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Lázár: More Than HUF 9 Tr Paid Out In EU Monies In Hungary
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 9,000 billion forints (EUR 28.4bn) of European Union funding has been paid out in Hungary, government office chief János Lázár said about the 2007-2013 EU budget period. Tenders have already been invited for the 2014-2020 EU budget period amounting to 3 billion forints, he told a weekly government press briefing.
Land Fund Lawsuit Vs Kishantos Organic Farm, Greenpeace Suspended
- 10 Nov 2015 2:00 AM
- property
A Pest County court suspended a lawsuit filed by the National Land Management Fund (NFA) against the organic farm of Kishantos and Greenpeace Hungary. Last year, the NFA filed a lawsuit against the Kishantos Rural Development Centre saying that it had caused damages to the state for more than six months by using land that it had been leasing in the past but then lost the eligibility to use.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Only One Out Of 24 Asylum-Seekers Stay In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of people handing in asylum applications in Hungary has reached 110 000 this year, the director-general of Hungary’s Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN) has said on public radio. According to Zsuzsanna Végh, 90 per cent of migrants hand in a request for asylum and thus gain the right to remain in Hungary. However, this does not mean that they are obliged to arrive to the ...
Socialists Use Budapest Office As Aid Centre For Migrants
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party plans to transform its former headquarters building into a logistics and co-ordination centre for NGOs engaged in helping migrants, it was announced on Wednesday. Ágnes Kunhalmi, head of the party’s Budapest chapter, said migrants cannot stay in the Jókai utca building in Budapest’s Sixth District because the law does not allow it.
Hungary Slips In Freedom House Democracy Rankings
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary slipped in Freedom House’s democracy ratings for last year, according to the US-based human rights watchdog’s Nations in Transit 2015 report. Hungary was ranked among “semi-consolidated democracies”, slipping from being a “consolidated democracy” last year. It scored an overall 3.18 points for various democratic indicators on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score. Last year it ...
Pro-Immigrant Ads Will Appear In Hungary In July
- 17 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt (MKKP) and Vastagbõr blog will post their billboard opposing the government’s anti-immigrant ad campaign from July 1, the satirical political party announced yesterday. Its president Gergõ Kovács told vs.hu website that the party will place its messages on 500 billboards across the country on July 1 and another 500 in the middle of the month.
Hungarian NGOs Call For Reform Of Campaign Finance Rules
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
NGOs in Hungary have turned to lawmakers with a call to reform campaign finance rules and to clean up corruption. The civil organisations Transparency International Magyarország, Átlátszó and K-Monitor together with think-tank Political Capital sent an open letter to parliamentarians to coincide with a conference held on Wednesday on transparency in local government and campaign finance.
Ambassadors Highlight Importance Of Govt, Civil Society Cooperation In Budapest
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ambassadors of three western European countries have emphasised the importance of open democracy and within that cooperation between government and civil society, at a workshop in Budapest. The diplomats addressed the event entitled “Nothing is Impossible: The Sustainable NGO” which was coorganised by the German, French, Dutch and British embassies, and the European Commission’s ...
Lázár: More Than HUF 9 Tr Paid Out In EU Monies In Hungary
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 9,000 billion forints (EUR 28.4bn) of European Union funding has been paid out in Hungary, government office chief János Lázár said about the 2007-2013 EU budget period. Tenders have already been invited for the 2014-2020 EU budget period amounting to 3 billion forints, he told a weekly government press briefing.
Land Fund Lawsuit Vs Kishantos Organic Farm, Greenpeace Suspended
- 10 Nov 2015 2:00 AM
- property
A Pest County court suspended a lawsuit filed by the National Land Management Fund (NFA) against the organic farm of Kishantos and Greenpeace Hungary. Last year, the NFA filed a lawsuit against the Kishantos Rural Development Centre saying that it had caused damages to the state for more than six months by using land that it had been leasing in the past but then lost the eligibility to use.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Only One Out Of 24 Asylum-Seekers Stay In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of people handing in asylum applications in Hungary has reached 110 000 this year, the director-general of Hungary’s Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN) has said on public radio. According to Zsuzsanna Végh, 90 per cent of migrants hand in a request for asylum and thus gain the right to remain in Hungary. However, this does not mean that they are obliged to arrive to the ...
Socialists Use Budapest Office As Aid Centre For Migrants
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party plans to transform its former headquarters building into a logistics and co-ordination centre for NGOs engaged in helping migrants, it was announced on Wednesday. Ágnes Kunhalmi, head of the party’s Budapest chapter, said migrants cannot stay in the Jókai utca building in Budapest’s Sixth District because the law does not allow it.
Hungary Slips In Freedom House Democracy Rankings
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary slipped in Freedom House’s democracy ratings for last year, according to the US-based human rights watchdog’s Nations in Transit 2015 report. Hungary was ranked among “semi-consolidated democracies”, slipping from being a “consolidated democracy” last year. It scored an overall 3.18 points for various democratic indicators on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score. Last year it ...
Pro-Immigrant Ads Will Appear In Hungary In July
- 17 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt (MKKP) and Vastagbõr blog will post their billboard opposing the government’s anti-immigrant ad campaign from July 1, the satirical political party announced yesterday. Its president Gergõ Kovács told vs.hu website that the party will place its messages on 500 billboards across the country on July 1 and another 500 in the middle of the month.
Hungarian NGOs Call For Reform Of Campaign Finance Rules
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
NGOs in Hungary have turned to lawmakers with a call to reform campaign finance rules and to clean up corruption. The civil organisations Transparency International Magyarország, Átlátszó and K-Monitor together with think-tank Political Capital sent an open letter to parliamentarians to coincide with a conference held on Wednesday on transparency in local government and campaign finance.
Ambassadors Highlight Importance Of Govt, Civil Society Cooperation In Budapest
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ambassadors of three western European countries have emphasised the importance of open democracy and within that cooperation between government and civil society, at a workshop in Budapest. The diplomats addressed the event entitled “Nothing is Impossible: The Sustainable NGO” which was coorganised by the German, French, Dutch and British embassies, and the European Commission’s ...