter and droughts are getting more frequent, while damagecausing pests are spreading at a faster ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Jobbik, Socialists Each Make Proposals For Hungarian Border Crisis Management
- 27 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed amending the constitution so that the armed forces can be mobilised without any legal uncertainties to protect Hungary’s border. The Socialists, on the other hand, called for setting up more reception centres and speeding up asylum procedures on site. “Hungary should make it clear that it does not allow illegal migrants to cross its territory and ...
New Book By Former Budapest Expat: 'The Accidental Ad-man'
- 24 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Norm Clark spent some 5 years in total in Budapest, whilst working as the Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing arm of Lintas. He first arrived like several of the early expats soon after the arrival of the newly democratic state, in 1992. It wasn't one single stint, but three separate ones in total, over a ten year span, as he was an independent and moved as the work demands appeared. Like the ...
Hungary Has No Better Solution Than Border Fence
- 18 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no better solution than to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia “to stop a daily 1,500-1,600 illegal entrants”, Justice Minister László Trócsányi told Serbia’s Pannon RTV. The minister said that the migrants, arriving in a “professionally organised way”, would choose alternative routes once the fence is completed. “We cannot stop them but we want them to avoid this ...
Xpat Opinion: First Border Fence Stretch In Place In Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the government tries to divert the current massive migration wave from Hungary, commentators tend to agree that Europe cannot take more migrants without seriously jeopardising its way of life. Opinions differ solely on whether that is inevitable or not.
Hungarian Danubius Hotel Chain Buyout Successful
- 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The majority shareholders of Danubius Hotels have made a successful buyout offer for outstanding shares of the company, it was announced yesterday, opening the way for the delisting of the company from the Budapest Stock Exchange.
110,000 Refugees Registered In Hungary This Year
- 12 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 110,000 refugees have been registered in Hungary this year, Immigration and Citizenship Office head Zsuzsanna Végh announced yesterday on Kossuth Rádió. At present there are over 4,000 people at refugee stations, twice as many as there are places, but everybody receives adequate accommodation. She said it is necessary to have more temporary stations, such as the new centre about to be ...
Full House For Robbie At Sziget Festival Budapest
- 12 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget hosted a huge crowd of 80 000 on the Robbie Williams day. The day was sold-out by late night. Passes and day tickets for the next days still available.
Majority Of Hungarians Feel Defenceless In Face Of Effects Of Climate Change
- 12 Aug 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Fully 80 % of Hungarians feel the effects of climate change on a daily basis, and worry about it, while every seventh feels correspondingly defenceless, according to a survey published by the Energiaklub thinktank. People in small towns and villages especially feel summers are getting hotter and hotter and droughts are getting more frequent, while damagecausing pests are spreading at a faster ...