722 result(s) for opposition democratic coalition party
Hungarian Opposition Parties Lambast Govt’s Past 5 Years
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties have lambasted the last five years of government and criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over his speech at a conference marking the fifth anniversary of his government on Friday. Hungary is a strong country with firm foundations, Orbán said.
Gyurcsány Urges Hungarians To “Lose Fear Of Refugees”
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians should “lose their fear of refugees”, former prime minister and leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition party, told journalists in Brussels. Gyurcsány said he had been briefed by Dimitris Avramopoulos, the Greek EU commissioner, about EU plans to help alleviate the refugee situation in Italy and Greece.
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Poll: Fidesz Support Stagnates, Jobbik Runner -Up
- 24 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Support for Hungary’s political parties remained around the same levels in the past month, with ruling Fidesz in the lead with 21% support, unchanged for the third month in a row, the pollster Ipsos said. The radical nationalist Jobbik party had 17% of support in March, down from 18% in February.
DK Calls On Govt To Stop Axing Popular University Courses In Hungary
- 21 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) called on the government to withdraw its decision to eliminate several university courses in the social sciences from next year. Csaba Molnár, the party’s deputy leader, said that the government’s decision to remove these courses at Bachelor’s level from next year’s offerings was politically motivated and had no other reasonable explanation.
Anti Corruption Protests Held Across Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-corruption protests took place across Hungary today. In Budapest the demonstration started in front of the Eiffel Palace Office Building near the Nyugati (western) train station. A few minutes before the scheduled start of the protest it seemed as though police and members of the press would outnumber the protesters.
Xpat Opinion: Governing Without The Two-Thirds Majority In Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Both a conservative columnist and the leading left-wing daily hope that after losing its two-thirds majority in Parliament, Fidesz will be compelled to follow a more consensual path.
Jobbik’s By-Election Victory Shocks Hungarian Leftist Parties
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik’s winning Sunday’s by-election in the Tapolca constituency indicates that voters want a different government, however, their victory is a “warning sign”, Ágnes Vadai, deputy head of the Democratic Coalition, said. Viktor Szigetvári, co-leader of the Együtt party, said his party is “not happy” just to see that ruling Fidesz’s policy “has failed”, because “the democratic ...
Hungarian Leftist Parties To Stage Anti-Govt Demo
- 10 Apr 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Parties of the leftist opposition will hold a demonstration of “victims” of the past five years of the Fidesz-led government in central Budapest on Saturday. Socialist board member Károly Beke said that the last government cycle had left in its wake “broken tobacconists, farmers stripped of their land and people deprived of their private pension savings, as well as stranded Quaestor investors”.
Hungarian Opposition Parties Lambast Govt’s Past 5 Years
- 1 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties have lambasted the last five years of government and criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over his speech at a conference marking the fifth anniversary of his government on Friday. Hungary is a strong country with firm foundations, Orbán said.
Gyurcsány Urges Hungarians To “Lose Fear Of Refugees”
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians should “lose their fear of refugees”, former prime minister and leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition party, told journalists in Brussels. Gyurcsány said he had been briefed by Dimitris Avramopoulos, the Greek EU commissioner, about EU plans to help alleviate the refugee situation in Italy and Greece.
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Poll: Fidesz Support Stagnates, Jobbik Runner -Up
- 24 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Support for Hungary’s political parties remained around the same levels in the past month, with ruling Fidesz in the lead with 21% support, unchanged for the third month in a row, the pollster Ipsos said. The radical nationalist Jobbik party had 17% of support in March, down from 18% in February.
DK Calls On Govt To Stop Axing Popular University Courses In Hungary
- 21 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) called on the government to withdraw its decision to eliminate several university courses in the social sciences from next year. Csaba Molnár, the party’s deputy leader, said that the government’s decision to remove these courses at Bachelor’s level from next year’s offerings was politically motivated and had no other reasonable explanation.
Anti Corruption Protests Held Across Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-corruption protests took place across Hungary today. In Budapest the demonstration started in front of the Eiffel Palace Office Building near the Nyugati (western) train station. A few minutes before the scheduled start of the protest it seemed as though police and members of the press would outnumber the protesters.
Xpat Opinion: Governing Without The Two-Thirds Majority In Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Both a conservative columnist and the leading left-wing daily hope that after losing its two-thirds majority in Parliament, Fidesz will be compelled to follow a more consensual path.
Jobbik’s By-Election Victory Shocks Hungarian Leftist Parties
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik’s winning Sunday’s by-election in the Tapolca constituency indicates that voters want a different government, however, their victory is a “warning sign”, Ágnes Vadai, deputy head of the Democratic Coalition, said. Viktor Szigetvári, co-leader of the Együtt party, said his party is “not happy” just to see that ruling Fidesz’s policy “has failed”, because “the democratic ...
Hungarian Leftist Parties To Stage Anti-Govt Demo
- 10 Apr 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Parties of the leftist opposition will hold a demonstration of “victims” of the past five years of the Fidesz-led government in central Budapest on Saturday. Socialist board member Károly Beke said that the last government cycle had left in its wake “broken tobacconists, farmers stripped of their land and people deprived of their private pension savings, as well as stranded Quaestor investors”.