2,618 result(s) for policy
Xpat Opinion: Zoltán Balog Dismisses Public Education Undersecretary
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In a surprise move,the minister in charge of education fired his undersecretary, just days before she was to due to sit down for talks with protesting teachers. Magyar Nemzet and Népszabadság say this will not be enough to defuse the planned mass demonstrations.Magyar Nemzet ‘s op-ed piece calls the move an old-fashioned technique in the game of politics.
EC Approves EUR 95 m For International Road Section Upgrade In Lake Balaton Area
- 9 Feb 2016 11:00 AM
- getting around
The European Commission on Monday approved the allocation of 95 million euros from the EU Cohesion Fund to upgrading an international road section in the northern region of Lake Balaton, in western Hungary, the EC said in a statement. The project covers a 27-kilometre section of main road number 8 between the cities of Székesfehérvár and Veszprém, it said. It is part of the TEN-T expressway and ...
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Foreign Minister: V4 Seeking Alternative Strategies For Protecting Schengen
- 4 Feb 2016 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Four (V4) countries are friends of the Schengen Area, and as such the Czech Republic Hungary, Poland and Slovakia must come up with alternative strategies for protecting the bloc’s external borders, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said.
PM Orbán: Hungary Is The Most Stable Country In Europe
- 3 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
At a business forum in Jakarta, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán outlined business opportunities in Hungary to Indonesian businesspeople, saying that in political terms Hungary is the most stable country in Europe. He also emphasised the country’s “strong security policy”, thanks to which it has been able to prevent the negative effects of migration.
Hungarian Socialists Attriute Decline In Births To Failure Of Family Policy
- 1 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A decline in the number of births and the low number of new homes built show that the government’s family policy is not working, the opposition Socialists said. The number of births dropped by an unprecedented rate in 2011 to 88,000 and this number has increased only insignificantly since.
EU Fails To Hear Its Own Citizens, Head Of The Hungarian Atlantic Council Says
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The past year was Europe’s hardest in decades, and the European Union has failed to listen to its citizens concerning the handling of the migrant crisis and the threat of terrorism, the president of the Hungarian Atlantic Council (MAT) said.
Hungarian Gov’t Plans New Tax On Retail Chains
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
The government could introduce a new tax on large retail chains in the spring, government commissioner for retail policy Kristóf Szatmáry told Magyar Idõk. The levy would hit high turnover retail chains in order to "correct biased market conditions," and help smaller businesses, which, he noted, are mostly owned by Hungarians.
Hungary’s ‘Importance Growing In EU’
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s weight in the European Union has grown with the country now having greater influence in both economic diplomacy and foreign policy than before, foreign ministry state secretary László Szabó said at a business conference organised by the daily Világgazdaság.
Xpat Opinion: Zoltán Balog Dismisses Public Education Undersecretary
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In a surprise move,the minister in charge of education fired his undersecretary, just days before she was to due to sit down for talks with protesting teachers. Magyar Nemzet and Népszabadság say this will not be enough to defuse the planned mass demonstrations.Magyar Nemzet ‘s op-ed piece calls the move an old-fashioned technique in the game of politics.
EC Approves EUR 95 m For International Road Section Upgrade In Lake Balaton Area
- 9 Feb 2016 11:00 AM
- getting around
The European Commission on Monday approved the allocation of 95 million euros from the EU Cohesion Fund to upgrading an international road section in the northern region of Lake Balaton, in western Hungary, the EC said in a statement. The project covers a 27-kilometre section of main road number 8 between the cities of Székesfehérvár and Veszprém, it said. It is part of the TEN-T expressway and ...
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Foreign Minister: V4 Seeking Alternative Strategies For Protecting Schengen
- 4 Feb 2016 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Four (V4) countries are friends of the Schengen Area, and as such the Czech Republic Hungary, Poland and Slovakia must come up with alternative strategies for protecting the bloc’s external borders, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said.
PM Orbán: Hungary Is The Most Stable Country In Europe
- 3 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
At a business forum in Jakarta, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán outlined business opportunities in Hungary to Indonesian businesspeople, saying that in political terms Hungary is the most stable country in Europe. He also emphasised the country’s “strong security policy”, thanks to which it has been able to prevent the negative effects of migration.
Hungarian Socialists Attriute Decline In Births To Failure Of Family Policy
- 1 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A decline in the number of births and the low number of new homes built show that the government’s family policy is not working, the opposition Socialists said. The number of births dropped by an unprecedented rate in 2011 to 88,000 and this number has increased only insignificantly since.
EU Fails To Hear Its Own Citizens, Head Of The Hungarian Atlantic Council Says
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The past year was Europe’s hardest in decades, and the European Union has failed to listen to its citizens concerning the handling of the migrant crisis and the threat of terrorism, the president of the Hungarian Atlantic Council (MAT) said.
Hungarian Gov’t Plans New Tax On Retail Chains
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
The government could introduce a new tax on large retail chains in the spring, government commissioner for retail policy Kristóf Szatmáry told Magyar Idõk. The levy would hit high turnover retail chains in order to "correct biased market conditions," and help smaller businesses, which, he noted, are mostly owned by Hungarians.
Hungary’s ‘Importance Growing In EU’
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s weight in the European Union has grown with the country now having greater influence in both economic diplomacy and foreign policy than before, foreign ministry state secretary László Szabó said at a business conference organised by the daily Világgazdaság.