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Botka: Socialists Pledge To Double Education Funding
- 30 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, László Botka, pledged to double the amount of funding for education, which he called the party’s top priority. Botka told a press conference that state funding for the sector would rise to 6% of GDP under a Socialist administration in the next governing cycle after the 2018 elections.
Áder, King Of Sweden Discuss Climate Change
- 30 Aug 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian President János Áder discussed ocean pollution, overfishing and Sweden’s commitments to fighting climate change made at the 2015 Paris climate summit with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm.
Swimming Pool Fined HUF 1 M For Discrimination Against LGBTQ Org
- 30 Aug 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s equal opportunity authority has fined a Budapest sports centre 1 million forints (EUR 3,300) for refusing to allow members of an LGBTQ organisation to rent part of its swimming pool on the grounds of the sexual orientation and gender identity of its members.
Szijjártó Addresses Seasonal Meeting Of Hungarian Diplomats
- 30 Aug 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met members of the Hungarian diplomatic corps for regular autumn consultations in Budapest.
S&P’s Revises Outlook On Hungary Rating To ‘Positive’
- 29 Aug 2017 12:40 PM
- business
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings on Friday said it revised the outlook on Hungary’s ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’. This new rating shows that the government has handled challenges well with its economic policies, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told MTI.
Socialist PM Candidate Botka Outlines New Left-Wing Policy
- 29 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
László Botka, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialists, outlined a new left-wing policy that he said is guided by fairness, at a conference in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
Hungary Ambassador To Netherlands Summoned For Consultations
- 29 Aug 2017 10:31 AM
- current affairs
The foreign ministry has summoned Hungary’s ambassador to the Netherlands to return for consultations in Budapest, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, announced. Szijjártó added that there would be no ambassadorial-level communication between the two countries for an indefinite period of time.
Decline Of Hungarian Population Still High
- 29 Aug 2017 10:22 AM
- current affairs
In the first six months, 0.2 percent more births were recorded than a year earlier, while the number of deaths was 8.5 percent higher than the same period in 2016, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported.
Majority Supports Paks Nuclear Power Upgrade In Hungary
- 29 Aug 2017 10:10 AM
- current affairs
Some 54 percent of Hungarians support the planned construction of two new blocks of the Paks nuclear power station, national energy company MVM said on Thursday citing the results of a new survey.
Botka: Socialists Pledge To Double Education Funding
- 30 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, László Botka, pledged to double the amount of funding for education, which he called the party’s top priority. Botka told a press conference that state funding for the sector would rise to 6% of GDP under a Socialist administration in the next governing cycle after the 2018 elections.
Áder, King Of Sweden Discuss Climate Change
- 30 Aug 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian President János Áder discussed ocean pollution, overfishing and Sweden’s commitments to fighting climate change made at the 2015 Paris climate summit with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm.
Swimming Pool Fined HUF 1 M For Discrimination Against LGBTQ Org
- 30 Aug 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s equal opportunity authority has fined a Budapest sports centre 1 million forints (EUR 3,300) for refusing to allow members of an LGBTQ organisation to rent part of its swimming pool on the grounds of the sexual orientation and gender identity of its members.
Szijjártó Addresses Seasonal Meeting Of Hungarian Diplomats
- 30 Aug 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met members of the Hungarian diplomatic corps for regular autumn consultations in Budapest.
S&P’s Revises Outlook On Hungary Rating To ‘Positive’
- 29 Aug 2017 12:40 PM
- business
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings on Friday said it revised the outlook on Hungary’s ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’. This new rating shows that the government has handled challenges well with its economic policies, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told MTI.
Socialist PM Candidate Botka Outlines New Left-Wing Policy
- 29 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
László Botka, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialists, outlined a new left-wing policy that he said is guided by fairness, at a conference in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
Hungary Ambassador To Netherlands Summoned For Consultations
- 29 Aug 2017 10:31 AM
- current affairs
The foreign ministry has summoned Hungary’s ambassador to the Netherlands to return for consultations in Budapest, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, announced. Szijjártó added that there would be no ambassadorial-level communication between the two countries for an indefinite period of time.
Decline Of Hungarian Population Still High
- 29 Aug 2017 10:22 AM
- current affairs
In the first six months, 0.2 percent more births were recorded than a year earlier, while the number of deaths was 8.5 percent higher than the same period in 2016, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported.
Majority Supports Paks Nuclear Power Upgrade In Hungary
- 29 Aug 2017 10:10 AM
- current affairs
Some 54 percent of Hungarians support the planned construction of two new blocks of the Paks nuclear power station, national energy company MVM said on Thursday citing the results of a new survey.