252 result(s) for national security committee
Hungary’s Next Parliament To Have 15 Committees
- 25 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s next parliament will have 15 committees under an agreement reached during preparatory talks on Friday. Opposition parties will delegate heads to five committees.
Hungary’s Socialist Leader Mesterházy Stays Away From Simon-Case Committee Hearing
- 4 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the Socialist party, did not appear at a meeting of a fact-finding committee held in connection with the Simon- Welsz case on Thursday.
Fact-Finding Examination In Simon-Welsz Case Initiated In Hungary
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In Hungary Parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday decided to initiate a fact-finding examination in the case of Tamás Welsz, a businessman associated with Gábor Simon, the disgraced former Socialist deputy chairman.
Hungary’s Parliamentary Committee Calls Ukraine Situation “Dramatic”
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee met on Tuesday to hear representatives of the police and the secret services, as well as foreign affairs officials over recent developments in Ukraine. After the session, Socialist head of the committee Zsolt Molnár said that the situation in Ukraine had turned dramatic.
MP Calls For Clearing Up Possible Secret Services Links Of Tamás Welsz In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee, meeting on Tuesday, should gather information about the possible secret services links, in Hungary or abroad, of Tamás Welsz, a businessman associated with Gábor Simon, the disgraced former Socialist deputy chairman, committee co-chair Zsolt Molnár, of the main opposition Socialists, said.
Secret Surveillance Rules Unconstitutional, Says Hungary’s Top Court
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Legislation allowing for secret observation on officials in positions requiring national security screening for 30-day periods twice a year is unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court said on its website on Wednesday.
Hungarian National Security Committee To Convene Over Leaking “Lies Speech”
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee will convene next Thursday to discuss circumstances how the infamous “lies speech” of ex-premier Ferenc Gyurcsány was leaked in 2006, the head of the committee told MTI. The committee will be able to learn that a report made about the speech is real and “finally Gyurcsány can stop insinuations”, Máté Kocsis said. Gyurcsány must have had an interest at the ...
Hungarian MPS Wants To Hear Snowden On NSA Data Collection
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian parliamentary committee wants to hear former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as a witness in its investigation into US eavesdropping, the committee’s head said on Tuesday. The committee has been set up to examine how data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA) impinged on Hungary and whether there were any international ef forts to gain influence in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of A Hungarian Whistleblower
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was a month ago that András Horváth, a former employee of NAV (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal/National Office of Taxation and Customs), turned to the prosecutor’s office to report a breach of fiduciary duties committed by the top management of this 23,000-employee office. He claimed that large-scale cheating goes on with fictitious VAT reimbursement payments, especially in the case of large ...
Hungary’s Next Parliament To Have 15 Committees
- 25 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s next parliament will have 15 committees under an agreement reached during preparatory talks on Friday. Opposition parties will delegate heads to five committees.
Hungary’s Socialist Leader Mesterházy Stays Away From Simon-Case Committee Hearing
- 4 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the Socialist party, did not appear at a meeting of a fact-finding committee held in connection with the Simon- Welsz case on Thursday.
Fact-Finding Examination In Simon-Welsz Case Initiated In Hungary
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In Hungary Parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday decided to initiate a fact-finding examination in the case of Tamás Welsz, a businessman associated with Gábor Simon, the disgraced former Socialist deputy chairman.
Hungary’s Parliamentary Committee Calls Ukraine Situation “Dramatic”
- 26 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee met on Tuesday to hear representatives of the police and the secret services, as well as foreign affairs officials over recent developments in Ukraine. After the session, Socialist head of the committee Zsolt Molnár said that the situation in Ukraine had turned dramatic.
MP Calls For Clearing Up Possible Secret Services Links Of Tamás Welsz In Hungary
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee, meeting on Tuesday, should gather information about the possible secret services links, in Hungary or abroad, of Tamás Welsz, a businessman associated with Gábor Simon, the disgraced former Socialist deputy chairman, committee co-chair Zsolt Molnár, of the main opposition Socialists, said.
Secret Surveillance Rules Unconstitutional, Says Hungary’s Top Court
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Legislation allowing for secret observation on officials in positions requiring national security screening for 30-day periods twice a year is unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court said on its website on Wednesday.
Hungarian National Security Committee To Convene Over Leaking “Lies Speech”
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee will convene next Thursday to discuss circumstances how the infamous “lies speech” of ex-premier Ferenc Gyurcsány was leaked in 2006, the head of the committee told MTI. The committee will be able to learn that a report made about the speech is real and “finally Gyurcsány can stop insinuations”, Máté Kocsis said. Gyurcsány must have had an interest at the ...
Hungarian MPS Wants To Hear Snowden On NSA Data Collection
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian parliamentary committee wants to hear former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as a witness in its investigation into US eavesdropping, the committee’s head said on Tuesday. The committee has been set up to examine how data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA) impinged on Hungary and whether there were any international ef forts to gain influence in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of A Hungarian Whistleblower
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was a month ago that András Horváth, a former employee of NAV (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal/National Office of Taxation and Customs), turned to the prosecutor’s office to report a breach of fiduciary duties committed by the top management of this 23,000-employee office. He claimed that large-scale cheating goes on with fictitious VAT reimbursement payments, especially in the case of large ...