1,292 result(s) for opposition parties
Tapolca By-Election: Jobbik Set To Win First-Ever Individual Mandate
- 13 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The final outcome of the Sunday by-election in the Tapolca constituency in western Hungary is still unknown as votes cast by the constitency’s citizens living abroad will have to be counted before the winner of the head-to-head race for the parliamentary mandate between the candidates of Jobbik and the ruling Fidesz-KDNP is announced.
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”.
Xpat Opinion: High Stakes At Hungary’s Tapolca By-Election
- 7 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A week before the Tapolca by-election, a conservative analyst admits that the stakes are indeed high for Fidesz, but criticises Cabinet Minister János Lázár for warning local voters of the possible negative consequences of choosing opposition parties.
Hungarian Govt In “Deep Shock” About Terrorist Attack In Kenya
- 3 Apr 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The government rejects all forms of violence and terrorism, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said referring to Thursday’s terrorist attack in Kenya, which claimed 147 lives. Earlier, the foreign ministry learnt with “deep shock” about the attack at Garissa University, and expressed Hungary’s sympathy with families of the victims. The university was attacked by the al-Shabaab Islamic militia early ...
Roma Employment Scheme To Continue After Audit
- 3 Apr 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
An audit of the Roma “Bridge” employment scheme has revealed irregularities but there is nothing to stop it from continuing, the ministry for human resources said. The ministry said that the audit of the National Roma Council (ORÖ) scheme covered 150 items, including 12 public procurements. Irregularities were suspected in two cases, one involving furniture purchases and another involving the use ...
Opposition Demands Names In Quaestor Case
- 2 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the chief public prosecutor and the central bank governor to name politicians who invested funds in the bankrupt brokerage firm Quaestor. DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy - pictured - insisted that politicians of ruling Fidesz and government members may have eased Quaestor into investments and received a commission in return.
Swimming Complex For 2017 Aquatics Championships To Be Built In Budapest
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Parliament voted with 164 votes in favour, four against and two abstentions to adopt the government’s proposal of building a new state-of-the-art swimming pool adjacent to Budapest’s Dagály baths for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
If Viktor Orbán Can Survive Broker Scandal, He Can Survive Anything
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged on Wednesday that he himself ordered ministries to withdraw their money from brokerage firms. If the decision was based on inside information then the Prime Minister acknowledged committing a serious economic crime.
PM, Jobbik Comment On Anti-Govt Referendum Questions In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party welcomed referendum questions flagged by civil groups at anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party called the leftist initiative “nothing but hot air”. The 19 referendum questions to be put to the National Election Office for approval are in the areas of anticorruption, economic, educational and social ...
Tapolca By-Election: Jobbik Set To Win First-Ever Individual Mandate
- 13 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The final outcome of the Sunday by-election in the Tapolca constituency in western Hungary is still unknown as votes cast by the constitency’s citizens living abroad will have to be counted before the winner of the head-to-head race for the parliamentary mandate between the candidates of Jobbik and the ruling Fidesz-KDNP is announced.
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”.
Xpat Opinion: High Stakes At Hungary’s Tapolca By-Election
- 7 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A week before the Tapolca by-election, a conservative analyst admits that the stakes are indeed high for Fidesz, but criticises Cabinet Minister János Lázár for warning local voters of the possible negative consequences of choosing opposition parties.
Hungarian Govt In “Deep Shock” About Terrorist Attack In Kenya
- 3 Apr 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The government rejects all forms of violence and terrorism, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said referring to Thursday’s terrorist attack in Kenya, which claimed 147 lives. Earlier, the foreign ministry learnt with “deep shock” about the attack at Garissa University, and expressed Hungary’s sympathy with families of the victims. The university was attacked by the al-Shabaab Islamic militia early ...
Roma Employment Scheme To Continue After Audit
- 3 Apr 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
An audit of the Roma “Bridge” employment scheme has revealed irregularities but there is nothing to stop it from continuing, the ministry for human resources said. The ministry said that the audit of the National Roma Council (ORÖ) scheme covered 150 items, including 12 public procurements. Irregularities were suspected in two cases, one involving furniture purchases and another involving the use ...
Opposition Demands Names In Quaestor Case
- 2 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the chief public prosecutor and the central bank governor to name politicians who invested funds in the bankrupt brokerage firm Quaestor. DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy - pictured - insisted that politicians of ruling Fidesz and government members may have eased Quaestor into investments and received a commission in return.
Swimming Complex For 2017 Aquatics Championships To Be Built In Budapest
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Parliament voted with 164 votes in favour, four against and two abstentions to adopt the government’s proposal of building a new state-of-the-art swimming pool adjacent to Budapest’s Dagály baths for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
If Viktor Orbán Can Survive Broker Scandal, He Can Survive Anything
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged on Wednesday that he himself ordered ministries to withdraw their money from brokerage firms. If the decision was based on inside information then the Prime Minister acknowledged committing a serious economic crime.
PM, Jobbik Comment On Anti-Govt Referendum Questions In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party welcomed referendum questions flagged by civil groups at anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party called the leftist initiative “nothing but hot air”. The 19 referendum questions to be put to the National Election Office for approval are in the areas of anticorruption, economic, educational and social ...