592 result(s) for pension
Együtt: Hungary Should Take In 15,000 Refugees By 2016
- 8 Sep 2015 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party demands that Hungary should take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and longterm basis. Viktor Szigetvári, the party’s leader, said that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable. It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants.
Busho International Short Film Festival, On Until 6 September
- 28 Aug 2015 9:06 AM
- entertainment
Press release: The second decade of the Busho International Short Film Festival will begin in the first week of September. In the past decade, - parallel with the technological developments - incredible changes have manifested themselves at the festival. The last several years it has stabilized itself, and we have managed to bring a consistent quality from year to year, which the organizers have ...
'Festival Of Folk Arts', Castle District, On Until 23 August
- 17 Aug 2015 2:04 AM
- community & culture
Press release: This year the cream of the 'Hungarian masters and craftsmen' scene will move in to the Buda Castle for the 29th time. At this Festival of Folk Arts 2015 between the 20th and 23rd of August, for four days the focus will be on the life of shepherds. The main goal of the festival has remained the same for nearly three decades: to present very rare but still active crafts that exist ...
Hungry Children In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Their refrigerators are mostly empty, but impoverished parents cook for their children every day in Rozsály and Tisztabercel, where the local government did not apply to the Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) for funds with which to provide hot meals to children during the summer break. The program would help hungry children, like the ones pictured here, but the local leaders were afraid that ...
Proposal For Early Retirement For Hungarian Men “Irresponsible”
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Calls to allow men to retire after 40 years are “irresponsible”, the head of Hungary’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. Hungary’s biggest challenge in the past few years has been to maintain the budget balance, László Parragh told public television news channel M1, adding that lowering the retirement age would reduce tax revenues insupportably and erode the national pension fund.
Changing Hungarian Pensions Could Have “Serious Ramifications”
- 30 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Giving men the option to retire after 40 years of work could lead to a serious shortage in some professions, Sándor Czomba, state secretary at the economy ministry, said. Czomba told a press conference that in the next few years some 62,000 people would retire from areas where there is already a shortage. This includes 12,000 engineers. For demographic reasons, the number of newcomers will be ...
Hungarian Civil Groups Launch Signature Drive On 4 Referendum Questions
- 20 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Civil groups officially launched their signature collection drive in connection with four approved referendum questions which would “dismantle the government”. The groups made their first call for 19 issues to be put to a referendum at anti-government demonstrations on March 15 this year.
Survey Shows Hungary Is Best Value Destination For Foreign Tourists
- 17 Jul 2015 9:01 AM
- travel
Hungary is a best-value destination for foreign visitors, according to a fresh tourism survey, according to Zoltán Szántó, editor-in-chief of Turizmus Online. For Austrian visitors, 100 euros has bought greater value over the past four years, he said. There has been a shift on the Austrian market. Whereas earlier many Austrian pensioners came to Hungary to visit spas, now young people arrive in ...
Synthetic Drugs: Hungary Is Sitting On A Ticking Time Bomb
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The recent disturbing rise in the consumption of cheap and unregulated substances known as “designer drugs”, which have recetly resulted in several deaths across the country, could mean that Hungary is sitting on a ticking time bomb and the country is on the edge of a new type of public health crisis, journalist Csaba Lukács writes in the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
Együtt: Hungary Should Take In 15,000 Refugees By 2016
- 8 Sep 2015 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party demands that Hungary should take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and longterm basis. Viktor Szigetvári, the party’s leader, said that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable. It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants.
Busho International Short Film Festival, On Until 6 September
- 28 Aug 2015 9:06 AM
- entertainment
Press release: The second decade of the Busho International Short Film Festival will begin in the first week of September. In the past decade, - parallel with the technological developments - incredible changes have manifested themselves at the festival. The last several years it has stabilized itself, and we have managed to bring a consistent quality from year to year, which the organizers have ...
'Festival Of Folk Arts', Castle District, On Until 23 August
- 17 Aug 2015 2:04 AM
- community & culture
Press release: This year the cream of the 'Hungarian masters and craftsmen' scene will move in to the Buda Castle for the 29th time. At this Festival of Folk Arts 2015 between the 20th and 23rd of August, for four days the focus will be on the life of shepherds. The main goal of the festival has remained the same for nearly three decades: to present very rare but still active crafts that exist ...
Hungry Children In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Their refrigerators are mostly empty, but impoverished parents cook for their children every day in Rozsály and Tisztabercel, where the local government did not apply to the Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) for funds with which to provide hot meals to children during the summer break. The program would help hungry children, like the ones pictured here, but the local leaders were afraid that ...
Proposal For Early Retirement For Hungarian Men “Irresponsible”
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Calls to allow men to retire after 40 years are “irresponsible”, the head of Hungary’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. Hungary’s biggest challenge in the past few years has been to maintain the budget balance, László Parragh told public television news channel M1, adding that lowering the retirement age would reduce tax revenues insupportably and erode the national pension fund.
Changing Hungarian Pensions Could Have “Serious Ramifications”
- 30 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Giving men the option to retire after 40 years of work could lead to a serious shortage in some professions, Sándor Czomba, state secretary at the economy ministry, said. Czomba told a press conference that in the next few years some 62,000 people would retire from areas where there is already a shortage. This includes 12,000 engineers. For demographic reasons, the number of newcomers will be ...
Hungarian Civil Groups Launch Signature Drive On 4 Referendum Questions
- 20 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Civil groups officially launched their signature collection drive in connection with four approved referendum questions which would “dismantle the government”. The groups made their first call for 19 issues to be put to a referendum at anti-government demonstrations on March 15 this year.
Survey Shows Hungary Is Best Value Destination For Foreign Tourists
- 17 Jul 2015 9:01 AM
- travel
Hungary is a best-value destination for foreign visitors, according to a fresh tourism survey, according to Zoltán Szántó, editor-in-chief of Turizmus Online. For Austrian visitors, 100 euros has bought greater value over the past four years, he said. There has been a shift on the Austrian market. Whereas earlier many Austrian pensioners came to Hungary to visit spas, now young people arrive in ...
Synthetic Drugs: Hungary Is Sitting On A Ticking Time Bomb
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The recent disturbing rise in the consumption of cheap and unregulated substances known as “designer drugs”, which have recetly resulted in several deaths across the country, could mean that Hungary is sitting on a ticking time bomb and the country is on the edge of a new type of public health crisis, journalist Csaba Lukács writes in the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet.